Sudan fuel prices fell in August while the food basket became costlier
WFP’s September report recorded monthly commercial-market declines of 22% for petrol and 13% for diesel, while the food basket rose 13%.
Event / data period: 2026-08
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National average fuel prices in Sudan fell in August compared with July, according to WFP’s Sudan Market Monitor published on September 21, 2026. Petrol fell 22% and diesel 13% in commercial markets; the corresponding parallel-market declines were 14% and 18%.
Meanwhile, the national average cost of WFP’s Local Food Basket rose 13% month on month and 94% year on year. Despite the monthly fuel declines, commercial-market petrol and diesel were respectively 68% and 133% above year-earlier levels. WFP collects prices monthly in state capitals; this September publication describes August data.
Data
August food and fuel price changes
WFP national average changes; commercial and parallel markets are shown separately.
- Petrol, commercial market, monthly change
- -22 percent
- 2026-08 · Observed
- Diesel, commercial market, monthly change
- -13 percent
- 2026-08 · Observed
- Petrol, parallel market, monthly change
- -14 percent
- 2026-08 · Observed
- Diesel, parallel market, monthly change
- -18 percent
- 2026-08 · Observed
- Local Food Basket, monthly change
- 13 percent
- 2026-08 · Observed
- Local Food Basket, year-on-year change
- 94 percent
- 2026-08 · Observed
- Petrol, commercial market, year-on-year change
- 68 percent
- 2026-08 · Observed
- Diesel, commercial market, year-on-year change
- 133 percent
- 2026-08 · Observed
Methodology
WFP collects prices monthly in state capitals and derives national averages from state data. Reported rounded changes are retained; they are not CPI inflation.
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