{"id":232016,"date":"2026-04-02T16:12:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T16:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/232016\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T16:12:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T16:12:16","slug":"austin-prices-rise-as-costs-climb-nationwide-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/232016\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin prices rise as costs climb nationwide"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gas prices<\/a>\u00a0continue to rise in Texas as global tensions \u2014 including the ongoing conflict involving Iran \u2014 continue to push up crude oil costs.<\/a><\/p>\n

Nationally, prices are also climbing. As of Wednesday, the average price for a gallon of regular gasoline was $4.08, according to AAA.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s up 10 cents from last week and about $1 higher than a month ago. Crude oil prices remain elevated as the conflict enters its fourth week, putting continued pressure on fuel costs. Prices could approach $4 per gallon nationwide for the first time since August 2022.<\/p>\n

A line graph shows the sharp increase, with prices rising from $2.98 on Feb. 26 to $3.98 on March 26.<\/p>\n

According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, gasoline demand also increased last week, from 8.72 million barrels per day to 8.92 million.<\/p>\n

According to AAA<\/a>, gas prices are still rising throughout Austin. Last week’s average in the Austin-San Marcos metropolitan areas were $3.64.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Here’s what prices are in Austin now.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Diesel prices have also surged.<\/p>\n

According to SmartAsset<\/a>, Nationwide, the average cost of a gallon of diesel increased 50.2% since last year, up from $3.62 to $5.43. Per their data, Texas saw a 60.9% in diesel costs within one year.\u00a0<\/p>\n

SmartAsset\u2019s analysis is based on AAA data comparing April 1, 2025, and April 1, 2026.<\/p>\n

Texas ranks 35th among states for gas prices, according to the report.<\/p>\n

Those who depend on diesel fuel are paying significantly more for gas than in previous years.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gas prices\u00a0continue to rise in Texas as global tensions \u2014 including the ongoing conflict involving Iran \u2014 continue…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":231863,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":{"0":"post-232016","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-austin","8":"tag-austin","9":"tag-austin-headlines","10":"tag-austin-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232016"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232016\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/231863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}