The median unleaded price across the Northern Territory is 209.9 c/L and diesel is 272.0 c/L, as at 16 August 2026. Unleaded is 6.0 c/L cheaper than a week ago. That makes NT the dearest of the 8 jurisdictions reporting, 9.0 c/L above the middle of the pack.
Every figure below is the median price across all reporting Northern Territory sites, taken as a single panel. A median, not an average, so a few sites pricing far above the rest cannot drag the headline up.
| Fuel | Median c/L | vs a week ago |
|---|---|---|
| Unleaded 91 | 209.9 | -6.0 c/L |
| Diesel | 272.0 | +5.1 c/L |
Diesel is running 62.1 c/L above unleaded in the Northern Territory. Diesel does not follow the discounting cycles petrol does, so this gap moves with wholesale costs rather than with retailer pricing rounds.
Over the 34 days since 14 July 2026, unleaded in the Northern Territory has ranged between 173.9 and 217.9 c/L, a spread of 44.0 c/L. The typical day-to-day move is 1.6 c/L, and the largest single day move was +4.0 c/L on 3 August 2026.
The Northern Territory is not split into a capital and a regional average here. The panel outside Greater Darwin is too small to carry a stable daily median, and a figure that swings on one site changing its price would mislead rather than inform.
Not on a weekly clock. Across 4 weeks of our own NT readings, no single weekday stands out: the strongest is Wednesday, and it averages only +1.7 c/L, nowhere near enough to plan a fill-up around. The ACCC does not record a regular cycle in Darwin: prices here follow wholesale costs more than retailer discounting rounds, which is what our own readings show too.
| Day | Average change c/L |
|---|---|
| Sunday | +0.6 |
| Monday | +1.0 |
| Tuesday | +1.1 |
| Wednesday | +1.7 |
| Thursday | +1.1 |
| Friday | +1.3 |
| Saturday | +0.8 |
Mean day-over-day change in the NT unleaded median, by day of the week, over 33 consecutive-day pairs. A short window: treat it as this season's pattern rather than a permanent one. Cycle lengths quoted above are the ACCC Quarterly Report on the Australian Petroleum Market; the weekday figures are our own.
The Australian Institute of Petroleum publishes a terminal gate price for the Northern Territory: what fuel costs leaving the terminal, before a retailer's own costs and margin. On 14 August 2026 that was 200.0 c/L for unleaded, against a pump median of 209.9 c/L - a gap of 9.9 c/L, and 26.7 c/L on diesel. That gap is not profit. It covers freight from the terminal, the site's own running costs, and whatever margin the retailer is taking.
The wholesale figure is published on weekdays and normally runs a day or two behind the pump figure, so the two dates above will rarely match exactly. The full build-up from barrel to bowser.
Every figure on this page comes from MyFuel NT, run by the Northern Territory Government. It is a mandatory reporting scheme over a small station panel, with a rule fixing a published price for 24 hours unless the retailer is lowering it. We read it twice a day, take the median across the sites reporting, and publish it unaltered. We do not model, smooth or forecast the price.
Contains data sourced from MyFuel NT, published by the Northern Territory Government.
Fuel excise is a Commonwealth tax, so it is identical in the Northern Territory and everywhere else. It returned to 53.7 c/L on 3 August 2026, worth up to about 18.8 c/L at the pump once GST is applied. Differences between states come from freight, competition and local costs, never from tax. What fuel excise costs per tank.
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