{"id":894,"date":"2026-03-03T16:22:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T16:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/894\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T16:22:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T16:22:19","slug":"gas-prices-in-massachusetts-spike-overnight-in-response-to-iran-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/894\/","title":{"rendered":"Gas prices in Massachusetts spike overnight in response to Iran war"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gas prices<\/a> are starting to climb higher in Massachusetts amid the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran.<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

According to AAA, the average cost of a gallon of gas in the state on Tuesday was $2.97. On Monday, it was $2.91.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“We’re up 6 cents overnight and it’s entirely based on petroleum markets<\/a> spiking in response to the U.S. and Israel attacking Iran,” AAA Northeast spokesperson Mark Schieldrop told WBZ-TV. “Crude oil is up and refined products are up across the board.”<\/p>\n

The national average went up even more, jumping 11 cents overnight to $3.11 a gallon. Gas prices in Rhode Island are up 5 cents, and in Connecticut they rose 4 cents.<\/p>\n

GasBuddy analyst Patrick De Haan said<\/a> the national average could rise another 10 cents to 25 cents in the next week or two if the situation doesn’t deescalate.<\/p>\n

Cheapest gas in Massachusetts<\/p>\n

Right now, AAA says the cheapest metro area for gas in Massachusetts is Seekonk at $2.86 a gallon, followed by Springfield ($2.87) and Worcester ($2.98).\u00a0<\/p>\n

The most expensive metro areas is Cambridge-Newton-Framingham at $3.02 a gallon. On Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket, gas is over $4 a gallon.<\/p>\n

“We’re just kind of stuck with it”<\/p>\n

At the Natick service plaza on the Mass Pike Monday, April from Virginia said gas prices are a big concern. She has to drive between Virginia and New Hampshire every three months for medical reasons.<\/p>\n

“It’s 1,200 miles – we have to do the traveling because of chronic illness,” she said. “We’re just kind of stuck with it.”<\/p>\n

Another driver, Amy Christiansen, said she hopes prices won’t increase too much for her hour-and-a-half-long commute to work.<\/p>\n

“I don’t have a choice, either,” she said. “Offices aren’t saying ‘gas is going up, don’t come in.'”<\/p>\n

\n More from CBS News\n <\/p>\n

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