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AUSTIN, Texas – Millions of people are taking to the highways this Labor Day weekend for their final getaway of the summer, but those road trips are going to cost more this year.<\/p>\n
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According to AAA<\/a>, the average cost for a gallon of gas in Texas is $3.68 as of Friday. That is up about 5 cents from last week and up about 8 cents from last month. Compared to the same time last year, Texas drivers will pay about 92 cents more.<\/p>\n For diesel prices, there\u2019s even more sticker shock. AAA data shows the current average price for a gallon of diesel fuel in Texas is $5.46. That is up $2.25 cents from the same time last year.<\/p>\n Where\u2019s the cheapest gas in Texas? <\/p>\n Big picture view:<\/p>\n The lowest average gas prices in Texas are concentrated in the eastern part of the state, according to AAA.\u00a0<\/p>\n Western Texas has the most expensive gas in the state, with prices in Brewster County averaging $4.43 per gallon.<\/p>\n In this photo illustration, a gas pump is filling up a vehicle at a Chevron gas station on December 05, 2022 in Houston, Texas. (Credit: Brandon Bell\/Getty Images) <\/p>\n Texas below national average <\/p>\n Dig deeper:<\/p>\n Despite the hiked gas prices in Texas, the statewide average is below the national average of $4.14. That is 94 cents higher than last year.<\/p>\n The Source: Information in this story came from AAA.<\/p>\n Money<\/a>News<\/a>Travel<\/a>Travel News<\/a>Consumer<\/a>Texas<\/a>Cars and Trucks<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN, Texas – Millions of people are taking to the highways this Labor Day weekend for their final…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":426472,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,13870,2409,242,2349,223,6208,3019,216,393],"class_list":["post-426471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-auto","tag-consumer","tag-lifestyle","tag-money","tag-news","tag-travel","tag-travel-news","tag-tx","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426471","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=426471"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426471\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/426472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=426471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=426471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=426471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/gas-pump-getty.jpg\")
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