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UK Fuel Price Index

National and regional petrol and diesel averages for the week beginning 10 August 2026, measured across 4,707 UK forecourts. Free to cite and reuse with attribution.

Petrol, UK average

161.7p

▼ -0.2p week on week

Diesel, UK average

182.5p

▲ +0.5p week on week

Cheapest region

East of Northern Ireland

153.1p petrol

Most expensive region

Central Belt

163.2p petrol

The gap between the cheapest and most expensive region is 10.1p a litre - about £5.56 on a 55-litre fill. Within a single town the gap is often wider still; compare stations near you.

Petrol and diesel over time

UK average pence per litre, one point per weekly edition.

Regional comparison

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Averages by region for the week beginning 10 August 2026. Regions with fewer than 20 forecourts reporting are excluded.

UK average petrol and diesel prices by region, week beginning 10 August 2026
Region Nation Forecourts Petrol Diesel vs UK
East of Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 147 153.1p 174.7p -8.6p
Greater Belfast Northern Ireland 124 153.1p 173.1p -8.6p
North East England England 173 159.5p 180.4p -2.2p
South Wales Wales 201 160.4p 181.2p -1.3p
South of Scotland Scotland 50 161.1p 181.9p -0.6p
North West England England 516 161.2p 181.9p -0.5p
Yorkshire and the Humber England 380 161.4p 182.6p -0.3p
East Midlands England 338 161.6p 181.6p -0.1p
South West England England 442 161.7p 182.2p 0.0p
North Wales Wales 49 161.8p 181.7p +0.1p
Mid Wales Wales 17 161.9p 182.6p +0.2p
West Midlands England 419 162.1p 182.8p +0.4p
Greater London England 352 162.5p 183.5p +0.8p
North East Scotland Scotland 72 162.5p 183.9p +0.8p
Highlands and Islands Scotland 84 162.6p 184.7p +0.9p
South East England England 675 163.0p 184.1p +1.3p
East of England England 416 163.1p 183.8p +1.4p
Central Belt Scotland 252 163.2p 183.7p +1.5p

Previous editions

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Methodology

Source. Prices are published by fuel retailers under the CMA open fuel price scheme, introduced after the Competition and Markets Authority's road fuel market study. We collect them throughout the day.

Coverage. This edition covers 4,707 forecourts reporting a usable unleaded price in the week beginning 10 August 2026.

Averaging. Figures are the unweighted mean of the price at each forecourt. A site is one observation regardless of how much fuel it sells, so this is an average of prices available, not of fuel purchased. Supermarket-heavy regions will read slightly lower than a volume-weighted measure.

Exclusions. Prices below 100p or above 300p a litre are excluded as data errors - a handful of sites report in pounds rather than pence. Records not updated within 30 days of the most recent feed update are excluded as stale. Regions with fewer than 20 reporting forecourts are omitted from the regional table.

Regions. Forecourts are assigned to a region from their postcode using ONS geography. Region boundaries follow the standard statistical regions of England plus Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Revisions. Each edition is a snapshot taken at the start of the week and is not revised afterwards. If a retailer corrects a price later, the correction appears in the following edition rather than changing a published one.

Using this data

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Suggested citation

UK Fuel Price Index, week of 10 August 2026, findpetrol. https://www.findpetrol.co.uk/uk-fuel-price-index/2026-08-10

Underlying price data is published under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Download this edition as CSV.

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