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What does diesel cost in England and Wales today?

Fuel prices in England and Wales, from Department for Energy Security and Net Zero. An official figure as of 12 October 2026.

An official average or median published by a statistics office or regulator, not individual sales.

£2.00 per litre, average

The average UK pump price of diesel (ULSD) was 200.04 pence per litre (£2.0004) in DESNZ's weekly road fuel prices for the week dated 12 October 2026, 0.3% higher than the previous week (5 October 2026) and 39.9% higher than a year earlier (13 October 2025). Official average published by Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ), United Kingdom for 2026-10-12.

Reference period
2026-10-12 (the period the publisher states for this figure)
Kind of figure
An official average published by Department for Energy Security and Net Zero. It is passed on as published: no range of ours, and no count of records unless the publisher gives one.

Source: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero. Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0. The gov.uk page states. Live answer: /api/v1/fuel?country=GB&fuel=diesel

Where this comes from

Source
Weekly road fuel prices, published by Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ), United Kingdom
Licence
Open Government Licence v3.0. The gov.uk page states: "All content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0, except where otherwise stated". © Crown copyright
Attribution
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Weekly road fuel prices. The price is converted from pence to pounds per litre and the change on the previous week and a year earlier is calculated by ProofPrice.
Figures as of
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How fresh the source is
Weekly: one national figure each week, usually available the same week
Limits
One average for the whole United Kingdom per week, not the price at a station, town or postcode: an area or postcode in a request is answered with the national figure and says so. Only unleaded petrol (ULSP, asked for as petrol95) and diesel (ULSD, diesel) are published; premium petrol, E10 as a separate grade, LPG and electric charging are not. DESNZ gives no range and no number of stations. In the history tool, sample_size is a placeholder (5), not a count of stations.
Rule
A figure built from records is shown only when at least 5 records sit behind it; official statistics are shown as such, with their reference period. See how we earn trust and the method.

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