The median unleaded price across Victoria is 199.0 c/L and diesel is 244.3 c/L, as at 15 August 2026. Unleaded is 10.8 c/L cheaper than a week ago. That makes VIC the third cheapest of 8 jurisdictions reporting, 1.9 c/L below the middle of the pack.
Every figure below is the median price across all reporting Victoria sites, blended between Greater Melbourne and the rest of the state by population. 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 | 199.0 | -10.8 c/L |
| Diesel | 244.3 | -6.3 c/L |
Diesel is running 45.3 c/L above unleaded in Victoria. Diesel does not follow the discounting cycles petrol does, so this gap moves with wholesale costs rather than with retailer pricing rounds.
Over the 33 days since 14 July 2026, unleaded in Victoria has ranged between 168.0 and 210.9 c/L, a spread of 42.9 c/L. The typical day-to-day move is 1.7 c/L, and the largest single day move was +6.0 c/L on 4 August 2026.
Regional Victoria is paying 6.4 c/L more than Greater Melbourne today. Across the whole window the gap has averaged 3.1 c/L over 33 days. Greater Melbourne is the ABS Greater Capital City area; everything outside it counts as regional.
| Area | Unleaded c/L | Sites reporting |
|---|---|---|
| Greater Melbourne | 197.5 | 999 |
| Rest of VIC | 203.9 | 639 |
Sub-averages as at 15 August 2026.
Not on a weekly clock. Across 4 weeks of our own VIC readings, no single weekday stands out: the strongest is Tuesday, and it averages only +1.3 c/L, nowhere near enough to plan a fill-up around. That does not mean prices here are flat. The ACCC puts Melbourne's cycle at ~2-3 weeks, which is longer than a week, so it cannot show up as a weekday pattern at all - what matters in Victoria is where you are in the cycle, not which day you fill up.
| Day | Average change c/L |
|---|---|
| Sunday | +1.2 |
| Monday | +0.6 |
| Tuesday | +1.3 |
| Wednesday | +1.1 |
| Thursday | +0.9 |
| Friday | +0.7 |
| Saturday | +1.0 |
Mean day-over-day change in the VIC unleaded median, by day of the week, over 32 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 Petrol Price Cycles in the 5 Largest Cities; the weekday figures are our own.
The Australian Institute of Petroleum publishes a terminal gate price for Victoria: what fuel costs leaving the terminal, before a retailer's own costs and margin. On 14 August 2026 that was 191.0 c/L for unleaded, against a pump median of 199.0 c/L - a gap of 8.0 c/L, and 9.1 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 Service Victoria fuel prices (Servo Saver), run by the Victorian Government. It is an open data release carrying a mandatory 24 hour delay, the only embargoed state fuel feed in the country. 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.
That data is published under CC BY 4.0.
Fuel excise is a Commonwealth tax, so it is identical in Victoria 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.
The national tracker: all eight jurisdictions, every fuel type, and what makes up a litre.
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