Cairns Premium Diesel price trend

Premium Diesel · city daily averages

Cairns is near the top of its recent range and easing: Premium Diesel averaged 274.4 c/L on Mon 9 Nov, 12.3 c/L under its high of 286.7 c/L on Thu 24 Sept and 31.4 c/L above its low of 243.0 c/L on Thu 13 Aug.

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Cairns city daily averages

Cairns Premium Diesel, last 89 days

Latest, Mon 9 Nov

Source: FuelRadar (fuelradar.com.au)

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Cairns Premium Diesel city daily averages
DayPremium Diesel (c/L)
274.4
275.1
275.8
277.3
277.6
277.8
278.3
278.3
278.3
278.6
278.5
278.4
278.2
278.3
277.9
279.1
279.6
279.6
279.2
279.9
280.2
282.7
282.7
282.7
283.2
283.2
284.6
284.4
285.4
285.8
285.1
283.7
283.7
284.4
284.6
284.6
284.4
284.2
284.2
284.5
284.5
285.6
285.6
286.3
286.3
286.5
286.7
286.7
286.7
285.2
282.0
282.2
280.0
272.0
269.2
265.4
261.4
260.8
260.7
259.4
258.4
255.8
254.2
253.8
253.1
253.1
253.2
251.9
251.9
251.1
252.1
252.7
252.7
252.7
252.8
252.8
252.5
251.6
250.3
250.3
250.1
249.1
248.9
248.5
246.1
244.2
244.1
243.6
243.0

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What's next for Cairns prices

Premium Diesel · next 7 days · estimate

Estimate only (yesterday's outlook): prices may edge down about 1.2 c/L by Tue 17 Nov.

Cairns Premium Diesel forecast for the next 7 days
WhenEstimate (c/L)Change
TomorrowWed 11 Nov273.9likely 271.7–277.4About the same
In 3 daysFri 13 Nov273.4likely 268.8–281.2About the same
In 7 daysTue 17 Nov273.0likely 264.8–289.0Down 1.2

Change is from the outlook's 274.2 c/L for today. Over the last 55 days, 7-day estimates missed by 4.9 c/L on average; "no change" missed by 4.8 c/L.

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How Cairns compares

On Mon 9 Nov Cairns's Premium Diesel city average was 3.2 c/L below Brisbane's. It is 2.1 c/L below the Queensland average and 0.8 c/L below the Australia average of current station reports. Cairns averaged 282.0 c/L in October, 11.6 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 Premium Diesel average against its capital, state and Australia
AreaPremium Diesel average (c/L)
CairnsCity daily average, Mon 9 Nov274.4
BrisbaneCity daily average, Mon 9 Nov277.6
Queensland885 current station reports276.5
Australia4,128 current station reports275.2

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 0.7 c/L of each other.

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Premium Diesel price questions

What is the best day to buy Premium 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 0.7 c/L of each other. Compare current station prices instead.

Does Premium Diesel follow a regular petrol price cycle?

Premium 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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