National petrol and diesel averages, daily movement, and trend context
This page tracks recent national average fuel movements for petrol, diesel and premium grades. Use it to understand whether prices are rising, cooling, or staying flat before you compare local stations on the homepage or stations map.
| Date | Petrol | Diesel | Premium Petrol | Premium Diesel |
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National fuel trends help explain the direction of pump prices, but they do not replace local station comparisons. A falling national average can still leave one postcode expensive, while a rising average can still leave one nearby supermarket cheaper than the rest.
The most practical workflow is: check the national direction here, then switch to the homepage or the stations page to find the cheapest forecourt near you.
Browse month-specific trend summaries when you want a crawlable archive of how UK petrol and diesel prices moved over time.
The trend view refreshes whenever new station price rows are imported, and the chart shows the recent daily averages used by PetrolCompare.
These charts summarise recent UK average prices for petrol, diesel, premium petrol and premium diesel, giving a national direction rather than a single local station price.
Use local prices to choose where to fill up today. Use trend pages to understand whether prices are broadly rising, falling, or stable nationally.