Harris County gas prices jump 21 cents, average hits $4.01
A 21-cent weekly jump pushed Harris County gas to $4.01 a gallon, adding about $16.80 a month for a driver burning 20 gallons a week.
A Harris County driver burning 20 gallons of gasoline a week is paying about $4.20 more each week, or roughly $16.80 more over a month, after the county average jumped 21 cents to $4.01 a gallon.
The increase was steep enough to put local prices nearly a dollar above where they stood on March 10. Harris County’s average also landed just below AAA’s Texas average of $4.062 as of May 9, showing how quickly the cost of commuting, school drop-offs and delivery routes has moved higher across the region.
The climb has not been limited to Houston. Houston Chronicle’s Texas gas price tracker showed the statewide average rise nearly a dollar per gallon in the past month, from $2.55 to $3.54. AAA said the national average price for regular gasoline rose 25 cents for a second straight week to $4.55 on May 7, a sign that drivers in Texas are facing the same pressure seen across the United States.
AAA updates county gas prices daily, and its Texas county map showed a spread from $4.602 to $3.599 a gallon, a gap of $1.003 that underscores how much a single fill-up can vary depending on where drivers stop. Houston Chronicle also maintains a live county-level tracker that follows those shifts as they happen.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration said the higher retail prices are being driven by increased crude oil costs and normal seasonal patterns, with Memorial Day weekend one of the biggest travel periods of the year. That timing matters in Harris County, where higher fuel costs are already forcing households to rethink daily spending and summer driving plans, especially as the broader U.S.-Iran war continues to feed volatility in oil markets.
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