Since June 2003 · official weekly averages

UK petrol and diesel price history

The Government's average pump price for every week since 2003, with fuel duty and VAT shown separately, plus our own daily average across every forecourt since February 2026. To see what moved the price, read the timeline.

173.5ppetrol, official week of 28 Sep 2026+39.3p vs a year ago
197.6pdiesel, same week+55.6p vs a year ago
191.6precord petrol averageweek of 4 Jul 2022
199.2precord diesel averageweek of 4 Jul 2022
47%of the petrol price is taxduty 53.0p + VAT 28.9p

Weekly average pump price

130p140p150p160p170p180p190p200pDec 21Jun 22Dec 22Jun 23Dec 23Jun 24Dec 24Jun 25Dec 25Jun 26PetrolDiesel140p160p180p200p20222023202420252026PetrolDiesel
  • Petrol
  • Diesel

Source: DESNZ weekly road fuel prices (volume-weighted UK average, Monday of each week). Latest week of 28 Sep 2026.

Where the pence go: petrol

The pump price split into fuel duty, VAT and everything else (the fuel itself, delivery and the retailer's margin).

50p100p150p200p20222023202420252026Pump priceDutyVATProduct and margin50p100p150p200p20222023202420252026Pump priceDutyVATProduct and margin
  • Pump price
  • Duty
  • VAT
  • Product and margin

Live daily average since February 2026

Our plain average across every forecourt with a recent price, from the Fuel Finder data. It comes out a little higher than the official figure, which gives more weight to busy forecourts.

140p160p180p200pMarMayJulSepPetrol (all forecourts)Diesel (all forecourts)
  • Petrol (all forecourts)
  • Diesel (all forecourts)

Today's petrol picture · diesel · the weekly reports

Every week, in numbers

Most recent first. Pence per litre.

