Cairns Premium 98 price cycle

Premium 98 · city daily averages

Cairns's price cycle is paused, with no regular price jumps lately (the last jump started Thu 5 Mar). Premium 98 averaged 255.9 c/L on Mon 9 Nov, 10.1 c/L under its recent high of 266.0 c/L on Wed 14 Oct and 28.6 c/L above its recent low of 227.3 c/L on Sat 15 Aug. Compare nearby stations rather than waiting for a low.

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Cairns city daily averages

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Cairns price cycle

Latest, Mon 9 Nov

Source: FuelRadar (fuelradar.com.au)

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Cairns Premium 98 city daily averages
Day	Premium 98 (c/L)
Mon 9 Nov	255.9
Sun 8 Nov	257.9
Sat 7 Nov	260.3
Fri 6 Nov	261.7
Thu 5 Nov	262.3
Wed 4 Nov	262.7
Tue 3 Nov	262.9
Mon 2 Nov	262.9
Sun 1 Nov	262.9
Sat 31 Oct	263.0
Fri 30 Oct	263.0
Thu 29 Oct	262.8
Wed 28 Oct	262.5
Tue 27 Oct	261.8
Mon 26 Oct	261.3
Sun 25 Oct	262.2
Sat 24 Oct	262.7
Fri 23 Oct	262.1
Thu 22 Oct	262.5
Wed 21 Oct	263.5
Tue 20 Oct	263.5
Mon 19 Oct	264.7
Sun 18 Oct	264.7
Sat 17 Oct	264.7
Fri 16 Oct	264.9
Thu 15 Oct	264.9
Wed 14 Oct	266.0
Tue 13 Oct	265.9
Mon 12 Oct	263.8
Sun 11 Oct	263.7
Sat 10 Oct	263.9
Fri 9 Oct	262.4
Thu 8 Oct	261.5
Wed 7 Oct	261.2
Tue 6 Oct	261.1
Mon 5 Oct	261.1
Sun 4 Oct	261.2
Sat 3 Oct	261.0
Fri 2 Oct	261.0
Thu 1 Oct	260.3
Wed 30 Sept	260.3
Tue 29 Sept	260.5
Mon 28 Sept	260.8
Sun 27 Sept	261.2
Sat 26 Sept	261.2
Fri 25 Sept	261.9
Thu 24 Sept	262.5
Wed 23 Sept	262.2
Tue 22 Sept	261.8
Mon 21 Sept	259.5
Sun 20 Sept	258.8
Sat 19 Sept	257.9
Fri 18 Sept	257.4
Thu 17 Sept	254.1
Wed 16 Sept	247.8
Tue 15 Sept	243.4
Mon 14 Sept	240.7
Sun 13 Sept	240.7
Sat 12 Sept	239.0
Fri 11 Sept	238.1
Thu 10 Sept	235.4
Wed 9 Sept	233.9
Tue 8 Sept	232.5
Mon 7 Sept	231.8
Sun 6 Sept	231.7
Sat 5 Sept	231.1
Fri 4 Sept	231.1
Thu 3 Sept	230.5
Wed 2 Sept	230.6
Tue 1 Sept	231.4
Mon 31 Aug	232.3
Sun 30 Aug	232.3
Sat 29 Aug	231.8
Fri 28 Aug	231.8
Thu 27 Aug	231.5
Wed 26 Aug	231.5
Tue 25 Aug	231.5
Mon 24 Aug	231.2
Sun 23 Aug	230.8
Sat 22 Aug	230.0
Fri 21 Aug	229.9
Thu 20 Aug	229.8
Wed 19 Aug	229.1
Tue 18 Aug	228.0
Mon 17 Aug	227.7
Sun 16 Aug	227.9
Sat 15 Aug	227.3
Fri 14 Aug	228.1
Thu 13 Aug	229.8

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What's next for Cairns prices

Premium 98 · next 7 days · estimate

Estimate only (yesterday's outlook): prices may edge down about 2.8 c/L by Thu 12 Nov, then sit about 1.1 c/L below today by Tue 17 Nov.

Cairns Premium 98 forecast for the next 7 days
When	Estimate (c/L)	Change
TomorrowWed 11 Nov	255.5likely 253.7–259.2	About the same
In 3 daysFri 13 Nov	254.8likely 251.3–262.4	Down 1.5
In 7 daysTue 17 Nov	255.2likely 249.8–268.8	Down 1.1

Change is from the outlook's 256.3 c/L for today. Over the last 55 days, 7-day estimates missed by 4.1 c/L on average; "no change" missed by 4.4 c/L.

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How Cairns compares

On Mon 9 Nov Cairns's Premium 98 city average was 3.9 c/L above Brisbane's. It is 0.9 c/L above the Queensland average and 2.4 c/L above the Australia average of current station reports. Cairns averaged 262.9 c/L in October, 15.2 c/L higher than in September. Cairns runs its own price cycle rather than following Brisbane's. 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 Premium 98 average against its capital, state and Australia
Area	Premium 98 average (c/L)
CairnsCity daily average, Mon 9 Nov	255.9
BrisbaneCity daily average, Mon 9 Nov	252.0
Queensland1,166 current station reports	255.0
Australia5,838 current station reports	253.5

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 0.5 c/L of each other.

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Price cycle questions

What is the best day to buy Premium 98 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 0.5 c/L of each other. Where prices sit in the cycle matters more than the day of the week, so check the chart above.

Where is Cairns's Premium 98 price cycle now?

It is paused: there have been no regular price jumps lately, and the last jump started 5 Mar. P98 averaged 255.9 c/L on 9 Nov. Compare nearby stations rather than waiting for a low.

What is the Premium 98 price cycle?

In the big capitals, retailers raise prices sharply over a day or two, then let them ease over the following weeks. The pattern comes from retail pricing, not from wholesale costs.

How long is one cycle?

There is no fixed length. It changes between cities and from one cycle to the next, so read the dated chart rather than relying on a weekday rule.

Should I wait for the bottom of the cycle?

If your tank can wait and prices are near a recent high, buying only what you need until they ease usually costs less. If you need fuel today, compare nearby stations.