- Gainesville area gas prices rose 22 cents last week to an average of $3.98 per gallon according to AAA data.
- Florida's average gas price increased from $3.71 to $3.95, placing it 10th highest in the nation as of this week.
- The national average gas price reached $3.88, up 96 cents since last month and higher than last year's $3.10.
- Gasoline demand and supply decreased last week, while crude oil prices continue to climb amid geopolitical tensions near the Strait of Hormuz.
Gainesville area gas prices continued upward, with the average cost per gallon jumping 22 cents to $3.98 since last week.
According to the latest AAA numbers released on Thursday, the local cost at the pump went from $3.76 last week to $3.98 in the Gainesville area. In Florida, the average price per gallon climbed from $3.71 to $3.95 and the national average rose from $3.59 to $3.88.
Gas prices saw their biggest spike in June 2022, when the national average broke the $5 per gallon barrier. Last summer, the average cost dropped to its lowest mark since 2021.
“Tomorrow marks the official start of spring and prices at the pump continued to climb by 28 cents since last week. With the spring equinox ushering in warmer weather and more time on the road, gas prices are trending upward alongside seasonal demand,” the AAA release stated. “Last week’s announcement to release 172 million barrels of oil from its strategic reserves over four months has no immediate relief on the oil market as the price of a barrel of crude continues to climb.”
The Strait of Hormuz, where much of the world’s oil supply is shipped from, has been cut off since the start of the war in Iran on Feb. 28, according to an article in The Hill.
The latest data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA) shows that the gasoline demand decreased last week from 9.24 million barrels per day (b/d) to 8.72 million. The total domestic gasoline supply decreased from 249.5 million barrels of crude oil (bbl) to 244.0 million. Gasoline production also decreased last week, averaging 9.4 million barrels per day.
Thursday’s national average for a gallon of gas is $3.88, which is up 96 cents since last month’s 2.92. Last year, the price was $3.10.
Florida has the 10th-highest price per gallon in the nation at $3.95. Last month, gas was at $2.93 per gallon, and last year it was $3.04 statewide.
In the Gainesville area, last month’s price was $2.97 per gallon, and last year it was $3.13.
According to GasBuddy.com, here are the cheapest stations to fill up at in Alachua County:
- $3.75 at Love’s Travel Stop, 5615 SE US 301, Hawthorne
- $3.79 at Raceway, 15330 NW US 301, Waldo
- $3.79 at Texaco, 4909 NW 34th Blvd., Gainesville
- $3.79 at Pilot, 17276 US 301, Waldo
- $3.79 at Texaco, 6850 SE US 301, Hawthorne
- $3.85 at Marathon, 3970 NE County Road 340, High Springs
- $3.85 at Chevron, 830 NW 1st St., High Springs
State Stats
Gas
The nation’s top 10 most expensive gasoline markets are California ($5.61), Washington ($5.14), Hawaii ($5.07), Oregon ($4.70), Nevada ($4.66), Arizona ($4.43), Alaska ($4.42), Illinois ($4.04), Idaho ($3.98), and District of Columbia ($3.96).
The nation’s top 10 least expensive gasoline markets are Oklahoma ($3.24), Kansas ($3.24), Iowa ($3.34), Arkansas ($3.34), North Dakota ($3.35), South Dakota ($3.36), Nebraska ($3.37), Missouri ($3.38), Minnesota ($3.43), and Mississippi ($3.48).
Electric
The nation’s top 10 most expensive states for public charging per kilowatt hour are West Virginia (53 cents), Hawaii (51 cents), Alaska (50 cents), New Hampshire (47 cents), Louisiana (47 cents), South Carolina (46 cents), California (45 cents), New Jersey (45 cents), Arkansas (44 cents), and Idaho (43 cents).
The nation’s top 10 least expensive states for public charging per kilowatt hour are Kansas (29 cents), Missouri (31 cents), Utah (33 cents), Maryland (33 cents), Nebraska (33 cents), Iowa (34 cents), Vermont (34 cents), South Dakota (34 cents), Delaware (36 cents), and Colorado (38 cents).
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Defeating evil is expensive. What America is currently involved in is the removal of a death machine and its ability to slaughter innocent human beings around the globe at will.
Short term fuel prices will be high. However, measuring a human life against the cost of a gallon of gasoline is perverted. When Iran is defeated, prices will fall and more importantly, the world will be safer.
One less trip to the beach this summer will translate into men, women and children being alive to celebrate birthdays and holidays over the next 50 years.
Not a bad trade.
We’re paying nearly $4 per gallon in Alachua County, plus property taxes, sales taxes, and gas taxes, yet our roads crumble, animal control fails, and core services that residents rely on daily are collapsing. Meanwhile, the county spends $900,000 a year providing free jail phone calls a shocking waste of money that could be funding the services the community actually needs.
It’s humiliating that some of the poorest counties in Florida maintain better infrastructure and services than Alachua County, while we keep paying for mismanagement and neglect. Residents aren’t asking for luxuries they’re demanding what they already paid for and are being denied.
The Alachua County Board of County Commissioners have failed this community. Excuses are over. Hire a new county manager, stop wasting money, fix the roads, fund core services, and finally lead. The people of Alachua County deserve nothing less.
3/2026🪁💫
With the rise of gas prices at the pump. City Public Buses such as Gainesville Florida Alachua County Regional Transportation aka RTS shld be a more affordable transportation alternative. RTS has been given a grant to improve. Bus stops should have a Air-conditioned and Heated Structure with a Door for safety purposes and comfort. Buses shld be required to stop for 12 full minutes at each and every bus stop of this kind. Allowing paying bus riding customers to board without stress or violence laid upon them. The current bus stops that have a metal bench and a shack poll barn half roof have never protected a bus rider from the Suns damaging Ray’s Nor From Rain. Any way RTS can Abuse a Bus Rider seems to be their Goal from stinky bus stops to rude and verbally abusive bus drivers. R T S buses need Audio in place to catch these Cujo acting and verbalizing bus drivers. Thanks
This might be a good time to revisit why we pay more in taxes for gas in this county