Petrol, diesel prices hiked for fourth time in ten days; latest by about ₹2.8 per litre

Workers fill fuel in scooties at a Petrol Pump, amid the fuel price hike, in Guwahati. File. | Photo Credit: ANI

Petrol crosses ₹100/litre mark in Delhi

Prices of petrol and diesel were hiked for the fourth time in a span of ten days on Monday (May 25, 2026) with the latest being at a comparatively steeper ₹2.7 to ₹2.8 per litre across the country and across all variants.  

With the latest hike, the standalone prices of the two retail fuels have cumulatively increased about ₹7.5 per litre across four tranches since the first hike on May 15. 

Further, the price of petrol in Delhi breached the ₹100 per litre-mark Monday — a level that it had last scaled four years back in May 2022 coinciding with the Russian-Ukraine conflict.  

On Monday May 25, 2026, price of petrol in Delhi rose ₹2.61 per litre to ₹102.12 per litre. Price of diesel increased ₹2.71 per litre to ₹95.20 per litre.  

Among the four metros, that is, Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai, price of petrol rose most sharply in Kolkata while Mumbai observed the sharpest increase in price of diesel.  

Kolkata woke up to a ₹2.87 per litre increase in price of petrol, making it now available at ₹113.51 per litre. Price of diesel in Kolkata increased ₹2.80 per litre to ₹99.82 per litre.  

On largely similar lines, price of petrol in Mumbai rose ₹2.72 per litre to ₹111.21 per litre while that of diesel increased ₹2.81 per litre to ₹97.83 per litre. 

Petrol and diesel prices per litre as on May 25, 2026

Meanwhile, Chennai experienced a comparatively lower magnitude of hike though effective price levels were relatively similar.  

Price of petrol in Chennai increased ₹2.46 per litre to ₹107.77 per litre while price of diesel spurred ₹2.57 per litre to ₹99.55 per litre. 

India’s oil-marketing companies kept fuel prices steady amidst elevating crude oil prices for about three months before passing on some of the pressure starting May 15.  

The first in the series of hikes increased prices of the two retail fuels by ₹3 per litre. Thereafter, prices were hiked 90 paise per litre each in two separate tranches.

Thus, Monday’s (May 25, 2026) hike is the first major increase, that is, of more than ₹1 per litre, in the last ten days.

India’s crude oil basket until May 22 in the ongoing month has averaged $107.96 per barrel.

Further, the global benchmark brent crude futures (July) Monday morning fell about 4.8% to $98.59 per barrel amid cues of a peace deal between Iran and U.S. reversing prolonged stay at above $100 per barrel.

( Source-ANI)