The UAE Gasoline and Diesel Prices Follow-up Committee approved the fuel prices that would apply in October 2026 on 30 September. In a report published the same day, Emirates News Agency (WAM) listed prices per litre at AED4.21 for E-Plus 91, AED4.28 for Special 95 and AED4.40 for Super 98. Diesel was set at AED4.80 per litre. These are the committee’s announced pump prices for October; the report did not give a percentage change from the previous month or an item-by-item comparison with September. The figures are reported in the dirhams-per-litre form used by the source.

WAM said the prices were approved under a monthly mechanism that reflects movements in global energy markets while meeting local market needs. The statement describes the broad framework used for that month, but does not explain the calculation inputs, reference prices for refined products, exchange-rate assumptions, tax components or distribution costs. It is therefore not possible to calculate from this announcement how much a particular move in crude prices passed through to retail prices. Nor should the listed product prices be treated as a measure of all energy costs in the country: they are prices per litre for specified motor fuels. The report also does not identify which global price period was used or how taxes and retail margins were handled.

The three gasoline grades are identified by different octane numbers: E-Plus 91, Special 95 and Super 98. The committee’s statement did not discuss their technical properties or vehicle compatibility; drivers should follow the fuel requirements specified by vehicle manufacturers. Diesel is listed separately. The announcement provided no data on consumption volumes, sales mix or the effect of the price schedule on household budgets and transport costs. Assessing those outcomes would require separate evidence on fuel sales, vehicle and fleet composition, and other costs in the same period. The announced amounts are not a national cost index and cannot show an individual driver’s spending without information about how much fuel that person uses.

Announcing October prices does not guarantee that they will remain unchanged throughout the month or at the same level in later months. The source reports only the values approved for October and the monthly nature of the pricing framework. This account keeps the WAM figures in dirhams per litre, without currency conversion or comparison with prices in other countries, and does not add an earlier monthly price that was not in the source report. The list records a price schedule; it does not by itself measure the causal effect of prices on consumer behaviour, inflation or total energy demand. Evaluating those effects would require a longer series and analysis that accounts for other cost factors.