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GCC fuel prices in November: the UAE cuts, its neighbours hold

By Ahmad Rashad Al Zeer

Nov 11, 2026

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GCC fuel prices in November: the UAE cuts, its neighbours hold

UAE petrol fell 24 fils a litre in November, the only cut among the seven markets we track. Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain and Oman held, and UAE Special 95 still costs 90.7% more than Qatar's.

UAE Special 95, November	Saudi Unleaded 95	UAE 95 against Qatar	UAE 95 since April
▼ AED 4.04	SAR 2.330	▲ +90.7%	▲ +26.2%
Down 24 fils from AED 4.28	Unchanged since April	Converted at dollar pegs	From AED 3.20

Key takeaways

· The UAE cut every petrol grade by 24 fils a litre and diesel by 5 fils; Special 95 now costs AED 4.04.¹

· Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain and Oman kept their 95 and diesel prices unchanged from October; Egypt raised both slightly.^2–8

· Converted at dollar pegs, UAE Special 95 costs 90.7% more than Qatar's Unleaded 95 and diesel 2.7 times Saudi Arabia's.^1,3,4

· Since April, UAE Special 95 is up 26.2%; Saudi Arabia's 95 has not moved and Qatar's is up 2.4%.^1,3,4,9–11

· A 62-litre fill of 95 costs AED 250.48 in the UAE against about AED 131.36 in Qatar.^1,4

Who cut, who held

The UAE was the only one of the seven markets we track to lower pump prices on 1 November. Super 98 dropped to AED 4.16 a litre, Special 95 to AED 4.04 and E-Plus 91 to AED 3.97, each 24 fils down on October, while diesel eased by just 5 fils to AED 4.75.¹

Next door, nothing moved. Our November pages list the same 95-octane and diesel prices as in October: SAR 2.330 and SAR 1.790 in Saudi Arabia, QAR 2.100 and QAR 2.050 in Qatar, KWD 0.110 and KWD 0.115 in Kuwait, BHD 0.277 and BHD 0.260 in Bahrain, and OMR 0.239 and OMR 0.258 in Oman.^2–7,12

Egypt went the other way, if only just. Unleaded 95 rose from EGP 24.000 to EGP 24.130 a litre and diesel from EGP 20.500 to EGP 20.760, increases of 0.5% and 1.3%.^8,13

Country	Currency	95, April	95, October	95, November	Diesel, November
United Arab Emirates	AED	3.20	4.28	4.04	4.75
Saudi Arabia	SAR	2.330	2.330	2.330	1.790
Qatar	QAR	2.050	2.100	2.100	2.050
Kuwait	KWD	0.105 (different grade list)	0.110	0.110	0.115
Bahrain	BHD	0.240 (different grade list)	0.277	0.277	0.260
Oman	OMR	0.240	0.239	0.239	0.258
Egypt	EGP	24.000	24.000	24.130	20.760

Prices per litre in local currency from our monthly fuel pages. 98-octane is left out; see How we worked this out.^1–20

Who pays the most

Converted to dirhams at the official dollar pegs, UAE drivers pay by far the most for 95-octane petrol. Special 95 costs AED 4.04 a litre, against about AED 2.71 in Bahrain, AED 2.28 in Oman and Saudi Arabia, and AED 2.12 in Qatar. The UAE price is 90.7% above Qatar's.^1,3,4,6,7

95-octane petrol per litre in November 2026, in dirhams

Converted at official dollar pegs. Kuwait and Egypt are not converted.

Item	95-octane
UAE	AED 4.04
Bahrain	AED 2.71
Oman	AED 2.28
Saudi Arabia	AED 2.28
Qatar	AED 2.12

Source: YallaMotor monthly fuel pages, November 2026; YallaMotor conversion.^1,3,4,6,7

Kuwait lists Unleaded 95 at KWD 0.110 a litre and Egypt at EGP 24.130. We do not convert either: the Kuwaiti dinar follows a basket of currencies rather than a fixed dollar peg, and none of our articles gives a rate for the Egyptian pound.^5,8

Diesel shows the widest gap. UAE diesel costs AED 4.75 a litre, while Saudi diesel at SAR 1.790 works out at about AED 1.75, so a UAE driver pays 2.7 times as much.^1,3

Since April, only the UAE has really moved

The bigger difference shows over seven months. Our April article ties that month's UAE rise to the Hormuz shipping crisis and the spike in crude prices: Special 95 jumped to AED 3.20, and in November it is 26.2% higher again at AED 4.04.^1,9

Over the same months Saudi Unleaded 95 stayed at SAR 2.330, Oman's slipped from OMR 0.240 to OMR 0.239, Qatar's rose 2.4% and Egypt's 0.5%.^{3,4,7,8,10,11,18,20}

Change in the 95-octane price, April to November 2026

In local currency. Kuwait and Bahrain are left out because their April grade lists differ.

