‘Florida gas prices continue to fluctuate week to week, but the overall trajectory is down.’
Gas prices in Florida[1] have hit their lowest point since 2023, according to AAA — The Auto Club Group[2].
On Monday morning, the average price per gallon in the Sunshine State was $2.89.
That’s a modest change, down 3 cents from last week, but it’s also the lowest daily average recorded since December 2023.
It’s 29 cents cheaper than last month and 20 cents less than this time last year.
It costs about $43.50 to fill a standard 15-gallon gas tank now — nearly $3 less than a year ago.
The decline in gas prices accompanies a drop in crude oil prices. Thursday’s price of $57.46 per barrel was the lowest since May[3].
“Florida gas prices continue to fluctuate week to week, but the overall trajectory is down,” AAA spokesperson Mark Jenkins said in a statement.
“Robust global oil supplies and the seasonal dip in gasoline demand have helped push pump prices to their lowest level in almost two years.”
Gas is cheapest in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach area, where motorists Monday morning were shelling out an average $2.68 for a gallon of regular, followed by Pensacola ($2.70) and Panama City ($2.74).
The priciest gas in Florida was in the West Palm Beach-Boca Raton area ($3.08), followed by Gainesville ($2.99) and Naples ($2.96).
The national average[4] was $3.03, with states like California ($4.63), Hawaii ($4.47) and Washington ($4.41) driving the average up and others like Oklahoma ($2.50), Mississippi ($2.62) and Louisiana ($2.63) pulling it down.
References
- ^ Gas prices in Florida (gasprices.aaa.com)
- ^ AAA — The Auto Club Group (www.aaa.com)
- ^ lowest since May (www.reuters.com)
- ^ national average (gasprices.aaa.com)