How much does driving really cost you?
Your car
Fuel prices in cents per litre
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What it costs you
Fill in your car's fuel use and the two prices, and your weekly, monthly and yearly fuel bill will appear here.
For example, a car using 8.2 litres per 100 km for 300 km a week spends about $59 a week at 240c a litre, or $3,070 a year. If the price drops to 220c, that falls to about $2,810 a year.
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Wholesale prices today
Terminal gate prices, 12 Nov 2026, cents per litre| City | Unleaded | Change | Unleaded, 30 days | Diesel | Change |
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| Sydney | 200.3 | −2.2 | 252.6 | −2.4 | |
| Melbourne | 198.5 | −2.6 | 251.6 | −2.4 | |
| Brisbane | 199.4 | −2.2 | 253.4 | −2.4 | |
| Adelaide | 197.7 | −2.6 | 249.8 | −2.7 | |
| Perth | 195.3 | −2.6 | 242.5 | −2.6 | |
| Darwin | 205.2 | −2.7 | 259.4 | −2.7 | |
| Hobart | 204.1 | −1.1 | 254.1 | −1.4 | |
| National average | 198.7 | −2.5 | 250.5 | −2.4 |
Prices from the Australian Institute of Petroleum. Changes are since 11 Nov 2026. A fair pump price is roughly 10–15c above these. How we calculate
From the data desk
Petrol rose 35c a litre in September 2026
Wholesale petrol rose on 17 of September's 22 trading days as Brent went back above US$100, and the cost of refined fuel rose faster still. Our monthly report has the city by city figures, and what it adds to a weekly fill.
How to work out your petrol costs
Cost per kilometre
Divide your car's fuel use by 100, then multiply by the price. A car using 8.2 litres per 100 km, filling up at 239.9c a litre, costs 19.7c for every kilometre. Drive 300 km a week and that's $59 a week, or about $3,070 a year.
City and freeway driving
Most cars use 20–30% more fuel in stop-start traffic than on the open road, so the same car can cost 15c a kilometre on the freeway and 20c around town. Enter both figures from your car's manual or trip computer and the calculator shows each.
Why the price at the pump moves
About a third of every litre is tax, made up of excise of 53.7c plus GST. Most of the rest is the wholesale price, which follows world prices for refined petrol and diesel and the Australian dollar. In the larger capitals the price on the sign also rises and falls in a cycle of a few weeks, so the same servo can be cheap one week and dear the next. The city pages show today's wholesale price and a fair range for each capital.
See also Fair fuel prices by city · Oil prices and the dollar · How to spend less on fuel · Why fuel price data is hidden