This is the kind of stuff that hits you right in the gut. Everyone talks about the stock market, or nothing, but let’s be real, the price of petrol and diesel? That’s the real daily budget news for the common man.
Here’s the field report on what’s happening with fuel prices as of December 6, 2025, using that raw, on-the-ground energy you want:
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Fuel Price Shockwave: December 6, 2025
The sun came up. And then the Oil Marketing Companies dropped the new rates at 6 AM. It’s a daily ritual, this new price reveal. It dictates if the vegetable vendor or the office commuter is going to feel that pinch just a little bit harder today.
The thing is, the prices you’re seeing across the country—they look stable, like they’ve been glued in place since that tax cut back in May 2022. But beneath the surface, the whole system is constantly rattling. The prices in your city today are a direct collision of three messy forces:
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Crude Oil Price: As of December 5, 2025, the international price for WTI crude oil was hovering around $60.14 per barrel, and Brent was at about $63.75 per barrel. It’s fluctuating, sometimes due to geopolitical jitters (like those attacks on the Russian oil pipeline that made news a few days ago), sometimes just due to demand forecasts.
Rupee vs. Dollar: We buy that oil in US Dollars. The rupee has been under serious pressure lately. It even breached the Rs 90 per dollar mark earlier this week. The latest rate is around Rs 89.95 to the USD. When the rupee is weak, buying the same barrel of oil costs way more rupees. And then the price hike follows.
Local Taxes: This is the kicker. It’s why Delhi is cheaper than Mumbai. Central Excise Duty is uniform. But every state government layers on its own Value-Added Tax (VAT), and that percentage is totally different from one state to the next. Add in the local transportation cost from the refinery to the dealer. This split cause-effect is why the guy in Jaipur pays a different rate than the person in Chennai.
City-Wise Rates: December 6, 2025
Here are the numbers, messy but necessary, straight from the pump:
| City | Petrol (Per Litre) | Diesel (Per Litre) |
| New Delhi | Rs 94.72 | Rs 87.62 |
| Mumbai | Rs 104.21 | Rs 92.15 |
| Kolkata | Rs 103.94 | Rs 90.76 |
| Chennai | Rs 100.75 | Rs 92.34 |
| Hyderabad | Rs 107.46 | Rs 95.70 |
| Jaipur | Rs 104.72 | Rs 90.21 |
| Bengaluru | Rs 102.92 | Rs 89.02 |
| Lucknow | Rs 94.69 | Rs 87.80 |
| Ahmedabad | Rs 94.49 | Rs 90.17 |
| Pune | Rs 104.04 | Rs 90.57 |
| Chandigarh | Rs 94.30 | Rs 82.45 |
| Indore | Rs 106.48 | Rs 91.88 |
| Patna | Rs 105.58 | Rs 93.80 |
| Surat | Rs 95.00 | Rs 89.00 |
| Nasik | Rs 95.50 | Rs 89.50 |
💡 The Takeaway on ‘Stability’
The word is that fuel prices have been “stable” for two years, and yeah, visually, the daily change is tiny. The stability? That’s mostly the central and state governments absorbing the shock by adjusting their taxes (mostly cuts, since May 2022). They’re trying to keep the international market madness from totally wrecking the local consumer’s wallet.
But those core factors—crude price, the weak rupee, high government taxes, and the final cost of refinement—they are all still running hot. The pressure hasn’t gone anywhere.
Quick Check: How to SMS for Rates
Want to double-check the rates yourself, on the move?
Indian Oil: Text
RSP <City Code>to 9224992249.BPCL: Text
RSPto 9223112222.HPCL: Text
HPPRICEto 9222201122.
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