Petrol prices in New South Wales.
Regional NSW petrol prices are reported in real time under NSW FuelCheck, exactly as Sydney’s are – the scheme covers the whole state. This page tracks the ABS Rest of NSW region: every reporting station outside Greater Sydney – Newcastle and Wollongong included – with Greater Sydney’s figures alongside.
Free – no ads, no account, no tracking.Is petrol cheaper in Sydney or regional NSW?
As at day’s end on 12 July 2026, regional NSW’s median Unleaded 91 price of 173.9 c/L sits 8.0 c/L above Greater Sydney’s 165.9 c/L. The gap isn’t fixed: Sydney runs a price cycle and regional NSW doesn’t, so the difference moves week to week.
| Area | Median U91 (c/L) | Cheapest | Most expensive | Stations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greater Sydney | 165.9 | 147.9 | 201.9 | 785 |
| Regional NSW | 173.9 | 145.5 | 279.4 | 1,132 |
Diesel: the regional NSW median is 194.6 c/L across 842 stations – Greater Sydney’s is 189.9.
Day’s-end figures from official NSW FuelCheck data – every reporting station inside the ABS boundaries (Greater Sydney; Rest of NSW), median not mean, one station one vote. How these figures are calculated. The live station board for the capital is on the Sydney page; the app carries every station in NSW live.
Are petrol prices in regional NSW going up or down?
Steady this week – regional NSW’s Unleaded 91 median has moved less than 2 c/L over the past seven days and sits at 173.9 c/L. Regional NSW doesn’t move in one region-wide price cycle the way a capital does – prices differ town to town, and the gap between stations is where the saving is.
How pricing works in regional NSW
NSW FuelCheck covers the whole state, not just Sydney – every station from Tweed Heads to Broken Hill must report its price the moment it changes, and FuelNow reads the scheme directly. A regional price in the app is station-reported and time-stamped – never crowd-sourced, never estimated.
On the ABS boundary, “regional NSW” starts closer to Sydney than most people expect: Greater Sydney takes in the Central Coast and the Blue Mountains, but Newcastle and Wollongong sit outside it and count as regional here. Prices also vary far more town to town than Sydney’s do suburb to suburb – a highway site can sit tens of cents above the next town ten minutes down the road – so on a country drive the live map shows what fuel costs ahead, and whether to fill up before leaving town.
Questions
- What is the petrol price in regional NSW today?
- As at day’s end on 12 July 2026, the median Unleaded 91 price across 1,132 reporting stations in regional NSW is 173.9 c/L – the cheapest station is at 145.5 c/L and the most expensive at 279.4. Diesel’s median is 194.6 c/L across 842 stations. The FuelNow app shows every reporting station in NSW live – free, no ads, no account.
- Is petrol cheaper in Sydney or regional NSW?
- As at day’s end on 12 July 2026, regional NSW’s median Unleaded 91 price of 173.9 c/L sits 8.0 c/L above Greater Sydney’s 165.9 c/L. The gap isn’t fixed: Sydney runs a price cycle and regional NSW doesn’t, so the difference moves week to week. Within the region the town-to-town spread is far bigger than the city–country gap – 145.5 c/L at the cheapest reporting station to 279.4 at the most expensive.
- Where do regional NSW petrol prices come from?
- NSW FuelCheck – the official NSW Government fuel price scheme, which covers the whole state, Sydney and regional alike. FuelNow reads the scheme directly: station-reported prices only, no crowd-sourcing, no estimates.
- How fresh are regional NSW petrol prices?
- In real time – NSW FuelCheck covers every station in the state, regional stations report price changes as they happen, and every price in FuelNow carries the time it was last verified.
Every fuel type
E10, Unleaded 91, 95, 98, Diesel, Premium Diesel, E85 and LPG – pick yours once and the whole map re-prices around it, in Sydney and across regional NSW.
The live station board: petrol prices in Sydney · Where the data comes from, in detail: the data sources page · All cities and regions: petrol prices across Australia · Coming up: the August 2026 price rise, explained
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