From Wednesday 7 January 2026, petrol 95 went down 66c a litre to R20.75 in Gauteng, and the wholesale price of diesel (0.05% sulphur) went down R1.37 to R18.42.
All fuels, 7 January 2026
Gauteng pump prices for petrol. Coastal prices are lower by the cost of transport inland. Diesel and paraffin have no single pump price, so these are CEF's wholesale and maximum retail price rows.
| Fuel, per litre | Before | Change | After |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petrol 95 Gauteng pump price | R21.41 | −66c | R20.75 |
| Petrol 93 Gauteng pump price | R21.26 | −62c | R20.64 |
| Diesel 0.05% sulphur Wholesale price | R19.79 | −R1.37 | R18.42 |
| Diesel 0.005% sulphur Wholesale price | R20.02 | −R1.50 | R18.52 |
| Illuminating paraffin National maximum retail price | R17.46 | −R1.48 | R15.98 |
What moved it
Each month's change is set by the review period before it, here from Friday 28 November 2025 to Thursday 1 January 2026. Every day of it, CEF compares what fuel actually cost to import (the Basic Fuel Price) with the cost already built into the pump price. The period's average gap, the over- or under-recovery, is how much the price has to move to catch up.
Petrol 95 cost on average 66c a litre less to import than was built into the price (an over-recovery). Its import cost averaged R9.08 a litre. On its own that called for a change of −66c. The official change, −66c, was within a few cents of it.
Diesel (0.05% sulphur) cost on average R1.37 a litre less to import than was built into the price (an over-recovery). Its import cost averaged R9.66 a litre. On its own that called for a change of −R1.37. The official change, −R1.37, was within a few cents of it.
The rand averaged R16.85 to the US dollar over the period, stronger than the R17.23 of the period before (a stronger rand pulls fuel prices down).
Figures from CEF's daily Basic Fuel Price reports (cefgroup.co.za): prices from its pump, wholesale and maximum retail price rows, the averages from the last report of the period.
The next change
The price changes on the first Wednesday of every month. The live forecast shows where the next one is heading, worked out from CEF's reports every day, and the fuel price history has every month's change.