As Fuel Prices Creep Up Again - What are the latest UK petrol prices and diesel prices?

16th April 2024

The RAC keeps a page with the latest prices of petrol and diesel.

The prices below are the latest available average unleaded petrol, diesel and liquid petroleum gas (LPG) averages across supermarket, motorway and other independent forecourts in the UK, and are updated daily where data is available.

Pump prices are continuing to increase, with petrol up by 6 pence per litre (ppl) since the start of the year and diesel recording three consecutive months of rises.

New data from RAC Fuel Watch shows that petrol increased by almost 2ppl in March, from 144.62p to 146.48p.

Diesel rose by more than a penny from 154.68p to 155.99p.

The increase in forecourt prices has been driven by a 5% rise in the cost of a barrel of oil (from $83.55 to $87.48), while a surge in demand for petrol in the US has caused the wholesale price of unleaded to rise to match that of diesel.

It meant that by the end of March, a litre of unleaded cost 113.3p on the wholesale market, only a penny or so less than diesel at 114.69p.

If this remains the case, the gap between the two fuels at the pumps should close from its current 7p in the next few weeks.

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RAC Fuel Prices Page