Weekly bulletin, 12 to 18 October 2026. Published Monday 19 October 2026.
Petrol prices in Scotland: down 1.3p this week to 173.8p
Between Monday 12 October 2026 and Sunday 18 October 2026, the average price of unleaded across 316 filling stations in Scotland fell 1.3p to 173.8p a litre, while diesel fell 0.9p to 199.3p.
Cheapest and most expensive
On Sunday 18 October 2026, prices updated within 30 days, judged against their neighbours.
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Daily averages, in pence per litre. Right-click the image to save it; it is free to publish with a link.
Towns in Scotland where unleaded moved most
Towns with at least three filling stations, first to last day of the week.
Stations that joined or went silent this week
Stations that reported their first price during the week, and stations whose last price came before or during it and that have been silent for 7 days or more since.
Started reporting 2
- Howies Filling Station, Kilwinning, KA13 6NJ, 13 Oct
- Coll Community Fuel Supplies Ltd, Arinagour, PA78 6SY, 12 Oct
Stopped reporting 0
None so far.
A station that stops reporting has not necessarily closed. The full lists: new stations and stations no longer reporting.
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The weekly change compares the same 200 filling stations with an unleaded price on both days, so a station dropping out of the figures does not move it.
382 of the 814 stations seen during the week changed at least one price.
The cheapest unleaded in Scotland on Sunday 18 October 2026 was 164.9p at Barrhill Garage, Cumnock (KA18 1PW); the most expensive was 209.9p at Mackenzie Stores, Portree (IV51 9JS), a gap of 45.0p, or £22.50 on a 50-litre tank.
The cheapest diesel was 184.9p at Costco Wholesale Edinburgh, Edinburgh (EH20 9BY), members only.
Across the UK, unleaded was down 0.8p over the same week, at 172.7p, which puts Scotland 1.1p above the national average.
Among the towns of Scotland, unleaded fell most in Airdrie (down 3.8p to 172.7p), Dumfries (down 3.3p to 172.6p), Hamilton (down 3.0p to 172.2p) and rose most in Perth (up 0.7p to 174.9p).
"Drivers in Scotland paid 1.3p less for a litre of unleaded this week. On a 50-litre tank, that is £0.65 less than a week earlier. The gap between the cheapest and the dearest forecourt in Scotland is 45.0p, so where you fill up still matters more than when." said Jacky A., editor of fuelpricetoday.co.uk.
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Petrol prices in Scotland: down 1.3p this week to 173.8p Between Monday 12 October 2026 and Sunday 18 October 2026, the average price of unleaded across 316 filling stations in Scotland fell 1.3p to 173.8p a litre, while diesel fell 0.9p to 199.3p. The weekly change compares the same 200 filling stations with an unleaded price on both days, so a station dropping out of the figures does not move it. 382 of the 814 stations seen during the week changed at least one price. The cheapest unleaded in Scotland on Sunday 18 October 2026 was 164.9p at Barrhill Garage, Cumnock (KA18 1PW); the most expensive was 209.9p at Mackenzie Stores, Portree (IV51 9JS), a gap of 45.0p, or £22.50 on a 50-litre tank. The cheapest diesel was 184.9p at Costco Wholesale Edinburgh, Edinburgh (EH20 9BY), members only. Across the UK, unleaded was down 0.8p over the same week, at 172.7p, which puts Scotland 1.1p above the national average. Among the towns of Scotland, unleaded fell most in Airdrie (down 3.8p to 172.7p), Dumfries (down 3.3p to 172.6p), Hamilton (down 3.0p to 172.2p) and rose most in Perth (up 0.7p to 174.9p). "Drivers in Scotland paid 1.3p less for a litre of unleaded this week. On a 50-litre tank, that is £0.65 less than a week earlier. The gap between the cheapest and the dearest forecourt in Scotland is 45.0p, so where you fill up still matters more than when." said Jacky A., editor of fuelpricetoday.co.uk. Source: fuelpricetoday.co.uk, weekly bulletin for Scotland, 12 to 18 October 2026. https://fuelpricetoday.co.uk/press/2026-W42/scotland Prices are pence per litre, computed from the government's Fuel Finder open data. Free to use with a link to the source.
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How the figures are computed
Each average is the mean of the prices changed in the last 7 days at the filling stations of Scotland, motorway services left out and prices more than 25p from the day's median discarded. The cheapest and most expensive stations are judged against the stations within 10 km, so that a typing error cannot top the list. The week runs from Monday to Sunday. Details on how this site works.