After several weeks of declining fuel prices in the latter part of 2024, costs at the pump are beginning to rise in the new year, averaging $3.07, around a 5-cent increase compared to a month ago.
States in the South and Midwest are seeing the lowest average gas prices in the U.S., with prices dropping as low as $2.60 in Oklahoma.
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”While the national average dipped below $3 per gallon for a few days in recent weeks, those days are likely behind us,” GasBuddy analyst Patrick De Haan said in a recent statement.
De Haan noted that oil prices have gone up to $74 per barrel, the highest in months. Increased demand due to shifting economic conditions in China combined with U.S. sanctions against Russia and Iran are contributing to higher oil prices, according to Reuters.
Meanwhile, President-elect Donald Trump is angling to reverse an offshore oil and gas drilling ban along U.S. coastlines, a policy recently implemented by the Biden administration, as soon as he takes office in late January.
Stacker compiled statistics on gas prices in Florida. Gas prices are as of Jan. 9.
Florida by the numbers
- Gas current price: $3.11
- Week change: -$0.01 (-0.3%)
- Year change: -$0.04 (-1.3%)
- Historical expensive gas price: $4.89 (6/13/22)
- Diesel current price: $3.48
- Week change: -$0.00 (-0.1%)
- Year change: -$0.38 (-9.7%)
- Historical expensive diesel price: $5.72 (6/14/22)
Metros with most expensive gas in Florida
#1. West Palm Beach-Boca Raton: $3.24
#2. Naples: $3.19
#3. Gainesville: $3.16
#4. Homosassa Springs: $3.16
#5. Ocala: $3.15
#6. Orlando: $3.14
#7. Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater: $3.14
#8. Lakeland-Winter Haven: $3.13
#9. Fort Myers-Cape Coral: $3.13
#10. Daytona Beach: $3.12
#11. Port St. Lucie: $3.12
#12. Fort Lauderdale: $3.12
#13. Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice: $3.12
#14. Sebastian-Vero Beach: $3.11
#15. The Villages: $3.11
#16. Sebring: $3.11
#17. Jacksonville: $3.11
#18. Melbourne-Titusville: $3.09
#19. Miami: $3.08
#20. Punta Gorda: $3.07
#21. Tallahassee: $3.00
#22. Panama City: $2.86
#23. Pensacola: $2.83
#24. Crestview-Fort Walton Beach: $2.82
States with the most expensive gas
#1. Hawaii: $4.54
#2. California: $4.39
#3. Washington: $3.90
States with the least expensive gas
#1. Oklahoma: $2.61
#2. Mississippi: $2.62
#3. Kansas: $2.68
This story features writing by Tim Bruns and is part of a series utilizing data automation across 50 states.
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