The major fuel price jumps that started in March as an effect of the war in the Middle East are spilling over onto April. The cost of diesel continues to climb rapidly, while gasoline gets more modest price hikes this week.
For March 31 to April 6, 2026, gasoline prices will increase by up to P2.90 per liter. Meanwhile, diesel prices will increase by up to P12.19 per liter. Kerosene will also have a price hike of P2.40 per liter. The Department of Energy shared these values the evening before these price hikes would take effect—take note that actual price hikes may differ per vendor and station.
From the increases this week, we see that diesel prices show no signs of slowing down. Gasoline prices, however, do seem to have lost some momentum. In fact, the DOE’s table even shows potential rollbacks of up to P2.35/L for some stations. Then again, this is all perspective, as a price hike of two or three pesos would have been seen as a significant jump earlier this year.
OTHER STORIES YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED
The Cavitex-C5 Link’s newest segment is toll-free this April
MMDA, LTO on carpooling: Can only be point-to-point and limited to two trips per day
The Hormuz Strait, an artery in the world’s flow of fuel, continues to be closed amid the ongoing conflict in the region. Although Iran has expressed some willingness to reopen the strait, there appears to be no clear timeline for when this might happen. In the meantime, we can only do what we can to mitigate the effects of the continuously rising fuel prices.
2026 Fuel price changes:
- PH fuel price update: P0.2/L hike for diesel, P0.1/L rollback for gas effective Jan. 6
- PH fuel price update: P0.30/L hike for gas, P0.20/L for diesel effective Jan. 13
- PH fuel price update: Increase of P1.0/L for gas, P2.0/L for diesel effective Jan. 20
- PH fuel price update: Big P1.40/L hike for diesel, P0.40/L for gas effective Jan. 27
- PH fuel price update: P1.60/L increase for diesel, P0.80 for gasoline effective Feb. 3
- PH fuel price update: P1.0/L increase for diesel, P0.60/L for gas effective Feb. 10
- PH fuel price update: P1.20/L increase for gas, P0.60/L for diesel effective Feb. 17
- PH fuel price update: P1.20/L hike for diesel, P0.60/L for gas effective Feb. 24
- PH fuel price update: Gasoline to go up by P1.90/L, diesel by P1.20/L on March 3
- PH fuel price update: Price hikes of up to P24.25/L for diesel, P13/L beginning March 10
- PH fuel price update: Increase of up to P16.60/L for gas, P23.90/L for diesel beginning March 17
- PH fuel price update: Increase of up to P12/L for gas, P18/L for diesel effective March 24
