{"id":367618,"date":"2026-07-10T00:27:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T00:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/367618\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T00:27:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T00:27:10","slug":"austin-gas-prices-jump-23-cents-amid-iran-tensions-signaling-more-volatility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/367618\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin gas prices jump 23 cents amid Iran tensions, signaling more volatility"},"content":{"rendered":"

AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 Gas prices are climbing again in Austin as uncertainty surrounding the war with Iran continues to rattle energy markets.<\/a><\/p>\n

In the Austin area, prices have increased 23 cents per gallon in the last week<\/a>, bringing the average to $3.45. The rise follows President Trump saying yesterday that hostilities with Iran were essentially back on. In a twist, the price of a barrel of Brent crude fell today, a sign that gas prices for consumers could remain volatile.<\/p>\n

For drivers traveling between Austin and San Marcos, the price at the pump is creeping up, though some say it is not as high as it was earlier in the conflict. <\/p>\n

Even Perkins, who was filling up his tank, said, \u201cAs of now, to fill up my tank is probably around 40 bucks.\u201d He added, \u201cA couple of months ago it was probably like 60-something, but I definitely have noticed a difference in our gas prices.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Daniel Armbruster, a spokesman for AAA Texas, said it is difficult to predict what comes next.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s hard to say what\u2019s going to happen, though, right? And that\u2019s the difficult part about predicting gas prices,\u201d Armbruster said.<\/p>\n

Armbruster said it is also hard to pinpoint exactly why prices in Austin rose more sharply over the last week. <\/p>\n

\u201cSupply and demand obviously plays a role in that. There\u2019s also distribution costs,\u201d he said. He also pointed to summer travel in the Austin-San Marcos region, a popular vacation area, and the impact of traffic along Interstate 35. \u201cCertainly I-35 is a major corridor where a lot of people are going to be taking road trips, or it\u2019s going to be part of their journey that\u2019s going to have an impact as well,\u201d Armbruster said.<\/p>\n

Perkins said the volatility has made gas prices a daily concern.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s definitely something that I think about like, I\u2019ll wake up what\u2019s the gas price going to be today? I don\u2019t see a whole lot of consistency with it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Across Texas, other major cities are seeing similar prices. The average in Dallas is $3.38 per gallon. In Houston, it is $3.34 a gallon. San Antonio drivers are paying $3.45 a gallon, and in Killeen, the average today is $3.40.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 Gas prices are climbing again in Austin as uncertainty surrounding the war with Iran continues…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":367619,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-367618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367618","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=367618"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367618\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/367619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=367618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=367618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=367618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}