Petrol and diesel prices near me: the UK national picture
National average (week of 2026-10-05): petrol at 174.88p and diesel at 199.52p per litre, from the official DESNZ weekly series.
Petrol price over the last year
Understanding the UK fuel price
What is the average UK petrol and diesel price this week?
According to the DESNZ weekly series (week of 2026-10-05), the UK average pump price is 174.88p per litre for petrol and 199.52p for diesel. This is a national average, not a live station lookup — use it to judge whether a price you see locally is above or below the norm.
How much of that price is tax?
Fuel duty alone is 52.95p per litre on both petrol and diesel, plus 20% VAT charged on top of the fuel cost and duty combined. Together, duty and VAT make up roughly 47% of the pump price this week.
Has the price gone up or down recently?
A month earlier (2026-09-07) petrol was 164.40p — a change of +6.4% since then. Over a full year, from 2025-09-29 at 134.36p, the change is +30.2%.
Can this page find the cheapest station near me?
No. This page reports the official national average only — it is not a live, per-station locator. The UK's statutory Fuel Finder service (gov.uk) is meant to provide that live data, but it requires registration and blocked a direct, unauthenticated check while building this page. For a live local comparison, use a fuel-price app or your satnav's fuel search, and treat the figures above as the national backdrop for judging whether a price is high or low.
Glossário: os termos desta página
Pump price
The retail price per litre charged at the forecourt, already including fuel duty and VAT — the figure drivers actually pay.
Fuel Finder
The UK statutory service, created under the Motor Fuel Price (Open Data) Regulations 2025, that is meant to publish near-live, per-station fuel prices — access requires registration and blocked an unauthenticated check while building this page.
Fonte: Fuel Finder — UK Government.
National average
A single UK-wide figure, not a live price at any specific station — useful to judge whether a local price is high or low, not to find the cheapest forecourt nearby.
Fuel duty
A fixed excise tax charged per litre on petrol and diesel in the UK, set by the Treasury and unchanged regardless of the wholesale oil price.
DESNZ
The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, the UK government department that publishes the Weekly road fuel prices series used on this page.
Fonte: Weekly road fuel prices — DESNZ.
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