Petrol prices by UK region
Where you live changes what you pay. These are today's median prices across all twelve UK regions, from every forecourt reporting to the government's Fuel Finder scheme.
The gap between the cheapest and dearest region is 7.0p a litre — Northern Ireland at £1.65 against Scotland at £1.72. On a 55-litre tank that is £3.85 a fill, or around £100 a year for someone filling up fortnightly.
The median forecourt in each region — what you pay without trying.
Colour ranks the regions — regions on the same figure share a shade. The whole country spans £1.65 to £1.72.
Northern Ireland494 forecourts
Typical£1.65
Cheapest£1.49
Dearest£1.96
Worth shopping47.0p
5.0p below the UK median of £1.70.
Prices across Northern Ireland1Northern Ireland
£1.65494 forecourts5.0p
Northern Ireland is consistently among the cheapest parts of the UK for fuel, with a dense independent retail sector competing hard on price.2North West
£1.70822 forecourts0.0p
Greater Manchester and Merseyside are heavily contested and price accordingly. Cumbria and the Lakes sit well above them.3North East
£1.70296 forecourts0.0p
A compact region where Tyneside, Wearside and Teesside supermarket sites set the pace, and prices vary less than in most of the country.4Yorkshire and The Humber
£1.70643 forecourts0.0p
Leeds, Sheffield and Hull anchor a competitive belt, while the Dales and the North York Moors carry noticeably dearer fuel.5Wales
£1.70483 forecourts0.0p
The south Wales corridor from Cardiff to Swansea is competitive; mid and west Wales are among the most expensive places to fill up in Britain.6East Midlands
£1.71574 forecourts1.0p
Consistently among the cheaper English regions, helped by strong supermarket presence around Nottingham, Leicester and Derby.7South West
£1.72758 forecourts1.8p
Prices climb steadily the further west you go. Devon and Cornwall carry some of the dearest fuel in England, where thin competition and long delivery routes both tell.8London
£1.72495 forecourts2.0p
London forecourts run above the national average almost everywhere, with the sharpest prices in the outer boroughs where sites still compete with supermarket rivals.9South East
£1.721,024 forecourts2.0p
The South East mixes dense supermarket competition around the larger towns with expensive rural and motorway sites along the M25 and M3 corridors.10East of England
£1.72721 forecourts2.0p
A wide spread between supermarket forecourts in Norwich, Ipswich and the Cambridge corridor, and the independent sites serving rural Norfolk and the Fens.11West Midlands
£1.72683 forecourts2.0p
One of the most competitive regions in the country. The density of supermarket forecourts around Birmingham, Coventry and Wolverhampton keeps prices low.12Scotland
£1.72749 forecourts2.0p
The Central Belt prices close to the UK average. The Highlands and Islands are the dearest fuel in the country, where a single site can serve a whole area.Prices change street by street
Regional medians show the pattern, but the spread within a single town is often wider than the gap between regions.