WeekPetrolDieselDutyVAT rate
28 Sep 2026173.5p197.6p53.0p20.0%
21 Sep 2026172.0p195.5p53.0p20.0%
14 Sep 2026168.1p190.7p53.0p20.0%
7 Sep 2026164.4p186.4p53.0p20.0%
31 Aug 2026161.6p183.5p53.0p20.0%
24 Aug 2026161.6p182.8p53.0p20.0%
17 Aug 2026161.8p182.5p53.0p20.0%
10 Aug 2026162.2p182.0p53.0p20.0%
3 Aug 2026159.9p179.2p53.0p20.0%
27 Jul 2026156.1p174.0p53.0p20.0%
20 Jul 2026152.3p167.1p53.0p20.0%
13 Jul 2026150.5p164.5p53.0p20.0%
6 Jul 2026149.8p164.8p53.0p20.0%
29 Jun 2026151.0p167.1p53.0p20.0%
22 Jun 2026153.3p172.5p53.0p20.0%
15 Jun 2026155.5p176.7p53.0p20.0%
8 Jun 2026158.0p181.8p53.0p20.0%
1 Jun 2026158.7p184.1p53.0p20.0%
25 May 2026158.8p185.1p53.0p20.0%
18 May 2026157.4p186.6p53.0p20.0%
11 May 2026156.8p188.1p53.0p20.0%
4 May 2026156.8p188.8p53.0p20.0%
27 Apr 2026157.0p189.8p53.0p20.0%
20 Apr 2026157.6p191.2p53.0p20.0%
13 Apr 2026158.2p192.1p53.0p20.0%
6 Apr 2026154.7p186.8p53.0p20.0%
30 Mar 2026148.8p176.5p53.0p20.0%
23 Mar 2026144.2p166.9p53.0p20.0%
16 Mar 2026140.3p158.8p53.0p20.0%
9 Mar 2026135.7p149.0p53.0p20.0%
2 Mar 2026132.1p142.2p53.0p20.0%
23 Feb 2026131.7p141.5p53.0p20.0%
16 Feb 2026131.6p141.5p53.0p20.0%
9 Feb 2026131.5p140.7p53.0p20.0%
2 Feb 2026131.6p140.8p53.0p20.0%
26 Jan 2026132.0p141.3p53.0p20.0%
19 Jan 2026132.6p141.8p53.0p20.0%
12 Jan 2026133.4p142.6p53.0p20.0%
5 Jan 2026134.9p144.2p53.0p20.0%
29 Dec 2025135.3p144.6p53.0p20.0%
22 Dec 2025136.2p145.5p53.0p20.0%
15 Dec 2025136.8p146.1p53.0p20.0%
8 Dec 2025136.7p146.2p53.0p20.0%
1 Dec 2025136.6p146.2p53.0p20.0%
24 Nov 2025136.1p145.4p53.0p20.0%
17 Nov 2025135.1p144.0p53.0p20.0%
10 Nov 2025134.7p143.3p53.0p20.0%
3 Nov 2025134.4p142.6p53.0p20.0%
27 Oct 2025134.4p142.4p53.0p20.0%
20 Oct 2025134.7p142.8p53.0p20.0%
13 Oct 2025134.8p143.0p53.0p20.0%
6 Oct 2025134.8p142.9p53.0p20.0%
29 Sep 2025134.4p142.2p53.0p20.0%
22 Sep 2025134.2p142.0p53.0p20.0%
15 Sep 2025133.8p141.7p53.0p20.0%
8 Sep 2025133.7p141.6p53.0p20.0%
1 Sep 2025133.9p141.7p53.0p20.0%
25 Aug 2025133.9p141.9p53.0p20.0%
18 Aug 2025134.3p142.2p53.0p20.0%
11 Aug 2025134.4p142.5p53.0p20.0%
4 Aug 2025134.3p142.1p53.0p20.0%
28 Jul 2025134.2p142.0p53.0p20.0%
21 Jul 2025134.1p141.9p53.0p20.0%
14 Jul 2025134.0p141.1p53.0p20.0%
7 Jul 2025133.2p140.6p53.0p20.0%
30 Jun 2025133.0p140.3p53.0p20.0%
23 Jun 2025132.3p139.0p53.0p20.0%
16 Jun 2025131.4p137.5p53.0p20.0%
9 Jun 2025131.4p137.5p53.0p20.0%
2 Jun 2025131.5p138.1p53.0p20.0%
26 May 2025132.0p138.4p53.0p20.0%
19 May 2025132.1p138.6p53.0p20.0%
12 May 2025132.3p139.2p53.0p20.0%
5 May 2025133.2p140.1p53.0p20.0%
28 Apr 2025133.8p140.8p53.0p20.0%
21 Apr 2025134.3p141.4p53.0p20.0%
14 Apr 2025134.9p142.0p53.0p20.0%
7 Apr 2025135.3p142.5p53.0p20.0%
31 Mar 2025134.9p142.3p53.0p20.0%
24 Mar 2025135.6p143.1p53.0p20.0%
17 Mar 2025138.0p145.4p53.0p20.0%
10 Mar 2025139.4p146.6p53.0p20.0%
3 Mar 2025139.6p146.9p53.0p20.0%
24 Feb 2025139.6p146.8p53.0p20.0%
17 Feb 2025139.2p146.5p53.0p20.0%
10 Feb 2025139.0p146.3p53.0p20.0%
3 Feb 2025138.7p146.1p53.0p20.0%
27 Jan 2025138.4p145.6p53.0p20.0%
20 Jan 2025137.0p144.3p53.0p20.0%
13 Jan 2025136.5p143.3p53.0p20.0%
6 Jan 2025136.6p143.3p53.0p20.0%
30 Dec 2024136.5p143.0p53.0p20.0%
23 Dec 2024136.4p142.9p53.0p20.0%
16 Dec 2024136.4p142.7p53.0p20.0%
9 Dec 2024136.2p142.5p53.0p20.0%
