UK fuel price report: September 2026
Unleaded averaged 169.8p through September, climbing almost 13p from the first day to the last and averaging 8.3p more than August. The full figures, and the cheapest and dearest days to have filled up.
Fuel price guides
Written from the same Fuel Finder data the rest of the site runs on — what the numbers actually say, rather than what they are usually claimed to say.
The monthly reports, and the national average month by month, are collected on the UK fuel price reports page.
Why are rural fuel prices higher?
How much more fuel really costs where forecourts are few and far between, measured from live prices, why, and what the 5p rural relief does about it.
Is premium fuel worth it?
Today's price gap between premium and standard fuel, how much better economy it would take to pay for itself, and what the testing actually found.
What is the Fuel Finder scheme?
The law behind live UK fuel prices: what forecourts have to report within 30 minutes, who enforces it, and how to get a wrong price corrected.
UK fuel price report: August 2026
Unleaded averaged 161.5p through August, edging up about a penny and a half from the first day to the last. The full figures, and the cheapest and dearest days to have filled up.
How much do fuel prices vary between stations?
The same litre of unleaded costs wildly different amounts depending on which forecourt you pull into. Here is today's actual gap, measured across every station in the UK.
Live price pages
- Prices by town
Today's cheapest petrol and diesel in over 1,000 UK towns.
- Motorway services
Every service area road by road, and the cheaper forecourts just off the motorway.
- Supermarket vs branded
Whether supermarket fuel is cheaper today, and by how much.
- Regions
The UK's nations and English regions ranked from cheapest to dearest for petrol and diesel.
- HVO, B10 and LPG
Every UK forecourt with a current HVO or B10 diesel price, and every one with LPG pumps.
- Price history
The UK average day by day since July 2026, with a free CSV download.
- Fuel cost calculator
What a journey costs in fuel, at today's UK price for your fuel.
- Monthly reports
What petrol and diesel cost each month, and how that compares with the month before.