Questions · Energy
Are petrol and diesel getting dearer?
Petrol was 20.2% higher and diesel 27.8% higher than a year earlier in August 2026, on the ONS measure of average pump prices.
PETROL PRICES, YEARLY CHANGE
20.2%
▲ 28.3 points since January 2021
What’s this?
How much higher petrol prices are than a year earlier.
What it cannot tell you: It is an average across the country and across stations; the price where you fill up can differ.
Source: ONS, Consumer price inflation · latest August 2026
DIESEL PRICES, YEARLY CHANGE
27.8%
▲ 36.3 points since January 2021
What’s this?
How much higher diesel prices are than a year earlier.
What it cannot tell you: It is an average across the country and across stations; the price where you fill up can differ.
Source: ONS, Consumer price inflation · latest August 2026
A rate of change is not a price per litre. See petrol and diesel prices in full, including what the government raises from fuel duty.