2 Dec 2024135.9p142.0p53.0p20.0%
25 Nov 2024135.4p141.4p53.0p20.0%
18 Nov 2024134.9p140.5p53.0p20.0%
11 Nov 2024134.6p140.1p53.0p20.0%
4 Nov 2024134.4p139.8p53.0p20.0%
28 Oct 2024134.4p139.7p53.0p20.0%
21 Oct 2024134.0p139.3p53.0p20.0%
14 Oct 2024133.9p139.1p53.0p20.0%
7 Oct 2024133.6p138.5p53.0p20.0%
30 Sep 2024134.2p138.9p53.0p20.0%
23 Sep 2024135.3p140.0p53.0p20.0%
16 Sep 2024136.5p141.6p53.0p20.0%
9 Sep 2024138.1p143.4p53.0p20.0%
2 Sep 2024140.0p145.2p53.0p20.0%
26 Aug 2024141.0p146.2p53.0p20.0%
19 Aug 2024142.0p147.4p53.0p20.0%
12 Aug 2024142.9p148.5p53.0p20.0%
5 Aug 2024143.4p149.1p53.0p20.0%
29 Jul 2024144.2p150.2p53.0p20.0%
22 Jul 2024144.7p150.6p53.0p20.0%
15 Jul 2024144.6p150.6p53.0p20.0%
8 Jul 2024144.5p150.4p53.0p20.0%
1 Jul 2024144.3p150.1p53.0p20.0%
24 Jun 2024144.4p150.1p53.0p20.0%
17 Jun 2024145.1p150.7p53.0p20.0%
10 Jun 2024146.3p152.0p53.0p20.0%
3 Jun 2024147.3p153.3p53.0p20.0%
27 May 2024147.7p154.3p53.0p20.0%
20 May 2024148.8p156.2p53.0p20.0%
13 May 2024149.2p157.1p53.0p20.0%
6 May 2024149.5p157.6p53.0p20.0%
29 Apr 2024149.5p158.0p53.0p20.0%
22 Apr 2024149.2p158.0p53.0p20.0%
15 Apr 2024148.5p157.5p53.0p20.0%
8 Apr 2024146.9p156.3p53.0p20.0%
1 Apr 2024146.3p156.0p53.0p20.0%
25 Mar 2024145.1p153.9p53.0p20.0%
18 Mar 2024144.7p153.8p53.0p20.0%
11 Mar 2024144.7p154.3p53.0p20.0%
4 Mar 2024144.7p154.5p53.0p20.0%
26 Feb 2024144.0p153.3p53.0p20.0%
19 Feb 2024142.9p152.1p53.0p20.0%
12 Feb 2024141.3p150.3p53.0p20.0%
5 Feb 2024140.6p149.4p53.0p20.0%
29 Jan 2024139.9p148.6p53.0p20.0%
22 Jan 2024139.4p148.0p53.0p20.0%
15 Jan 2024139.5p147.9p53.0p20.0%
8 Jan 2024139.7p148.2p53.0p20.0%
1 Jan 2024140.8p148.7p53.0p20.0%
25 Dec 2023140.3p149.2p53.0p20.0%
18 Dec 2023141.5p150.4p53.0p20.0%
11 Dec 2023143.8p152.0p53.0p20.0%
4 Dec 2023145.7p154.1p53.0p20.0%
27 Nov 2023148.0p156.2p53.0p20.0%
20 Nov 2023150.5p158.4p53.0p20.0%
13 Nov 2023152.4p160.4p53.0p20.0%
6 Nov 2023153.2p160.9p53.0p20.0%
30 Oct 2023154.0p161.8p53.0p20.0%
23 Oct 2023154.6p162.2p53.0p20.0%
16 Oct 2023155.1p162.3p53.0p20.0%
9 Oct 2023155.9p162.5p53.0p20.0%
2 Oct 2023156.0p162.2p53.0p20.0%
25 Sep 2023155.4p160.6p53.0p20.0%
18 Sep 2023154.1p158.2p53.0p20.0%
11 Sep 2023153.1p156.2p53.0p20.0%
4 Sep 2023151.7p154.7p53.0p20.0%
28 Aug 2023150.7p153.5p53.0p20.0%
21 Aug 2023149.4p152.1p53.0p20.0%
14 Aug 2023147.8p150.4p53.0p20.0%
7 Aug 2023146.2p148.2p53.0p20.0%
31 Jul 2023144.1p146.0p53.0p20.0%
24 Jul 2023143.0p145.1p53.0p20.0%
17 Jul 2023142.8p144.6p53.0p20.0%
10 Jul 2023142.9p144.7p53.0p20.0%
3 Jul 2023143.4p145.5p53.0p20.0%
26 Jun 2023143.4p145.7p53.0p20.0%
19 Jun 2023143.0p145.2p53.0p20.0%
12 Jun 2023142.7p145.5p53.0p20.0%
5 Jun 2023142.9p146.4p53.0p20.0%
29 May 2023142.9p147.9p53.0p20.0%
22 May 2023143.6p151.6p53.0p20.0%
15 May 2023144.7p155.5p53.0p20.0%
8 May 2023145.3p158.1p53.0p20.0%
1 May 2023145.7p160.4p53.0p20.0%
24 Apr 2023145.8p161.3p53.0p20.0%
17 Apr 2023145.9p162.1p53.0p20.0%
10 Apr 2023145.8p162.7p53.0p20.0%
3 Apr 2023145.7p163.7p53.0p20.0%
27 Mar 2023146.2p165.2p53.0p20.0%
20 Mar 2023146.6p166.3p53.0p20.0%
13 Mar 2023147.0p167.0p53.0p20.0%
6 Mar 2023147.1p167.3p53.0p20.0%
27 Feb 2023147.6p168.6p53.0p20.0%
20 Feb 2023147.9p169.3p53.0p20.0%
13 Feb 2023148.0p169.7p53.0p20.0%
