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Fuel prices in the Philippines: this week's adjustment

What changed at the pump this week, what it adds up to for 2026, and when the next move lands. Rendered from live data every time this page is requested — there is no stale number on it.

One thing worth being precise about: these are adjustments, not pump prices. Philippine oil companies announce a per-litre change, and the absolute price you pay still varies by brand, by city and by whether the station is on a highway. The change is what is uniform, and the change is what makes the news.

Year to date: what 2026 has cost so far

Cumulative movement since the first adjustment of January, per litre. This is the figure that answers “does it just feel like prices keep rising?”

Diesel is ₱52.85/L higher than it started the year, gasoline ₱51.32/L higher. For a public-utility jeepney burning roughly 30 litres a day, the diesel figure alone is ₱1,585.50 a day against a fare that did not move.

How the weekly price cycle actually works

Philippine pump prices move on a schedule, and once you know it the weekly news coverage becomes predictable:

1. Thursday to Sunday — the estimate window. Analysts read MOPS (Mean of Platts Singapore), the regional benchmark for refined product, and publish an expected adjustment. Every “fuel price hike next week” headline you see on a weekend is this, and none of it is final.
2. Monday afternoon — the announcement. Petron, Shell, Caltex, Seaoil and the rest publish their actual per-litre adjustment, usually between noon and 5 PM. The number becomes real here, not before.
3. Tuesday 6:00 AM — effectivity. That is when the pump changes. Which makes Monday night the last chance to fill up at the old price, and is the single reason this app sends a push notification when it does.
4. Wednesday — the official record. The Department of Energy publishes its Oil Monitor bulletin, confirming what the week's adjustment actually was. It is retrospective — a receipt, not a warning — and it is the source for the year-to-date figures on this page.

Mid-week adjustments do happen when the world market moves sharply or when fuel taxes change. They are the exception; Monday-announce, Tuesday-effective is the rule.

Why the price moves at all

The Philippines imports nearly all of its refined fuel, and the Oil Deregulation Act of 1998 leaves pricing to the companies rather than to a regulator. So the local price is essentially the regional benchmark plus freight, duties, excise tax, VAT and margin. Three things move it week to week:

• Regional refining margins. MOPS is a product quotation, not a crude one. A refinery outage in Singapore or South Korea can lift diesel here while crude is flat.
• Crude oil and the peso. Dubai crude sets the floor, and because the cargo is paid in dollars a weaker peso raises the landed cost even when the barrel does not move.
• Tax and policy changes. Excise adjustments and any suspension of them land in the pump price directly, usually with a specific effectivity date rather than on the weekly cycle.

Per-fuel history

• Diesel price Philippines — jeepneys, trucks, fishing boats, gensets
• Gasoline price Philippines — cars, motorcycles, tricycles
• Kerosene price Philippines — lighting, cooking, small businesses

The FAQ covers where the data comes from, what MOPS is, and how a forecast differs from a confirmed adjustment.

Sa Filipino

Kung mas komportable kang magbasa sa Filipino, nandito ang parehong live na datos: presyo ng gasolina ngayon. Pareho ang numero, magkaiba lang ang wika.