UK Petrol and Diesel Prices: Late October 2026

Published 31 October 2026 · Updated 1 November 2026 · 2 min read · Petrol Prices Today team

Pump prices barely moved in the latest week, but they remain far above where they were a year ago. Here is the picture for the week commencing 26 October 2026.

The latest national averages

According to weekly figures published by IndexBox:

Fuel	Average price	Change on the week
Petrol	174.07p a litre	down 0.50p
Diesel	199.22p a litre	down 0.11p

Diesel is running about 25p above petrol.

The last few weeks

Week commencing	Petrol	Diesel
5 October	174.88p	199.52p
12 October	175.28p	200.04p
19 October	174.57p	199.33p
26 October	174.07p	199.22p

The trend is gently down, but only by fractions of a penny. Diesel touched the 200p mark in the middle of October.

How it compares with a year ago

In the week commencing 27 October 2025, petrol averaged 134.40p and diesel 142.38p.

Petrol is up about 40p a litre, or 30%
Diesel is up about 57p a litre, or 40%

For a driver filling a 55-litre tank, that is roughly £22 more for petrol and £31 more for diesel than a year ago.

What changed in 2026

Prices rose sharply in the spring. Petrol went from about 132p at the start of March to nearly 149p by the end of the month, while diesel jumped from about 142p to around 177p. Reports link the rise to disruption to oil shipping in the Middle East and tight supplies of refined diesel. Read why in why diesel is dearer than petrol.

What our own station data shows

Our database holds prices from more than 8,000 UK stations, taken from the government's Fuel Finder feed. On 27 October:

E10 petrol: average about 172.4p, cheapest about 153.9p, dearest about 209.0p
Diesel (B7): average about 198.7p, cheapest about 175.9p, dearest about 232.8p

The average is not what you will pay. The spread is the story: the cheapest and dearest stations are more than 50p apart.

What this means for you

The national average only tells you the market direction. What matters for your wallet is the price at the stations you can actually reach. Use the price search to compare them, and read how to find the cheapest petrol near you.

Sources: weekly price figures from IndexBox. Station figures are from the Petrol Prices Today database on 27 October 2026.

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