Petrol, diesel prices on 27 Sep: 40-litre refill cost by city

Driver checking a fuel receipt and car gauge from inside a vehicle at an Indian petrol station

Editorial illustration of a driver checking a refill receipt and fuel gauge; generated for FuelPrice and not a photograph of a specific fuel station.

Petrol and diesel prices were reported unchanged in India's major cities on 27 Sep 2026, keeping the immediate refill cost steady for private motorists and transport operators. The practical difference is still visible city by city: local taxes, freight and other pricing components mean the same 40-litre fill can cost hundreds of rupees more depending on where it is bought.

The rates below are a dated snapshot, not a promise that a pump display will remain unchanged later in the day. The latest official Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC) releases available for Delhi are dated 25 Sep, while independent rate trackers and 27 Sep reports show no fresh metro-city move. Check the latest fuel prices for your city before refuelling.

Key takeaways

On 27 Sep 2026, petrol and diesel rates were reported stable in the main metro cities.
Delhi was listed at ₹102.12 per litre for petrol and ₹95.20 per litre for diesel.
Among the four metros compared here, Kolkata had the highest reported petrol rate at ₹113.51 per litre.
A 40-litre petrol refill works out to about ₹4,084.80 in Delhi and ₹4,540.40 in Kolkata, before any payment offer or pump-level variation.

Petrol and diesel rates on 27 Sep 2026

The following comparison uses the 27 Sep figures published by Goodreturns and The Hans India, cross-checked against the current NDTV metro-rate page and PPAC's latest Delhi releases. All amounts are retail prices in rupees per litre. The Delhi figures are also the same in PPAC's IOCL-linked bulletins dated 25 Sep 2026.

City	Petrol (₹/litre)	Diesel (₹/litre)
Delhi	₹102.12	₹95.20
Mumbai	₹111.21	₹97.83
Kolkata	₹113.51	₹99.82
Chennai	₹107.77	₹99.55

Source note: Current trackers do not agree to the last few paise. Moneycontrol Hindi reported Mumbai petrol at ₹111.18 and Kolkata petrol at ₹113.47 on 27 Sep, while Goodreturns, The Hans India and the NDTV page show ₹111.21 and ₹113.51 respectively. The difference is disclosed here rather than silently treated as a price hike; drivers should rely on the price displayed at the pump and the relevant oil company's confirmation for the final transaction.

What a 40-litre refill costs

A simple comparison makes the city gap easier to see. Using the table's 27 Sep 2026 petrol rates, a 40-litre refill comes to ₹4,084.80 in Delhi, ₹4,448.40 in Mumbai, ₹4,310.80 in Chennai and ₹4,540.40 in Kolkata. That puts Kolkata ₹455.60 above Delhi for the same 40-litre quantity. These are FuelPrice calculations from the published per-litre rates; the example excludes discounts, card charges and any change after the recorded update.

For a diesel car or a commercial vehicle, the same 40-litre calculation is ₹3,808.00 in Delhi, ₹3,913.20 in Mumbai, ₹3,982.00 in Kolkata and ₹3,982.00 in Chennai at the listed rates. Fleet operators can multiply the dated per-litre rate by their usual tank fill or monthly consumption, then revisit the estimate when the next daily revision is published. A longer journey can be modelled with the FuelPrice fuel-cost calculator using the vehicle's actual mileage and route distance.

Why the same fuel costs different amounts

Petrol and diesel are not priced identically across the country. State and local levies, transport costs from the depot, dealer-related components and the underlying crude-and-currency environment feed into the retail price. That is why a stable national trend does not produce one single India-wide rate.

Daily pricing also means that an unchanged rate today should be read as a short-term snapshot. Moneycontrol's 27 Sep update and Goodreturns' petrol and diesel trackers describe the current rates as unchanged, while The Hans India reported stable prices in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad and Bengaluru. None of those reports confirms that rates cannot move at the next scheduled revision.

What drivers should check before filling up

Confirm that the pump display shows the correct fuel type and the current per-litre rate before the nozzle is reset.
For a large refill, multiply the displayed rate by the intended quantity so the bill can be checked quickly.
Keep the receipt when the fill is for a business, fleet or reimbursement record.
For a road trip, calculate fuel and toll exposure together instead of treating the pump price as the whole travel budget; the road-trip planner can help organise the route.

What to watch next

The next useful checkpoint is the following daily retail-price update, alongside any change in international crude, the rupee-dollar exchange rate or state-level fuel levies. For now, the main reader takeaway is modest but useful: there was no reported metro-city price move on 27 Sep, but location still changes the bill materially. Use the dated rate for planning, verify the live pump display before payment and refresh the calculation when the journey date changes.