Petrol Rs 384.34 from today: a 40-litre tank now costs Rs 15,374

Petrol is Rs 384.34 a litre from today, 16 September, up Rs 4.10. High-speed diesel is Rs 415.83, up Rs 6.41. OGRA notified the new rates on Tuesday evening for the next 24 hours, the seventh straight increase under daily pricing.

Since daily pricing began, petrol has gained Rs 73.04 a litre and diesel Rs 86.32, according to OGRA's figures as reported by ProPakistani.

What a full tank costs now

Before daily pricing started, the same 40 litres cost about Rs 12,452. The gap is now Rs 2,922 per fill.

Diesel users

Diesel runs goods transport, tractors and tube wells, so each diesel rise feeds into freight rates and, over the following weeks, into food prices in city markets from Karachi to Peshawar.

What it means for a monthly budget

• A car doing 1,000 km a month at 12 km per litre burns about 83 litres: Rs 32,028 a month, Rs 342 more than at yesterday's rate.
• A bike doing 1,000 km at 50 km per litre needs 20 litres: Rs 7,687 at full price.
• With the government's Rs 100 relief, those same 20 litres cost Rs 5,687 for a registered bike.

Put in your own distance and mileage in the fuel cost calculator.

Relief goes nationwide tonight

The Rs 100-a-litre relief for motorcycles, rickshaws, chingchis and cars up to 800cc opens across the country from midnight between Wednesday and Thursday. Registration is by SMS to 9771; tokens can be redeemed at petrol stations from the same midnight. Bikes are capped at 5 litres a week and 800cc cars at 10 litres every 10 days. Our step-by-step relief explainer has the SMS format and the mistakes that get applications rejected.

What to do

1. Fill in the morning, not at night. Prices are now reset daily, so check the rate before you go.
2. Register for relief today if you ride a bike or drive an 800cc car. Tokens start working tonight.
3. Plan fills around tokens. A 5-litre bike token is worth Rs 500 only if you fill 5 litres at once.
4. Track the trend on our petrol price and diesel price pages.

With Brent crude above $105 a barrel and a key Saudi export pipeline still shut, the pressure on Pakistan's import bill has not eased.