{"id":361341,"date":"2026-08-03T10:07:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T10:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/361341\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T10:07:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T10:07:07","slug":"miami-and-fort-lauderdale-gas-prices-fall-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/361341\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami and Fort Lauderdale gas prices fall this week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As we get back to work or hit the road for a late summer vacation, drivers are getting a break: Gas prices are down by double digits in Florida this week.<\/p>\n<p>Prices also are down in the Miami and Fort Lauderdale area compared to the same time last week. But the average Miami-area price is 3 cents a gallon higher than a month ago and 94 cents higher than a year ago, according to GasBuddy, a national fuel monitoring service that surveys nearly 1,700 stations in South Florida<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMotorists should keep a close eye on developments both in the Middle East and in Ukraine, as either front could quickly shift the outlook,\u201d said Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy.<\/p>\n<p>North Florida is the cheapest to pump in Florida while the Keys and Palm Beach County are the most expensive areas to buy gas, according to AAA.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what to know if you\u2019re commuting or traveling in Florida:<\/p>\n<p>                                          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/traffic.jpg\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" title=\"traffic.jpg\" alt=\"Gas prices on a trend.\"\/>                                                                                    Gas prices on a trend.                                                                                    Gas prices in South Florida<\/p>\n<p>Miami-Dade: The average price: $3.87 on Monday, Aug. 3, a 9-cent decrease from a week ago, according to AAA.<\/p>\n<p>Fort Lauderdale: $3.90, an 11-cent decrease from a week ago.<\/p>\n<p>West Palm Beach\/Boca Raton: $4, a 12-cent decrease from a week ago.<\/p>\n<p>Monroe County: $4.04, a 15-cent decrease from a week ago.<\/p>\n<p>Florida price at the pump<\/p>\n<p>Average: The average price for a gallon of gas in Florida on Monday, Aug. 3, according to AAA, is $3.82, 1 14-cent decrease from a week ago.<\/p>\n<p>Gas prices around Florida<\/p>\n<p>Bradenton\/Sarasota: $3.75<\/p>\n<p>Daytona Beach: $3.82<\/p>\n<p>Fort Myers: $3.76<\/p>\n<p>Gainesville: $3.93<\/p>\n<p>Jacksonville: $3.79<\/p>\n<p>Lakeland: $3.80<\/p>\n<p>Naples: $3.88<\/p>\n<p>Orlando: $3.78<\/p>\n<p>Panama City: $3.79<\/p>\n<p>Pensacola: $3.81<\/p>\n<p>Port St. Lucie: $3.81<\/p>\n<p>Space Coast: $3.75<\/p>\n<p>Tallahassee: $3.82<\/p>\n<p>Tampa\/St. Pete: $3.77<\/p>\n<p>Villages: $3.72<\/p>\n<p>U.S. price at the pump<\/p>\n<p>Average: The average price for a gallon of gas across the country on Monday, Aug. 3, according to AAA, is $4.09, a 2-cent decrease from a week ago.<\/p>\n<p>What the experts are saying<\/p>\n<p>\u25aa Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAverage gasoline prices were a mixed bag across the country last week as oil markets went on a wild ride, surging on geopolitical tensions before pulling back Sunday night after President Trump signaled a potential deal may be in the works. However, even as oil prices ease on deal optimism, continued Ukrainian attacks on Russian oil infrastructure are driving refined product prices higher as output plummets, keeping upward pressure on what Americans pay at the pump. By later this week, the national average could reach its highest level ever recorded for this point in the calendar year, a sobering milestone even as prices remain well below the all-time record set in 2022.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>How to find cheap gas near you<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s an app to help: The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gasbuddy.com\/\">GasBuddy<\/a> app was built to show motorists prices around them and a fuel tracker can update users on stations that have or don\u2019t have fuel based on supply changes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As we get back to work or hit the road for a late summer vacation, drivers are getting&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":299747,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":["post-361341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361341","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=361341"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361341\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/299747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=361341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=361341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=361341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}