Cheap fuel in Townsville

As of the latest 15-minute refresh, Townsville's cheapest E10 is 194.9c/L at Liberty in Garbutt, with diesel bottoming out at 244.5c/L in Wulguru. That sits roughly 7.8 cents a litre below Townsville's 14-day average of 202.7c/L - money you keep simply by filling at the right time. Across the 58 stations reporting in the catchment, Caltex (9), Ampol (9) and BP (8) are the chains you'll see most. The cheapest local area to fill up right now is Garbutt, at 194.9c/L.

Townsville feels the same price cycle as the rest of the metro, but it arrives on a delay. As an outer or satellite area it tends to trail the inner suburbs by a day or two - both on the way down to the cheap trough and on the sharp climb back to the peak. For a local, that delay is worth money: the low prices the CBD saw on Tuesday can still be sitting on Townsville boards on Wednesday or Thursday, and the hike that has already hit the centre may not have reached you yet.

The trick is to read Townsville fuel prices by region live rather than off a fixed weekday rule, because the lag moves the best day around. It also pays to watch the edges of the catchment - stations just across the suburb boundary frequently price harder than the ones in the middle of Townsville, so the cheapest fill is often a couple of minutes further on rather than the one you drive past every morning.

Where is the cheapest fuel in Townsville today? With 58 reporting stations in the catchment, led by Caltex, the tables below answer that live by fuel type, and Garbutt is currently among the cheaper nearby suburbs worth the detour. Open the Townsville fuel station map to see how the lag plays out across the surrounding suburbs in real time.