UK Fuel Price History
Daily petrol and diesel pump-price averages across 34 major UK towns, tracked over time from the official Fuel Finder open-data scheme.
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UK average · Unleaded (E10)
Weighted by station counts across 9 regions · daily
Regional averages today · E10
Cheapest first · Δ90d compares against 90 days ago.
Regional trends · last 90d
Town deep-dive · Unleaded (E10)
Daily mean of stations within 8 miles of London. Forecourt listings: fuel finder page
How this works
- Every night at 04:35 UTC we sample pump prices at forecourts within 8 miles of 34 major UK town and city centres, using the UK Government's official Fuel Finder open-data scheme.
- Each station reporting a grade contributes one price sample; we publish the mean, median, min, max and quartiles. Closed forecourts and out-of-range prices are excluded.
- Stations are attributed to their nearest sampled town centre, so regional rollups never double-count a forecourt.
- Regional averages weight each town by its number of reporting stations, and national averages weight each region the same way.
- Raw station-level samples are kept for 90 days for corrections; long-range town history is compacted to weekly resolution after two years. Regional series are kept forever.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (UK Fuel Finder scheme).
Frequently Asked Questions
We take a snapshot every night at 04:35 UTC across 34 major UK towns and cities. Retailers typically update their prices overnight via the government's Fuel Finder scheme, so morning figures show the latest nationwide picture.
Directly from the UK Government's official Fuel Finder open-data scheme (Motor Fuel Price (Open Data) Regulations 2025), which collects live pump prices from participating retailers including ASDA, Tesco, Sainsbury's, Morrisons, BP, Shell, Esso and Applegreen.
Fuel duty and VAT are identical across the UK, so differences come down to wholesale supply costs, local competition, transport logistics and retailer strategy. Remote and rural regions usually pay more than busy urban corridors.
E10 is the standard UK petrol blend (up to 10% ethanol), E5 is premium/super unleaded, B7 is standard diesel and premium diesel is a higher-cetane diesel blend. Always check your vehicle manufacturer's guidance before using super grades.
We track the 34 largest population centres — including the Home Counties commuter belt (Woking, Guildford, Slough and Basingstoke) alongside London and the regions; most UK drivers live within one of them or a short drive away. Pick the closest tracked city above.