Item	Change
UAE	26.2%
Qatar	2.4%
Egypt	0.5%
Saudi Arabia	0.0%
Oman	−0.4%

Source: YallaMotor monthly fuel pages, April and November 2026.^{1,3,4,7–11,18,20}

The pricing system explains the gap. The UAE ties retail petrol and diesel to global energy markets and resets them monthly, so oil swings reach its pumps within weeks. The published prices in Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Oman barely moved through the shock.^1,10,11,18

YallaMotor analysis
Two countries we could not compare with April
Kuwait's and Bahrain's April pages list a different set of grades from their October and November pages, so we leave both out of the comparison with April and use only their autumn prices.^5,6,14,16

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The UAE cut in context

November's cut is partial. Special 95 is still 35 fils a litre above its September price of AED 3.69, and our UAE fuel page says the reduction ends a run of three straight monthly increases.¹

UAE Special 95, AED a litre, 2026

November gives back 24 fils of October's rise. May to August are not shown.

Item	Special 95
April	AED 3.20
September	AED 3.69
October	AED 4.28
November	AED 4.04

Source: YallaMotor UAE fuel articles, April to November 2026.^1,9

Diesel users got the least relief. The 5-fil cut undoes only a tenth of the climb from AED 4.30 to AED 4.80, and diesel now costs 59 fils a litre more than Super 98, against 40 fils in October.¹

What a tank costs

Take the 62-litre sedan tank our UAE fuel page uses. A fill of 95-octane costs AED 250.48 in the UAE in November, AED 14.88 less than in October. The same fill costs about AED 167.74 in Bahrain, AED 141.53 in Oman, AED 141.47 in Saudi Arabia and AED 131.36 in Qatar.^1,3,4,6,7

YallaMotor analysis
The cross-border gap
A UAE sedan driver pays about AED 119.12 more per 62-litre fill of 95 than a driver in Qatar. In local money the same fill costs KWD 6.82 in Kuwait and EGP 1,496.06 in Egypt.^1,4,5,8

What to watch

The UAE's December rates are due on or around November 30. Elsewhere, the record since April points to stability: across our April, October and November pages, Saudi Unleaded 95 has stayed at SAR 2.330 and diesel at SAR 1.790.^1–3,10

Frequently asked questions

Which GCC country cut fuel prices in November 2026?

Only the UAE among the seven markets we track. Petrol fell 24 fils a litre and diesel 5 fils; Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain and Oman held, and Egypt rose slightly.^1–3,8,13

Where is petrol cheapest in the GCC?

Among the currencies we convert at dollar pegs, Qatar: Unleaded 95 costs QAR 2.100, about AED 2.12 a litre. Kuwait lists KWD 0.110, which we do not convert.^4,5

How much more does petrol cost in the UAE than in Saudi Arabia?

Special 95 costs AED 4.04 in the UAE against about AED 2.28 for Saudi Unleaded 95, so a 62-litre fill costs AED 250.48 against about AED 141.47.^1,3

When are the UAE's December fuel prices announced?

On or around November 30. Until then the November rates apply.¹

How we worked this out

We compared 95-octane and diesel prices on YallaMotor's monthly fuel pages for the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman and Egypt for April, October and November 2026; for the UAE, 95-octane means Special 95. Dirham figures use the official dollar pegs listed below; we do not convert the Kuwaiti dinar or the Egyptian pound. We leave out 98-octane prices, because Saudi Arabia's and Oman's appear for the first time in November and Saudi Arabia's is more than double its 95 price. Kuwait and Bahrain are left out of the April comparison because their April pages list different grades. The fill cost uses the 62-litre sedan tank from our UAE fuel page. Our sources end on 8 November 2026.

Assumptions used in our calculations

· Sedan tank: 62 litres — The typical sedan tank our UAE fuel page uses.

· Dirhams per 1,000 US dollars: 3,672.5 AED — The UAE dirham's official US-dollar peg (assumption, not from our articles).

· Saudi riyals per 1,000 US dollars: 3,750 SAR — The Saudi riyal's official US-dollar peg (assumption).

· Qatari riyals per 1,000 US dollars: 3,640 QAR — The Qatari riyal's official US-dollar peg (assumption).

· Bahraini dinars per 1,000 US dollars: 376 BHD — The Bahraini dinar's official US-dollar peg (assumption).

· Omani rials per 1,000 US dollars: 384.5 OMR — The Omani rial's official US-dollar peg (assumption).

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