Gas prices rise by double digits in South Florida. Check your area

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Gas prices rise by double digits in South Florida. Check your area

Gas prices are still going up in South Florida.

“Rising oil prices contributed to the latest jump at the pump,” said Mark Jenkins, spokesman for AAA – The Auto Club Group. “Ongoing tensions in the Middle East have created uncertainty about global oil supplies. That uncertainty has placed renewed upward pressure on oil prices. Since oil accounts for about half the price of gasoline, higher crude costs are making their way to gas stations nationwide.”

On Tuesday, Sept 22, prices are up by double digits in Miami-Dade and Broward, according to AAA. Prices also were up by double digits last week

The average price in Miami and Fort Lauderdale is 37 cents a gallon higher than a month ago and $1.22 higher than a year ago, according to GasBuddy, a national fuel monitoring service that surveys nearly 1,700 stations in South Florida

North Florida is the cheapest to pump in Florida — but increased to over $4 a gallon — while the Keys and Palm Beach County are the most expensive areas to buy gas, according to AAA.

Here’s what to know if you’re commuting or traveling in Florida:

Gas prices in South Florida

Miami-Dade: The average price: $4.25 on Tuesday, Sept. 22, a 12-cent increase from a week ago, according to AAA.

Fort Lauderdale: $4.30, a 13-cent increase from a week ago.

West Palm Beach/Boca Raton: $4.41, a 13-cent increase from a week ago.

Monroe County: $4.54, a 19-cent increase from a week ago.

Florida price at the pump

Average: The average price for a gallon of gas in Florida on Tuesday, Sept. 22, is $4.24, an 11-cent increase from a week ago.

Gas prices around Florida

Bradenton/Sarasota: $4.18

Daytona Beach: $4.27

Fort Myers: $4.25

Gainesville: $4.32

Jacksonville: $4.25

Lakeland: $4.22

Naples: $4.31

Orlando: $4.19

Panama City: $4.03

Pensacola: $4.04

Port St. Lucie: $4.28

Space Coast: $4.26

Tallahassee: $4.09

Tampa/St. Pete: $4.24

Villages: $4.18

U.S. price at the pump

Average: The average price for a gallon of gas across the country on Tuesday, Sept. 22, according to AAA, is $4.47, a 16-cent increase from a week ago.

What the experts are saying

▪ Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy:

“Average gasoline prices rose in virtually every state over the last week, with 45 states seeing increases of more than 3 cents per gallon, led by the Great Lakes region where refinery issues sent Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, and Wisconsin all up more than 30 cents per gallon. Diesel rose in every state, with five states seeing increases exceeding 50 cents per gallon, as continued strikes on Russian oil refineries tighten global diesel supply- a pressure further amplified in the Great Lakes by regional refinery issues. Any broader directional change will depend heavily on overseas developments, and with new Houthi attacks and fresh U.S.-Iran escalations, the outlook remains deeply uncertain.”

How to find cheap gas near you

There’s an app to help: The GasBuddy app was built to show motorists prices around them and a fuel tracker can update users on stations that have or don’t have fuel based on supply changes.