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Live UK fuel prices · updated every 3 hours from the Government open-data scheme
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UK fuel price insights

Live averages, the cost behind every litre, and regional and retailer variation across the UK - hover any chart to dig in.

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National average · recent weeks

Average pence per litre across every reporting forecourt. Hover for any date.

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Cheapest vs most expensive

The extremes of the UK market right now - by forecourt, by city and by region - plus the biggest price moves. Every figure comes straight from live forecourt data.

Cheapest forecourts

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Most expensive forecourts

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Biggest price moves over a week

Per-forecourt moves from daily price history.

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Regions follow the 12 standard UK postcode regions; cities cover forecourts within ~12 miles of a major city. Spot a bargain? Find it on the Fuel Map.

Average price by city

Ranked cheapest to dearest by today's average.

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Recent insights

What's moved - computed from today's live averages and the recent history.

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Price by retailer type

Where you fill up matters more than when.

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Average price by brand

Every brand's national average today, cheapest first. Brands with fewer than 5 reporting forecourts are excluded.

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Where fuel is cheap - and where it isn't

A smooth heat surface of live pump prices - each area is coloured by the average price of the forecourts around it. Green runs among the cheapest, amber around the national median, red among the dearest. Pick a grade on the map.

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Unleaded · local average price · amber ≈ the national median

What you actually pay for

Every litre, broken down. Hover a band for the detail.

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Fuel duty · flat rate
52.95p/L
Frozen since 2011 and cut 5p in 2022 - charged the same on every litre, supermarket or motorway.
VAT on fuel
20%
Added on top of everything - including the duty. You pay tax on a tax.
Tax per full tank
··on 55 L
Of a typical fill, this much goes straight to the Treasury before a drop reaches your engine.

Fuel & the wider economy

Why pump prices ripple far beyond the forecourt.

Because nearly everything in the UK is moved by road, the price at the pump feeds straight back into the cost of other goods - from groceries to deliveries. When fuel climbs, those costs tend to follow with a lag.
Most of what you pay is fixed tax rather than the oil itself, so headline crude swings move the pump less than you might expect - the duty and VAT cushion both rises and falls.
Filling up smartly - supermarket forecourts, steady driving, well-kept tyres - is one of the few levers a driver controls directly.

Cost per mile by grade

Today's national averages turned into pence per mile, at typical real-world economy.

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Cut your fuel spend

Small habits that add up over a year of driving.

Use supermarket forecourts
They typically run about 3p a litre under branded sites - and loyalty schemes stack on top.
Drive smoothly
Gentle acceleration and steady speeds can cut consumption by up to 15% on a regular run.
Lose the dead weight
Empty the roof box and clear the boot - every extra kilo you carry burns more fuel.
Check your tyres
Under-inflated tyres add rolling resistance, quietly raising your spend on every journey.

Fuel price questions, answered

The things drivers ask us most.

UK petrol peaked around 191.5p a litre in July 2022, with diesel close to 199p. The modern low was roughly 100p during the 2020 demand collapse.

Local competition is the biggest factor. Towns with several supermarkets and busy forecourts price keenly, while rural areas with one station and longer delivery runs tend to be dearer.

It is the pattern where pump prices rise quickly when wholesale costs go up, but drift down only slowly when they fall - so drivers feel increases faster than savings.

Two taxes. Fuel duty is a flat 52.95p a litre, frozen since 2011 and cut 5p in 2022. VAT at 20% is then added on top of everything, including the duty.

Retailers can reprice daily and many do. Wholesale costs move constantly, but the gap to the pump can take a week or two to show up.

UK pump prices sit mid-table. Some EU countries pay more thanks to higher duties; others are cheaper - but almost everywhere, most of the price is tax.

Around 8,300 to 8,400 filling stations, down from over 18,000 in the 1990s as supermarkets took a bigger share of fuel volume.

On home off-peak charging, EV running costs can be a fraction of petrol per mile. On public rapid chargers the gap narrows sharply - it depends heavily on where you charge.