Where to find the cheapest petrol in Sydney and Melbourne as the price of fuel hits a 10-year high

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Average Australian unleaded fuel prices are at the highest level since July 2008
They rose by 1.8 cents to 159.3 cents a litre, but climbed by 11.3 cents in Sydney
Melbourne's Truganina service station was selling fuel for just 136.9 cents a litre
A cluster of service stations in south-west Sydney also had cheap unleaded fuel

By Stephen Johnson For Daily Mail Australia

Published: 20:28 EDT, 23 October 2018 | Updated: 21:35 EDT, 23 October 2018

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A cluster of suburbs are selling Australia's cheapest petrol as bowser prices soar to a 10-year high.

During the past week, average unleaded prices across the country have climbed by 1.8 cents to 159.3 cents a litre - the dearest since July 2008.

A cluster of service stations in Melbourne's western suburbs, south-west Sydney and northern Adelaide, however, are offering a reprieve from pump price pain.

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A cluster of suburbs are selling Australia's cheapest petrol as bowser prices soar to a 10-year high. Average unleaded prices have climbed by 1.8 cents to 159.3 cents a litre (stock image)

United Petroleum's Truganina service station in outer Melbourne had Australia's cheapest regular unleaded price of just 136.9 cents a litre.

In Sydney, BP at Villawood was selling 91-octane petrol for 142.7 cents a litre in a city where average petrol prices rose by 11.3 cents a litre in just one week to 161.7 cents a litre.

At nearby Bass Hill, United Petroleum was selling unleaded for 143.7 cents a litre, while Speedway Petroleum at Fairfield was retailing the same product for 143.9 cents a litre.

In western Sydney, the same Speedway group was selling regular unleaded for 146.7 cents a litre at Granville and 146.9 cents a litre at Auburn.

A cluster of service stations in Melbourne's western suburbs, south-west Sydney (Villawood BP pictured) and northern Adelaide, however, are offering a reprieve from pump price pain

Melbourne motorists have been spared much of the hip pocket pain during the past week, with average petrol prices actually falling by an average of one cent a litre to 153.4 cents a litre, Australian Institute of Petroleum data showed.

Sydney's cheapest fuel

1. BP Villawood, south-west Sydney, 142.7 cents a litre

2. United Petroleum Bass Hill, 143.7 cents a litre

3. Speedway Petroleum Fairfield, 143.9 cents a litre

4. Metro Petroleum Fairfield, south-west Sydney 146.7 cents a litre

4. Speedway Petroleum Granville, 146.7 cents a litre

5. Speedway Petroleum Auburn, western Sydney 146.9 cents a litre

Source: petrolspy.com.au prices for 91-octane regular unleaded, excluding ethanol blend

As a result, it had cheaper petrol than Sydney with three outlets in Melbourne's western suburbs selling regular unleaded for less than 138 cents a litre.

Puma at Truganina and Woolworths Caltex at Laverton North were selling it for 137.5 cents a litre.

Daily Mail Australia analysed prices for 91-octane regular unleaded, which didn't contain an ethanol blend, on the crowd-sourced Petrol Spy website.

New South Wales is the only state in Australia where petrol prices are posted online in real time on a government website, Fuel Check and an app run by motoring services group NRMA.

NRMA spokesman Peter Khoury said there were dramatic differences between the cheapest and dearest bowser prices in each city, and called for every state and territory government to publish fuel prices in real time.

United Petroleum's Truganina service station (pictured) in Melbourne's west had Australia's cheapest regular unleaded price of just 136.9 cents a litre

'It can save up to 30 cents a litre which is pretty significant,' he told Daily Mail Australia on Wednesday.

Perth is the only city in Australia with a seven-day cycle, where petrol is cheapest on Monday and dearest on Tuesday, he said.

Everywhere else in Australia, petrol price cycles varied from 11 to 40 days, which did not necessarily make weekends the most expensive days to fill up.

Regular unleaded is more expensive than ethanol E10 but cheaper than 95 and 98-octane premium unleaded.

In a bad week for Australian motorists, average metropolitan petrol prices rose by 1.8 cents to 159.1 cents a litre.

Regional bowser prices climbed by 1.3 cents a litre to 159.7 cents a litre.

Unleaded prices rose in Perth by 1.6 cents to 159 cents a litre.

In Sydney, BP at Villawood was selling 91-octane petrol for 142.7 cents a litre in a city where average petrol prices rose by 11.3 cents a litre in just one week to 161.7 cents a litre

In Canberra, the cost to motorists increased by 1.4 cents to 165.7 cents a litre.

Hobart prices climbed by 0.4 cents to 164.4 cents a litre while in Darwin they increased by 1.9 cents to 163.2 cents a litre.

Melbourne's cheapest

1. United Truganina, western Melbourne, 136.9 cents a litre

2. Puma Truganina, western Melbourne, 137.5 cents a litre

3. Woolworths Caltex Laverton North, western Melbourne, 137.5 cents a litre

4. APCO Hoppers Crossing, western Melbourne, 148.9 cents a litre

5. BP Hoppers Crossing, western Melbourne, 149.2 cents a litre

Source: petrolspy.com.au prices for 91-octane regular unleaded, excluding ethanol blend

Motorists were lucky in Adelaide, where prices fell by 10.7 cents a litre to 152 cents a litre, and in Brisbane, where they dropped 0.6 cents to 165.4 cents a litre.

Ipswich, south-west of Brisbane, was offering Queensland's cheapest unleaded petrol, with outlets at Brassall, North Ipswich and West Ipswich selling it for 147.9 cents a litre.

Adelaide's north had even cheaper petrol, with the Liberty service station at Woodville selling regular unleaded for 137.9 cents a litre and a Woolworths Caltex at West Lakes retailing it for 140.6 cents a litre.

CommSec chief economist Craig James said Australian motorists, particularly in Sydney, were set to enjoy some relief as the Australian dollar stabilised and the Singapore price of crude oil fell.

'The relief may prove to be only temporary,' he said.

Melbourne had cheaper petrol than Sydney with three outlets in the western suburbs selling regular unleaded for less than 138 cents a litre

'If prices hold at current levels, motorists could see relief of as much as 8 cents a litre in the next one to two weeks.

'This will be welcome relief as the national unleaded petrol price scaled decade highs in the past week, underpinned by the ending of the Sydney petrol discounting cycle.'

Last week the key Singapore price of crude oil fell by US$5.35, or 5.9 per cent, to US$84.75 a barrel.

In Australian dollar terms, the Singapore gasoline price fell by $7.28, or 5.8 per cent, to $119.22 a barrel or 74.98 cents a litre.

NRMA spokesman Peter Khoury said Australian governments at a federal and state level at no control over petrol prices, which fluctuated depending on production and political events in the Middle East.

'We're talking about 10-year highs in petrol prices - we can control absolutely none of the reasons,' he said.