Here is the official petrol price for October

 ·3 Oct 2022

The Department of Energy has published the latest fuel price update for October 2022, showing another cut to petrol – but a small price jump for diesel prices in South Africa.

The changes will be implemented on Wednesday, 5 October.

Prices will be adjusted as follows:

Fuel Price change
Petrol 93 decrease of 89 cents per litre
Petrol 95 decrease of 102 cents per litre
Diesel 0.05% increase of 10 cents per litre
Diesel 0.005% increase of 15 cents per litre
Illuminating Paraffin (wholesale) decrease of 62 cents per litre
LPGAS increase of 19 cents per kilogram

The average international product prices for Petrol, Diesel and Illuminating Paraffin decreased during the period under review.

The rand depreciated against the US dollar during the period under review, on average, when compared to the previous period. The average rand/US dollar exchange rate for the period 2 September to 29 September 2022 was 17.5547 compared to 16.7016 during the previous period.

This led to a higher contribution to the Basic Fuel Prices on petrol, diesel and illuminating paraffin by 57.36 c/l, 74.67 c/l and 72.55 c/l, respectively.

In terms of the Working Rules to administer the BFP, the differentials between 95 and 93 petrol grades are adjusted at the beginning of each quarter. The BFP differentials between 95 and 93 petrol grades have changed and as result the different price adjustments between the two grades.

There was no change to the slate levy for the month.


This is how the price changes will reflect at the pumps:

Inland September official October Official
93 Petrol R22.95 R22.06
95 Petrol R23.38 R22.36
0.05% diesel (wholesale) R23.96 R24.06
0.005% diesel (wholesale) R24.16 R24.31
Illuminating Paraffin R17.60 R16.99
LPGAS (p/kg) R33.88 R34.07
Coastal September official October Official
93 Petrol R22.30 R21.41
95 Petrol R22.73 R21.71
0.05% diesel (wholesale) R23.31 R23.41
0.005% diesel (wholesale) R23.52 R23.67
Illuminating Paraffin R16.81 R16.20
LPGAS (p/kg) R31.46 R31.66

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