6 Feb 2023148.3p170.4p53.0p20.0%
30 Jan 2023148.2p170.6p53.0p20.0%
23 Jan 2023148.2p170.9p53.0p20.0%
16 Jan 2023148.8p171.6p53.0p20.0%
9 Jan 2023150.0p173.2p53.0p20.0%
2 Jan 2023150.9p174.2p53.0p20.0%
26 Dec 2022151.9p175.5p53.0p20.0%
19 Dec 2022154.1p177.6p53.0p20.0%
12 Dec 2022156.0p179.9p53.0p20.0%
5 Dec 2022159.2p183.6p53.0p20.0%
28 Nov 2022161.1p185.6p53.0p20.0%
21 Nov 2022163.3p187.6p53.0p20.0%
14 Nov 2022164.4p188.9p53.0p20.0%
7 Nov 2022165.6p189.8p53.0p20.0%
31 Oct 2022165.9p189.8p53.0p20.0%
24 Oct 2022164.6p187.3p53.0p20.0%
17 Oct 2022162.8p181.9p53.0p20.0%
10 Oct 2022162.1p180.8p53.0p20.0%
3 Oct 2022162.7p180.0p53.0p20.0%
26 Sep 2022164.0p180.5p53.0p20.0%
19 Sep 2022165.5p181.1p53.0p20.0%
12 Sep 2022167.6p182.2p53.0p20.0%
5 Sep 2022168.9p182.8p53.0p20.0%
29 Aug 2022170.1p183.2p53.0p20.0%
22 Aug 2022171.1p182.9p53.0p20.0%
15 Aug 2022174.2p185.2p53.0p20.0%
8 Aug 2022177.6p188.5p53.0p20.0%
1 Aug 2022182.8p193.0p53.0p20.0%
25 Jul 2022186.6p195.9p53.0p20.0%
18 Jul 2022188.9p197.5p53.0p20.0%
11 Jul 2022190.6p198.7p53.0p20.0%
4 Jul 2022191.6p199.2p53.0p20.0%
27 Jun 2022190.9p198.9p53.0p20.0%
20 Jun 2022186.9p194.9p53.0p20.0%
13 Jun 2022182.5p190.4p53.0p20.0%
6 Jun 2022175.0p184.9p53.0p20.0%
30 May 2022170.4p182.3p53.0p20.0%
23 May 2022167.6p181.2p53.0p20.0%
16 May 2022165.1p179.7p53.0p20.0%
9 May 2022163.7p178.4p53.0p20.0%
2 May 2022162.5p177.1p53.0p20.0%
25 Apr 2022161.8p176.3p53.0p20.0%
18 Apr 2022161.7p175.9p53.0p20.0%
11 Apr 2022161.8p176.2p53.0p20.0%
4 Apr 2022161.9p176.0p53.0p20.0%
28 Mar 2022162.7p176.4p53.0p20.0%
21 Mar 2022165.4p177.5p58.0p20.0%
14 Mar 2022160.0p169.5p58.0p20.0%
7 Mar 2022153.0p158.6p58.0p20.0%
28 Feb 2022149.2p153.4p58.0p20.0%
21 Feb 2022147.8p152.0p58.0p20.0%
14 Feb 2022147.0p151.1p58.0p20.0%
7 Feb 2022146.3p150.3p58.0p20.0%
31 Jan 2022145.7p149.7p58.0p20.0%
24 Jan 2022144.9p148.8p58.0p20.0%
17 Jan 2022144.8p148.7p58.0p20.0%
10 Jan 2022144.8p148.7p58.0p20.0%
3 Jan 2022145.0p148.9p58.0p20.0%
27 Dec 2021144.9p148.8p58.0p20.0%
20 Dec 2021145.2p148.9p58.0p20.0%
13 Dec 2021146.2p149.9p58.0p20.0%
6 Dec 2021146.9p150.6p58.0p20.0%
29 Nov 2021147.5p151.3p58.0p20.0%
22 Nov 2021146.9p150.7p58.0p20.0%
15 Nov 2021145.9p149.8p58.0p20.0%
8 Nov 2021144.9p148.8p58.0p20.0%

Common questions

What is the highest petrol price the UK has ever seen?

The official weekly average for petrol peaked at 191.6p a litre in the week of 4 July 2022, and diesel at 199.2p in the week of 4 July 2022. The latest official weekly average is 173.5p for petrol and 197.6p for diesel (week of 28 Sep 2026).

How much of the petrol price is tax?

Of the 173.5p average, 53.0p is fuel duty and 28.9p is VAT (20% on the duty as well as the fuel), so tax is 81.9p or 47% of the pump price. The remaining 91.6p covers the wholesale fuel, delivery and the retailer's margin.

How have fuel prices changed over the last year?

A year ago petrol averaged 134.2p and today's official weekly figure is 173.5p, a change of +39.3p. Diesel has gone from 142.0p to 197.6p (+55.6p).

Sources: DESNZ weekly road fuel prices (accredited official statistics, Open Government Licence v3.0); UK Government Fuel Finder, through PumpIndex, for the daily series. VAT in pence is worked out from the VAT rate.