{"id":68701,"date":"2026-03-05T18:21:40","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T18:21:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/gas-prices-are-up-26-cents-since-last-week-heres-how-much-americans-around-the-u-s-are-paying\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T18:21:40","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T18:21:40","slug":"gas-prices-are-up-26-cents-since-last-week-heres-how-much-americans-around-the-u-s-are-paying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/gas-prices-are-up-26-cents-since-last-week-heres-how-much-americans-around-the-u-s-are-paying\/","title":{"rendered":"Gas prices are up 26 cents since last week. Here&#8217;s how much Americans around the U.S. are paying."},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>The <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live-updates\/us-iran-war-spreads-azerbaijan-israel-strikes-tehran-lebanon\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Iran war<\/a><\/span> continues to push up prices at the pump, with U.S. consumers now paying about 26 cents more per gallon to fuel their cars than a week ago, according to new data from GasBuddy.<\/p>\n<p>As of Thursday morning, the average gasoline price was $3.246 per gallon, the highest level since April 2025. The uptick represents an &#8220;unusually strong weekly climb,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/gaspriceguy.substack.com\/p\/gas-prices-surge-toward-a-2024-high\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">according<\/a> to Patrick De Haan, a petroleum expert at GasBuddy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The average price per gallon is similar to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gasprices.aaa.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">data<\/a>\u00a0from AAA, which shows gasoline prices hovering around the same level. Diesel prices have also climbed, rising 40 cents over the last week, according to GasBuddy.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div style=\"min-height:533px\" id=\"datawrapper-vis-3fQV3\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/3fQV3\/full.png\" alt=\"Average gas prices by state (Choropleth map)\"\/><\/div>\n<p><amp-iframe width=\"100\" height=\"100\" layout=\"responsive\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin\" resizable=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.datawrapper.de\/_\/3fQV3\/\"> <\/amp-iframe><\/div>\n<p>After\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gasbuddy.com\/charts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">sliding<\/a> for months, gas prices\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/gas-prices-december-2025-lowest-since-2021\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">dipped below $3<\/a><\/span>\u00a0in December, only to rise again as the conflict between the U.S. and Iran intensified.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Oil prices have been creeping up on the possibility of attacks,&#8221; De Haan told CBS News. &#8220;The actual attacks themselves, obviously, are a major escalation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>De Haan expects the price of gasoline to rise by another 10 to 15 cents per gallon over the next week. After that, the pace of price hikes should start to moderate, he added.<\/p>\n<p>It could, however, take longer for diesel prices to cool because inventory is tighter, he said. The average price of diesel climbed to $4.124 per gallon this week, the highest level since December 2023, according to GasBuddy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Why are prices rising so sharply?<\/h2>\n<p>Gas prices are ticking higher as the Iran war <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/oil-prices-iran-attacks-strait-of-hormuz\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">constrains global oil supply<\/a><\/span>. Shipments through the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/strait-of-hormuz-iran-oil-prices-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Strait of Hormuz<\/a><\/span> have stalled, while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/video\/oil-prices-spike-as-war-in-iran-strains-global-supply\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">retaliatory attacks<\/a> through the Middle East have dented oil production.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. is now losing access to around 20 million barrels of oil supply a day as shipping through the Strait of Hormuz slows, according to De Haan.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Nothing can replace that,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div style=\"min-height:460px\" id=\"datawrapper-vis-FpoBj\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/FpoBj\/full.png\" alt=\"Average diesel and regular gas prices per gallon (Line chart)\"\/><\/div>\n<p><amp-iframe width=\"100\" height=\"100\" layout=\"responsive\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin\" resizable=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.datawrapper.de\/_\/FpoBj\/\"> <\/amp-iframe><\/div>\n<p>President Trump this week tapped the\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-dfc-persian-gulf-ship-insurance-iran-war\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">U.S. International Development Finance Corporation<\/a><\/span>\u00a0to insure ships sailing through the Persian Gulf to minimize further disruption.<\/p>\n<p>Brent crude, the international standard, climbed $3.03, or 3.7%, to $84.42 per barrel on Thursday morning. Benchmark U.S. crude rose $4.03, or 5.4%, to $78.70 a barrel, according to FactSet.<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to rising diesel costs, De Haan pointed to drone attacks on a Saudi refinery this week and Qatar&#8217;s decision to shut down natural gas production, two factors that are putting upward pressure on prices.<\/p>\n<p>QatarEnergy, the country&#8217;s state-owned oil company, halted liquefied natural gas (LNG) production on Monday. That prompted gas prices in European and Asian markets to jump.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While the Iran war is the primary cause of rising U.S. gas prices, seasonal factors are contributing another 10% to 15%, De Haan said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We see gas prices go up every spring,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Demand starts going up.&#8221;<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<p class=\"content__meta--editors\">\n      Edited by<\/p>\n<p>                                  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/aimee-picchi\/\" class=\"byline__author__link\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Aimee  Picchi<\/a>\n                      <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation  \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"component__item-recirc-block\">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">Go deeper with The Free Press<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n      <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__tags\">\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/why-gas-prices-are-going-up-iran-war-chart\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Iran war continues to push up prices at the pump, with U.S. consumers now paying about 26 cents more<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":68702,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[4107,1528,1057],"class_list":["post-68701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-money-watch","tag-gas-prices","tag-iran","tag-oil-and-gas"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Gas prices are up 26 cents since last week. 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