Loading the latest UK fuel prices
Loading the latest UK fuel prices
The current average UK petrol price, how it is changing and where petrol is cheapest.
Prices checked 20 Oct 2026, 06:02
The current national average, the number of forecourts reporting petrol prices and how the price is moving.
Petrol
174.1p/l
Coverage
7,916
forecourts reporting
Movement
UK price history
Daily UK average petrol prices in pence per litre, 19 September 2026 to 20 October 2026.
Regional averages
Every UK region ranked by average petrol price, cheapest first. Select a region for its towns and forecourts, or hover a card to find it on the map.
Town leaderboard
The lowest price currently reported in each town, along with how many forecourts report prices there. Every town links through to its full price list.
What Petrol (E10) is, what drives the price and how to use the national average.
Petrol (E10) has been the UK standard petrol grade since 2021. It blends in up to 10 percent renewable ethanol to cut overall emissions and works in almost every petrol car built since 2011. Older or incompatible cars can use Super unleaded (E5) instead.
Petrol prices follow the wholesale oil market, the pound-to-dollar exchange rate, and fuel duty and VAT, which together make up around half of the pump price. The retailer’s margin is the part that varies locally, which is why town prices can sit several pence either side of the UK average.
Treat the national average as your benchmark, not a promise: the regional and town rankings above show where petrol is currently cheaper, and each town page lists individual forecourts so you can compare before you drive.
Good to know
Current answers, useful comparisons and the next places to look when you are deciding where to fill up.
Independent, data-led and built on the government Fuel Finder scheme. How we source our data Read our data accuracy rules.
We only compare nearby prices after you choose a location.
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Diesel
Diesel 199.1 pence per litre
Prices checked 20 Oct 2026, 06:02
Petrol rose 1.7p/l, from 172.4p/l on 19 September to 174.1p/l on 20 October. The rise was not continuous: prices fell 0.7p/l from 5 October to 17 October before moving higher again. This is the national average, not a promise about every local pump, so it is still worth comparing nearby forecourts.
This chart follows the daily UK average petrol price in pence per litre, from 19 September 2026 to 20 October 2026. It shows the direction of the national market rather than the price at any single forecourt, so use it to judge timing and the rankings below to judge where.
Each point is a true daily average of prices published by UK forecourts under the government Fuel Finder scheme. Days appear only once their prices are confirmed, gaps are never filled with estimates, and every movement figure on this page is calculated from recorded prices.
