The UAE petrol prices November 2026 bring the first cut at the pumps in four months. The UAE Fuel Price Committee has set Super 98 at AED 4.16 a litre, Special 95 at AED 4.04, E-Plus 91 at AED 3.97 and diesel at AED 4.75, with the new rates effective from 1 November 2026. Petrol falls by 5.6 percent and diesel by 1.04 percent from October, ending a run of three straight monthly increases. The rates were announced on 31 October and apply until the committee's next monthly announcement, covering December prices. The same price applies at every station in all seven emirates, and 5 percent VAT is already included in the pump price.
UAE Petrol Prices November 2026: The New Rates
Every grade comes down on 1 November. Super 98 falls from AED 4.40 to AED 4.16 a litre, a drop of 24 fils. Special 95, the grade most drivers use, falls from AED 4.28 to AED 4.04, also down 24 fils. E-Plus 91 falls from AED 4.21 to AED 3.97, down 24 fils, taking the cheapest grade back below the AED 4 mark. Diesel falls from AED 4.80 to AED 4.75, a smaller drop of 5 fils, or 1.04 percent. Diesel remains the most expensive fuel at UAE pumps, priced above all three petrol grades, which is unusual by global standards but reflects the way the UAE's monthly formula treats each product separately.
The cut is the first reduction in petrol prices since July. October's rates had been the third monthly rise in a row, so the November move reverses a steady climb rather than starting a trend. The committee's review tracks average global petroleum product prices plus operating and distribution costs. It is a market-linked adjustment, not a policy decision: the UAE has followed a market-linked fuel pricing system since August 2015, when the government deregulated petrol and diesel prices and introduced a mechanism tying domestic rates to international fuel prices. The committee announces the next month's prices on the last day of the current month, and the rates then hold for the whole month.
How Much You Save on a Full Tank
The saving is modest on a single fill but adds up over a month of driving. A 60-litre fill of Special 95 costs AED 242.40 in November against AED 256.80 in October, a saving of AED 14.40 per tank. A driver filling up once a week saves about AED 57.60 over the month. A 50-litre fill of Super 98 saves AED 12.00, from AED 220.00 to AED 208.00. Diesel drivers save less: a 60-litre fill of diesel costs AED 285.00 against AED 288.00 in October, a saving of AED 3.00. The arithmetic is straightforward because the cut is the same 24 fils on every petrol grade: multiply 0.24 by the size of the tank to get the saving per fill.
For households, the more useful comparison is with the summer. A driver who filled a 60-litre tank of Special 95 four times a month paid about AED 1,027.20 in October at AED 4.28 a litre; in November the same four fills cost AED 969.60. The difference of AED 57.60 is real money, but it does not undo the rises of the previous three months, and the committee has given no forward guidance for December. The November discount is explicitly provisional: it can reverse in full at the next announcement if global prices move the other way.
UAE Petrol Prices November 2026: Why Prices Fell
The cut came despite elevated global crude prices, with Brent crude touching a six-month high of $118 a barrel around the time of the announcement, according to reports of the decision. That apparent contradiction is explained by how the committee's formula works. It tracks the average prices of refined petroleum products, not crude oil alone, plus operating and distribution costs, and the product markets moved differently from crude in the run-up to the November decision. The result is a cut that looks generous against the crude price but follows the formula's inputs. The same mechanism explains why diesel fell by only 1.04 percent while petrol fell 5.6 percent: the two products are priced from different market benchmarks.
For a driver who uses about 200 litres a month, roughly a 50-litre fill every week, the November saving is the same on every petrol grade, because the cut is 24 fils across the board. On Super 98, four fills cost AED 832 in November against AED 880 in October, a saving of AED 48. On Special 95, the same four fills cost AED 808 against AED 856, also a saving of AED 48. On E-Plus 91, they cost AED 794 against AED 842, again a saving of AED 48. Diesel is different: four 50-litre fills cost AED 950 against AED 960, a saving of only AED 10, because the diesel cut was just 5 fils a litre. The pattern shows how the committee's formula treats each product separately, and why diesel drivers, who include most commercial and logistics operators, gain far less from this month's adjustment than petrol drivers do.
The wider context is a region in which fuel is both a household cost and a strategic issue. The UAE's fuel pricing sits alongside a broader energy picture in the Gulf, where air traffic and shipping have been disrupted by regional tensions this year. Our report on the UAE lifting air traffic restrictions and our account of the UAE oil leak that was stopped in October give that background, and our report on the UAE's hopes for an Iran-US breakthrough covers the diplomacy that shapes the region's energy outlook.
What Happens Next
The next test is the December announcement, due on 30 November, when the committee will set prices for the final month of the year. Three things will matter: whether the product-price softness that produced the November cut holds, whether diesel continues to fall more slowly than petrol, and whether E-Plus 91 stays below AED 4 a litre. Drivers should not expect the November cut to repeat automatically: the committee resets prices monthly against global markets, and the same formula that cut prices in November can raise them in December. For now, the message for motorists is simple. From 1 November, Super 98 is AED 4.16, Special 95 is AED 4.04, E-Plus 91 is AED 3.97 and diesel is AED 4.75, the same at ADNOC, ENOC and Emarat stations in every emirate, and the saving on a full tank is 24 fils a litre on petrol and 5 fils on diesel.