{"id":381090,"date":"2026-07-21T16:07:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T16:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/381090\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T16:07:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T16:07:08","slug":"texas-gas-prices-today-austin-fuel-costs-rise-as-oil-prices-climb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/381090\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas gas prices today: Austin fuel costs rise as oil prices climb"},"content":{"rendered":"

On average, Texans are paying $3.61 at the pump according to AAA fuel prices.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Nationally, gas prices<\/a> currently sit at $4.01. Last month the national average for a gallon of regular gasoline in June was $3.91.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Gas prices have increased as the conflict between the United States and Iran intensifies, disrupting shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, a critical route for global oil supplies. The conflict began earlier this year.<\/p>\n

Here’s a look at gas prices for Central Texas.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Drivers in the Austin-San Marcos metro area are also seeing higher prices. AAA <\/a>reports the average price has risen from $3.39 last week to $3.69 per gallon.<\/p>\n

Here’s a look at Austin prices:\u00a0<\/p>\n

The current average for diesel in Texas is $5.37, according to AAA. Meanwhile, in Austin, diesel prices are $5.43.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On average, Texans are paying $3.61 at the pump according to AAA fuel prices.\u00a0 Nationally, gas prices currently…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":381091,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-381090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381090","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=381090"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381090\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/381091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=381090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=381090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=381090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}