{"id":326366,"date":"2026-06-07T08:45:31","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T08:45:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/326366\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T08:45:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T08:45:31","slug":"gas-prices-drop-second-week-el-paso-still-highest-in-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/326366\/","title":{"rendered":"Gas prices drop second week, El Paso still highest in Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EL PASO, Texas (<a data-ylk=\"slk:KTSM;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ktsm.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">KTSM<\/a>) \u2014 \u00a0El Paso is still the highest paying city on average for regular unleaded fuel as prices have dropped for the second week in a row, according to new data from the American Automobile Association.<\/p>\n<p>The AAA Weekend Gas Watch reported that drivers in El Paso are paying an average of $4.05 per gallon of regular unleaded, which is the only Texas metro average above $4 a gallon.<\/p>\n<p>The statewide gas price average in Texas is now $3.72, 20 cents less than a week ago and 98 cents more per gallon compared to this day last year. The national average price for a gallon of regular unleaded is $4.24, which is 18 cents less than this day last week and $1.10 more compared to this day last year.<\/p>\n<p>The AAA said This is the second week in a row that gas prices have dropped significantly locally and nationally, and Texas is now one of 17 states with statewide price averages below $4 a gallon.<\/p>\n<p>Oil prices continue to trade slightly below $100 a barrel, but gas prices are likely to remain volatile and well above last year&#8217;s levels as long as the Middle East conflict remains unresolved.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;With constantly fluctuating gas prices at the start of the summer road trip season, it&#8217;s hard for drivers to know the best prices for gasoline as they hit the road,&#8221; said AAA Texas Corporate Communications Manager Doug Shupe. &#8220;It&#8217;s a good idea to use an online tool such as the free AAA Mobile app to shop around virtually for the lowest gas price near you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p><a data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KTSM 9 News.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ktsm.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KTSM 9 News.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) \u2014 \u00a0El Paso is still the highest paying city on average for regular unleaded&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":326367,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[33545,138,140,139,20541,1544,1545,27,116705],"class_list":["post-326366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-american-automobile-association","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news","tag-gas-price","tag-gas-prices","tag-oil-prices","tag-texas","tag-unleaded-fuel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326366","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=326366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326366\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/326367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=326366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=326366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=326366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}