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UK petrol price history

Daily national average pump prices, calculated from the price snapshots fuel.co.uk records every 30 minutes from official UK Government data. Coverage runs from Tue, 7 Jul 2026, when this dataset began, and every day since is retained permanently.

The UK average unleaded (E10) price is 161.6p per litre and diesel (B7) is 181.8p, based on 101,579 price observations on Fri, 7 Aug 2026. Since Tue, 7 Jul 2026, unleaded has risen 10.9p per litre and diesel has risen 17.3p.

Daily averages, newest first

DateUnleaded (E10)Diesel (B7)Observations
Fri, 7 Aug 2026161.6p181.8p101,579
Thu, 6 Aug 2026161.6p181.7p367,226
Wed, 5 Aug 2026161.5p181.5p374,990
Tue, 4 Aug 2026161.3p181.2p375,088
Mon, 3 Aug 2026161.0p180.5p374,774
Sun, 2 Aug 2026160.7p180.1p374,949
Sat, 1 Aug 2026160.5p179.7p374,922
Fri, 31 Jul 2026160.1p179.1p374,539
Thu, 30 Jul 2026159.6p178.4p381,964
Wed, 29 Jul 2026159.2p177.7p374,120
Tue, 28 Jul 2026158.7p176.9p374,041
Mon, 27 Jul 2026158.0p175.9p373,751
Sun, 26 Jul 2026157.6p175.3p373,728
Sat, 25 Jul 2026157.3p174.8p373,618
Fri, 24 Jul 2026156.5p173.5p373,239
Thu, 23 Jul 2026155.7p172.3p373,200
Wed, 22 Jul 2026155.1p171.2p364,640
Tue, 21 Jul 2026154.6p170.3p206,948
Mon, 20 Jul 2026153.6p168.7p151,981
Sun, 19 Jul 2026153.3p168.3p209,932
Sat, 18 Jul 2026153.2p168.0p197,691
Fri, 17 Jul 2026152.7p167.3p203,183
Thu, 16 Jul 2026152.3p166.6p224,743
Wed, 15 Jul 2026151.9p166.0p180,431
Tue, 14 Jul 2026151.5p165.2p193,619
Mon, 13 Jul 2026151.2p164.7p239,673
Sun, 12 Jul 2026151.1p164.7p214,173
Sat, 11 Jul 2026151.1p164.6p210,649
Fri, 10 Jul 2026151.0p164.6p179,875
Thu, 9 Jul 2026150.8p164.4p230,661
Wed, 8 Jul 2026150.7p164.4p230,247
Tue, 7 Jul 2026150.7p164.5p200,347

Each day's figure is the mean of every valid price observation recorded that day across all reporting UK forecourts (Open Government Licence v3.0). The observation count shows the sample behind each average. This dataset started on Tue, 7 Jul 2026; fuel.co.uk retains every 30-minute snapshot permanently, so coverage extends daily.

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