Diesel cost an average of 195.0p a litre across the 35 forecourts in the Edinburgh area that were reporting diesel prices to the government’s Fuel Finder scheme on 22 October 2026, 3.8p below the UK average of 198.8p.
The cheapest diesel open to all drivers in the Edinburgh area was 187.7p at Asda Chesser Supercentre, EH14 1RJ. The dearest was 204.9p at Shell Co-Op Dreghorn, EH13 9QR. For a business buying fuel, that 17.2p difference is worth £172 on every 1,000 litres, or £9.46 on a 55 litre tank.
Costco Edinburgh was cheaper still at 184.9p, but Costco forecourts are for members only, so it is left out of the cheapest figure above.
Like for like, diesel prices at the 28 of those forecourts that reported on both 15 October and 22 October fell by an average of 0.3p a litre over the week. Among them, 2 raised their price, 12 cut it and the rest did not change.
Unleaded petrol (E10) averaged 172.7p across 35 forecourts, 0.7p below the UK average of 173.4p. It ranged from 167.7p at Asda Chesser Supercentre to 177.9p at MFG Newbridge (BP).
Supermarket forecourts were the cheaper place to fill up with diesel: they averaged 191.4p across 15 sites, against 198.5p at the other 19.
For fleets, 21 of the 35 forecourts selling diesel told Fuel Finder they sell fuel 24 hours a day, and 4 have AdBlue at the pump. None of them listed HVO renewable diesel.
Across Scotland, diesel averaged 200.0p and unleaded 174.4p on the same figures, and like for like diesel fell by an average of 0.2p over the week across 411 forecourts.
How the figures were worked out
The figures come from Fuel Finder, the government scheme under which every UK forecourt must report its prices within 30 minutes of a change, published as open data under the Open Government Licence. British Fuel Prices records the feed several times a day. Averages cover the forecourts on its Edinburgh page that reported a price in the 14 days to 22 October 2026; older prices are left out. The Edinburgh area is the 16 EH postcode districts on that page, so it reaches beyond the city council boundary. Weekly changes compare the same forecourts’ prices at both dates. Prices are pump prices in pence per litre, including duty and VAT.
Every Edinburgh forecourt with its latest prices and a map: British Fuel Prices Edinburgh page.
Chart: Edinburgh Business News, from Fuel Finder open data.
British Fuel Prices is published by Domain Farm Limited, which also publishes Edinburgh Business News.