{"id":338286,"date":"2026-07-13T11:22:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T11:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/338286\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T11:22:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T11:22:17","slug":"florida-gas-prices-shoot-up-after-tensions-escalate-in-u-s-iran-conflict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/338286\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida gas prices shoot up after tensions escalate in U.S.-Iran conflict"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">SARASOTA, Fla. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mysuncoast.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.mysuncoast.com\/\">WWSB<\/a>) &#8211; Gasoline prices in Florida are continuing a roller coaster ride after tensions between the U.S. and Iran escalated over the weekend, AAA is reporting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The state average price for gasoline declined early last week, then rose 13 cents per gallon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Oil prices increased in overnight trading amid uncertainty surrounding the Strait of Hormuz, a key route for global oil shipments, according to Mark Jenkins, spokesman for AAA &#8211; The Auto Club Group. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cWith tensions in the Middle East adding uncertainty to the global oil market, gas prices could remain volatile in the coming weeks,\u201d he said in a news release.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Sunday\u2019s state average of $3.82 per gallon was:<\/p>\n<p>5 cents more than last week8 cents less than a month ago86 cents more than a year agoRegional prices<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Most expensive metro markets \u2013 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton ($3.98), Naples ($3.91), Fort Lauderdale ($3.88)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Least expensive metro markets \u2013 Pensacola ($3.57), Panama City ($3.58), Crestview-Fort Walton Beach ($3.63)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/GasPrices.AAA.com\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/GasPrices.AAA.com\">GasPrices.AAA.com<\/a> to view state and local average gas prices.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 WWSB. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) &#8211; Gasoline prices in Florida are continuing a roller coaster ride after tensions between the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":83875,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[11246,28,30,29,4805,35783,11566],"class_list":["post-338286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-aaa","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-gas","tag-gasoline","tag-prices"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=338286"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338286\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=338286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=338286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=338286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}