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AUSTIN, Texas – Diesel fuel prices have hit a record high in Texas as the cost-per-gallon approaches $6.<\/p>\n
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According to AAA<\/a>, the average cost of a gallon of diesel fuel in Texas on Monday was $5.83. That is up 33 cents from last week, up 81 cents from last month and up $2.62 from last year.<\/p>\n The average cost in Texas for regular unleaded was $3.84 per gallon Monday, according to AAA. That is 18 cents higher than last week, 19 cents higher than last month and $1.05 higher than last year.<\/p>\n Where is the cheapest gas in Texas? <\/p>\n Local perspective:<\/p>\n Drivers in West Texas are paying the most for gasoline, according to AAA. For example, El Paso County is reporting an average prices of $4.22 per gallon for regular unleaded.<\/p>\n Drivers in Southeast Texas are paying the least for gasoline, AAA reported. In Harris County, home to Houston, drivers are paying $3.76 per gallon for regular unleaded.<\/p>\n Texas gas prices trending lower than rest of US <\/p>\n By the numbers:<\/p>\n Even though fuel costs in Texas are climbing, they are trending below the national average.<\/p>\n AAA reported the national average for a gallon of regular unleaded is $4.31, with Texas coming in 47 cents lower than that.<\/p>\n For diesel, the national average is $6.23 per gallon, according to AAA. Texas is 40 cents lower than that.<\/p>\n A diesel fuel pumping station is seen at a Valero gas station on June 30, 2025 in Austin, Texas. (Brandon Bell \/ Getty Images)<\/p>\n Diesel fuel drives economy, experts say <\/p>\n Why you should care:<\/p>\n According to the Transportation Energy Institute<\/a>, nearly every item consumers purchase is delivered by a truck. When diesel prices climb, so does the cost of shipping for producers and retailers.\u00a0<\/p>\n “When price increases occur at the same time as spring planting or fall harvest, farmers incur an immediate increase in operational expenses,” John Eichberger wrote in a June TEI article. “These upfront costs, combined with subsequent transportation costs to move their products to processing plants and grocery aisles, create a compounding effect that drives food inflation higher while tightening margins for farmers.”<\/p>\n What\u2019s driving gas prices? <\/p>\n Dig deeper:<\/p>\n According to the American Action Forum<\/a>, diesel prices are being driven by several factors, including the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, Russia\u2019s ban on diesel exports and U.S. refineries maxing out capacity.<\/p>\n The Source: Information in this story came from AAA, the Transportation Energy Institute and Gas Buddy.<\/p>\n Money<\/a>Travel<\/a>Travel News<\/a>Consumer<\/a>Transportation<\/a>News<\/a>Texas<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN, Texas – Diesel fuel prices have hit a record high in Texas as the cost-per-gallon approaches $6.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":435816,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,2409,242,2349,223,840,6208,3019,216,393],"class_list":["post-435815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-consumer","tag-lifestyle","tag-money","tag-news","tag-transportation","tag-travel","tag-travel-news","tag-tx","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435815","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=435815"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435815\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/435816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=435815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=435815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=435815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/diesel-fuel.jpg\")
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