Soil respiration is a significant contributor to the soil carbon (C) balance. However, knowledge of how it varies between management zones in oil palm plantation, and how it influences peat C loss rate, is still lacking. Therefore, a study to investigate the variations of soil CO₂ flux (Rs) in different management zones was conducted in a 14-year-old oil palm plantation on peat soils. R₅ was monitored over five months on a 1 ha plot located in an oil palm plantation in Pekan, Pahang, Malaysia using the closed chamber method. Spatial variability was considered by differentiating between C fluxes from each of three surface (management) zones (i.e., harvest paths, frond piles and inter-row). The mean Rs from the plantation was evaluated at 1.19 ± 0.09 g m^-2 hr^-1 across the three different surface zones, whose individual flux values were 0.68 ± 0.07, 1.19 ± 0.16 and 1.71 ± 0.19 m^-2 hr^-1, respectively. Highlighting CO₂ flux disparities among management zones provides insight into how surface management influences peat respiration. Additionally, Rs exhibited strong negative coherence with soil moisture. However, further information of the factors controlling soil CO₂ flux is required to assess the broader applicability of these findings.