This page tracks the regulated pump price of petrol, diesel and paraffin in Lesotho, from the Petroleum Fund's monthly reports. In the October 2026 report, petrol 95 costs M28.60 a litre, petrol 93 M28.20, diesel 50ppm M34.90 and paraffin M25.90. Prices rose from September 2026.
Latest report: . Last updated 13 October 2026. Updated monthly. Source: Petroleum Fund.
Next update: the November 2026 report, expected in the first week of November 2026.
Petrol 95, October 2026
M28.60/l
+M3.80 on the month
Diesel 50ppm, October 2026
M34.90/l
Paraffin M25.90/l
Petrol 95 since October 2023
+24.3%
From M23.00 a litre
Largest monthly move since Oct 2023
+M11.10
Diesel 50ppm, April 2026
Published since 13 October 2023. The full dataset for October 2023 to September 2026, with every source document and label, is held in the Data Matrix archive and is available to buy.
Prices since October 2023
Pump prices since October 2023, loti per litre
Since October 2023, petrol 95 has ranged from M17.70 a litre in February 2026 to M28.60 in October 2026. The heatmap shows each month's change for every product: red cells are rises, blue cells are cuts.
Monthly price change by product
Every month since October 2023
Regulated pump prices by report month, loti per litre
Report
Petrol 93
Petrol 95
Diesel 50ppm
Paraffin
Petrol 95 change
Oct 2026
28.20
28.60
34.90
25.90
+3.80
Sep 2026
24.50
24.80
30.95
22.10
+0.75
Aug 2026
23.85
24.05
29.05
21.20
+0.20
Jul 2026
23.65
23.85
25.85
18.60
−2.35
Jun 2026
25.70
26.20
30.05
18.60
+0.30
May 2026
25.40
25.90
34.75
22.50
+2.60
Apr 2026
22.50
23.30
30.50
21.30
+5.35
Mar 2026
17.80
17.95
19.40
13.30
+0.25
Feb 2026
17.60
17.70
18.85
13.00
−0.50
Jan 2026
18.05
18.20
19.00
13.10
−1.00
Dec 2025
18.95
19.20
21.00
14.40
+0.45
Nov 2025
18.50
18.75
20.00
13.70
−0.60
Oct 2025
19.15
19.35
20.35
13.80
−0.30
Sep 2025
19.50
19.65
20.45
14.00
+0.10
Aug 2025
19.40
19.55
21.15
14.50
−0.55
Jul 2025
19.90
20.10
20.50
14.30
+1.00
Jun 2025
18.95
19.10
19.35
13.30
−0.20
May 2025
19.15
19.30
19.85
13.80
−0.20
Apr 2025
19.35
19.50
20.30
14.00
−0.60
Mar 2025
19.95
20.10
20.60
15.00
−0.05
Feb 2025
19.95
20.15
21.20
15.20
+0.95
Jan 2025
18.90
19.20
19.95
14.00
−0.95
Dec 2024
19.75
20.15
20.15
14.60
+0.95
Nov 2024
18.65
19.20
19.50
13.90
+0.45
Oct 2024
18.35
18.75
19.05
13.50
−1.40
Sep 2024
19.75
20.15
20.15
14.60
−1.25
Aug 2024
21.00
21.40
21.35
15.90
−0.15
Jul 2024
21.05
21.55
21.65
16.30
−1.25
Jun 2024
22.35
22.80
22.45
16.60
−0.90
May 2024
23.25
23.70
23.35
17.60
+0.55
Apr 2024
22.70
23.15
23.35
17.60
+0.45
Mar 2024
22.25
22.70
23.35
17.60
+2.45
Feb 2024
19.80
20.25
21.55
16.50
+0.85
Jan 2024
19.05
19.40
21.90
16.50
−0.85
Dec 2023
19.75
20.25
23.00
17.40
−0.90
Nov 2023
20.65
21.15
24.15
18.30
−1.85
Oct 2023
22.50
23.00
25.40
19.20
+0.10
Methodology
Prices are the regulated retail pump prices published by the Petroleum Fund. Data Matrix reads each monthly report from the Fund's website, takes the four prices from its price table and checks them against the prices on the Fund's homepage. If the two disagree, the month is held for review instead of being published.
History comes from the Fund's price history file, checked twice a month for corrections. Figures are in loti per litre and labelled Official.
Common questions
What is the current petrol price in Lesotho?
In the Petroleum Fund's October 2026 report, petrol 95 costs M28.60 a litre and petrol 93 M28.20. Diesel 50ppm is M34.90 and paraffin M25.90.
How often do fuel prices change in Lesotho?
The Petroleum Fund reviews pump prices monthly and publishes a report at the start of each month. This monitor checks for it in the first week of every month and adds it the same day.
Who sets fuel prices in Lesotho?
Fuel prices are regulated by the Petroleum Fund, which publishes the monthly pump prices tracked on this page.
Release history
Added the Petroleum Fund October 2026 report.
Moved to the new Data Matrix website with interactive charts and heatmaps. The full October 2023 to September 2026 dataset is available from the Data Matrix archive.
First published by Data Matrix.
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