Heating oil price history
The official maximum price of heating oil and the other heating fuels, day by day over a year, with the highs and lows, the average and the gap priced on your volume.
Over the last 365 days published by Statbel, the Belgian statistics office, the maximum price of heating oil delivered in quantities under 2,000 litres fell as low as €0.747 a litre, on 9 January 2026, and rose as high as €1.650, on 28 October 2026, for an average of €1.166 including VAT. On 31 October 2026 it stands at €1.578, a rise of 71.7 c a litre over a year. The official average for 2026 so far is €1.234, against €0.839 for 2025. On a 1,500-litre delivery, the gap between the cheapest and the dearest day of the year comes to €1,354. The tool draws the curve over 30 days, three months, six months or a year, for heating oil in both delivery bands and at the pump, and for kerosene and bulk propane too, and prices the change on the volume you enter.
Change since 4 November 2025
+71.7 c
a litre, i.e. +€717 on 1,000 litres
| Price on 31 October 2026 | €1.578/L |
| Lowest, 9 January 2026 | €0.747/L |
| Highest, 28 October 2026 | €1.650/L |
| Average for the period | €1.166/L |
Checked by Radif Partners · Editorial policy · Method and sources
Reading the curve
Pick a product and a period: the curve plots each day’s maximum price, and the two thin lines mark the period’s low and high. The result gives the change between the first and last days shown and turns it into euros on the volume entered: 1,000 litres by default for a heating oil delivery, 20 litres for a purchase at the pump. Lows and highs carry their date, so you can match them with a quote or invoice from the same week.
The curve smooths nothing. The steps you see are real tariff changes, and the flat stretches are days on which the same maximum price stayed in force, as often happens over the weekend. A sharp move over thirty days can therefore vanish over a year, and the other way round.
Heating fuels over a year
| Product | Today | Low (date) | High (date) | Over a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heating oil, under 2,000 litres | €1.578 | €0.747 (9 January 2026) | €1.650 (28 October 2026) | +71.7 c |
| Heating oil, 2,000 litres or more | €1.535 | €0.707 (18 December 2025) | €1.607 (28 October 2026) | +71.5 c |
| Heating oil at the pump | €1.689 | €0.865 (18 December 2025) | €1.766 (4 April 2026) | +71.1 c |
| Kerosene (type C) at the pump | €1.986 | €0.972 (23 December 2025) | €2.068 (8 April 2026) | +92.6 c |
| Bulk propane, under 2,000 litres | €1.056 | €0.771 (4 November 2025) | €1.056 (31 October 2026) | +28.5 c |
| Bulk propane, 2,000 litres or more | €0.963 | €0.681 (4 November 2025) | €0.963 (31 October 2026) | +28.2 c |
The six products share the same underlying movement, with different swings. The two bands of delivered heating oil keep an almost constant gap between them; heating oil at the pump, sold in small quantities, is the dearest of the three. Bulk propane and type C kerosene have their own official tariff, built on the same maximum-price logic.
Official yearly averages
| Year | < 2,000 L | ≥ 2,000 L | Pump |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | €0.901 | €0.861 | €1.014 |
| 2025 | €0.839 | €0.799 | €0.955 |
| 2026 | €1.234 | €1.193 | €1.351 |
These averages are the ones Statbel itself computes in its yearly tables and monthly averages. The latest complete monthly average, for November 2026, is €1.578 under 2,000 litres. Over 24 months, the biggest month-to-month gap lies between February 2026 and March 2026, at +39.6 c a litre: a reminder that the level of heating oil can shift markedly within a few weeks.
What the history lets you check
The history is first a way to check a past invoice. A day’s maximum price remains the legal ceiling for that day, and the Social Heating Fund points out that no sale may exceed it. If you find your delivery day on the curve and the price invoiced is above that day’s maximum in the band matching your volume, it is a fair question to put to the dealer.
It also puts today’s price in perspective, without turning it into a forecast. The guide on when to order heating oil looks at what past months say, and above all what they do not say, about the right moment to order. For road fuels, the fuel price history applies the same tool to diesel, petrol and LPG.
The data come from the be.STAT daily series, Statbel open data. The page is rebuilt when a new row is published; the last day covered is 3 November 2026.