{"id":427631,"date":"2026-09-06T01:42:23","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T01:42:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/427631\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T01:42:23","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T01:42:23","slug":"texas-gas-prices-rise-ahead-of-labor-day-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/427631\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas gas prices rise ahead of Labor Day weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<img width=\"640\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GettyImages-1402118783-640x400.jpg\" class=\"object-cover wp-post-image\" alt=\"Texas gas prices rise ahead of Labor Day weekend\" post-type=\"post\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tClose-up of unrecognizable white man purchasing gas at pump.\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>SAN ANTONIO (KTSA News) \u2014\u00a0The statewide average price for regular unleaded gasoline in Texas has climbed to $3.68 per gallon, according to the AAA Texas Weekend Gas Watch. That\u2019s 6 cents higher than a week ago and 92 cents higher than the same day last year.<\/p>\n<p>The San Antonio average price for a gallon of regular is now at $3.74 heading into Labor Day weekend.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTexans filling up for Labor Day holidays will spend about $15-$20 more on average for a full tank compared to this time last year,\u201d said Doug Shupe, AAA Texas Corporate Communications Manager.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Among the major metropolitan areas surveyed, El Paso has the highest average price at $3.97 per gallon, while Tyler has the lowest at $3.55.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Nationally, the average price is $4.14 per gallon, up 5 cents from last week and 95 cents compared with the same day last year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Despite the increase, Texas remains the second least expensive state for gasoline, behind Indiana, where the statewide average is $3.44 per gallon. AAA says prices across the country have risen amid continued uncertainty surrounding oil prices and supplies.<\/p>\n<p>AAA Texas recommends that drivers compare prices before filling up, including through tools such as the free AAA Mobile app, to find the least expensive fuel nearby.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Close-up of unrecognizable white man purchasing gas at pump. SAN ANTONIO (KTSA News) \u2014\u00a0The statewide average price for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":427632,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[82,84,83],"class_list":["post-427631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427631","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=427631"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427631\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/427632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=427631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=427631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=427631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}