Cairns Diesel price trend

Diesel · city daily averages

Cairns is near the top of its recent range and easing: Diesel averaged 272.3 c/L on Mon 9 Nov, 13.0 c/L under its high of 285.3 c/L on Thu 24 Sept and 31.0 c/L above its low of 241.3 c/L on Sat 15 Aug.

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Cairns city daily averages

Cairns Diesel, last 89 days

Latest, Mon 9 Nov Wholesale (national terminal gate), the pump margin over it shaded

Source: FuelRadar (fuelradar.com.au)

Pump average 19.4 c/L above wholesale on Fri 6 Nov.

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Cairns Diesel city daily averages
DayDiesel (c/L)
272.3
273.4
275.7
276.4
277.1
277.7
278.1
278.4
278.5
278.4
278.4
278.4
278.4
277.9
277.7
278.3
278.3
278.3
278.2
278.7
279.0
281.0
280.9
280.9
281.5
281.5
283.1
282.6
283.0
283.2
283.1
283.1
283.1
283.5
283.9
283.9
283.7
283.6
283.6
283.9
283.9
284.1
284.2
285.0
285.0
284.8
285.3
285.3
284.9
282.0
280.0
278.6
276.3
272.8
265.3
261.8
261.0
260.2
259.1
256.9
254.4
253.3
252.2
251.2
251.2
250.3
250.3
249.6
249.8
251.0
251.7
251.7
251.7
251.7
251.5
251.4
251.1
250.4
249.0
247.6
247.2
246.4
244.9
243.8
242.6
241.6
241.3
241.5
242.9

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What's next for Cairns prices

Diesel · next 7 days · estimate

Estimate only (yesterday's outlook): little change expected by Tue 17 Nov.

Cairns Diesel forecast for the next 7 days
WhenEstimate (c/L)Change
TomorrowWed 11 Nov272.6likely 270.8–277.7About the same
In 3 daysFri 13 Nov272.4likely 268.7–283.2About the same
In 7 daysTue 17 Nov272.2likely 265.3–292.5About the same

Change is from the outlook's 272.6 c/L for today. Over the last 55 days, 7-day estimates missed by 4.2 c/L on average; "no change" missed by 4.7 c/L.

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How Cairns compares

On Mon 9 Nov Cairns's Diesel city average was 0.9 c/L below Brisbane's. It is 2.6 c/L below the Queensland average and 4.0 c/L below the Australia average of current station reports. Cairns averaged 280.9 c/L in October, 12.5 c/L higher than in September. Cairns averaged 238.4 c/L for U91 in October 2026, the 33rd cheapest of the 131 Queensland towns we ranked and 0.9 c/L above Brisbane.

Cairns Diesel average against its capital, state and Australia
AreaDiesel average (c/L)
CairnsCity daily average, Mon 9 Nov272.3
BrisbaneCity daily average, Mon 9 Nov273.2
Queensland841 current station reports274.9
Australia4,061 current station reports276.3

Source: October 2026 regional fuel price report

Cheapest day of the week in Cairns

Full weeks each day was the cheapest

Source: FuelRadar (fuelradar.com.au) · data as at 8 Nov 2026, 10:00 am AEST

No weekday was reliably cheaper over the last 11 full weeks; weekday averages sat within 0.4 c/L of each other.

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Diesel price questions

What is the best day to buy Diesel in Cairns?

There is no reliably cheaper day right now. No weekday was consistently cheapest in Cairns over the last 11 full weeks to 8 Nov: the weekday averages sat within 0.4 c/L of each other. Compare current station prices instead.

Does Diesel follow a regular petrol price cycle?

Diesel does not usually follow the regular unleaded petrol cycle. The chart is recent price history, not a countdown to a low.

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