What is the current wholesale petrol price in Darwin?

The current terminal gate price (TGP) for petrol in Darwin is published every weekday by the Australian Institute of Petroleum. Visit this page for the latest wholesale price and fair retail estimate.

What is a fair price for petrol in Darwin?

A fair retail petrol price in Darwin is typically 10-15 cents per litre above the wholesale terminal gate price (TGP). If you're paying more than 15c/L above TGP, you may be overpaying.

How do I know if I'm being price gouged on petrol in Darwin?

Compare the retail price you're paying to the wholesale TGP plus a reasonable margin of 10-15c/L. If you're paying more than 20c/L above TGP, that suggests price gouging. Use the gouge checker on this page to find out.

Why is fuel more expensive in Darwin?

Darwin is a small market supplied by sea, a long way from other terminals, so it costs more per litre to import and store fuel there. Its wholesale petrol averaged 3.9c a litre above the national price from 2016 to 2025.

Does Darwin have a petrol price cycle?

No. Darwin does not have the regular price cycles seen in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth. Comparing servos on MyFuel NT is the better way to save.

Petrol Prices in Darwin Today, Fair Price and Gouge Check

A fair price in Darwin today is about 220c a litre for petrol and 274c for diesel.

That's the wholesale price plus the usual 10–15c retail margin, so anything from 215–220c for petrol and 269–274c for diesel is reasonable. Above 225c for petrol, you are paying well over a normal margin.

Wholesale petrol is 205.2c today. See what that means for you each week with the fuel cost calculator.

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What you paid

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The last 12 weeks

Other capital cities

City	Unleaded, c/L	Compared with Darwin
Perth	195.3	−9.9
Adelaide	197.7	−7.5
Melbourne	198.5	−6.7
Brisbane	199.4	−5.8
Sydney	200.3	−4.9
Hobart	204.1	−1.1

Darwin wholesale price history

Terminal gate prices in cents a litre, including GST and excise.

	Unleaded	Diesel
Latest, 12 Nov 2026	205.2	259.4
A week earlier	−17.7 from 222.9	−7.7 from 267.1
Four weeks earlier	−38.8 from 244.0	−10.0 from 269.4
A year earlier	+36.3 from 168.9	+79.6 from 179.8
Lowest in the past year	155.6 30 Jun 2026	160.4 13 Jan 2026
Highest in the past year	254.0 26 Mar 2026	332.6 9 Apr 2026
Rank among the 7 capitals (1st is cheapest)	7th	7th
Compared with the national average	+6.5 national 198.7	+8.9 national 250.5
Record high since 2004	254.0 26 Mar 2026	332.6 9 Apr 2026

Average by year

Year	Unleaded average	Unleaded range	Diesel average	Diesel range
2026	193.5	155.6–254.0	228.9	160.4–332.6
2025	167.4	159.0–177.4	172.5	160.5–187.4
2024	175.4	159.9–193.5	178.3	161.6–194.6
2023	178.6	165.4–201.3	186.6	165.4–214.4
2022	171.7	148.4–202.9	192.4	150.0–229.0
2021	137.9	113.4–161.8	134.4	113.3–154.9
2020	109.9	84.5–139.4	112.2	93.3–144.5
2019	133.5	115.6–144.2	138.6	124.2–145.9

The current year is year to date. Prices from the Australian Institute of Petroleum.

How Darwin compares

Wholesale petrol in Darwin is 36.3c dearer than a year ago, a rise of 21%. Over the past year it has swung between 155.6c in June 2026 and 254.0c in March 2026. Among the seven capitals Darwin is the dearest for petrol today, 6.5c above the national average. Diesel costs 54.2c a litre more than petrol at the terminal gate.

What is a terminal gate price?

It is the wholesale price of fuel collected from a terminal. It already includes crude oil and refining costs, shipping, fuel excise and GST, so the gap between the terminal gate price and the price on the sign is the retail margin. The Australian Institute of Petroleum publishes the average of the major suppliers' prices each weekday.

Why the price on the sign moves

Retail prices in the larger capitals move in cycles, so the same servo can be fair one week and expensive the next. Wholesale prices follow international prices for refined petrol and diesel, which track Brent crude, converted at the exchange rate. See oil and currency markets for what is driving them now.

Buying fuel in Darwin

Where Darwin's fuel comes from

Darwin has no refinery and is a long way by road from any other terminal. Its fuel arrives by sea, mostly from Asia, in smaller shipments than the southern capitals receive, and terminal costs are spread over far fewer litres.

Over the ten years from 2016 to 2025 Darwin's wholesale petrol averaged 3.9c a litre above the national price and diesel 3.5c above. In 2026 the gap has widened to more than 6c for petrol, and Darwin has had the dearest wholesale fuel of any capital for most of the year. How the capitals compare.

The price cycle

Darwin does not have a regular petrol price cycle. Prices move more slowly and track wholesale costs more directly, so there is less to gain from timing and more from comparing servos. How price cycles work.

Checking servo prices in the Northern Territory

The Northern Territory has required servos to report prices to MyFuel NT since 2017. From 20 April 2026 it moved to next-day pricing, so servos set the next day's price by 2pm, and can cut it during the day but not raise it.

Without a cycle, the spread between servos matters most. Compare on MyFuel NT, and judge any price against the wholesale figure here plus 10 to 15c.

Petrol and diesel prices in Darwin