Leaving Ercan and pulling up to your first pump, you'll see a single figure on the sign — there is no second option. Fuel prices in Cyprus are not the station's business. The number on the pump is written by the Council of Ministers through a decree, and that number applies identically in every corner of the country. Driving from station to station to compare prices is pointless here. If you're heading from Kyrenia out to the Karpaz Peninsula, or filling your rental car's tank for the first time, there are a few details worth knowing around that single figure. Then there's the LPG matter in the title; those three letters don't mean what you'd expect on the island, and we explain why below.
The Number Is Written in the Official Gazette
Fuel prices in the TRNC (North Cyprus) aren't formed by the market — they're set by Council of Ministers decree and published in the Official Gazette. Stations are notified by SMS before the new price takes effect, and by the next day the number on the pump has changed. The set amount is a maximum sale price and it's uniform nationwide; you'll see the same figure at K-Pet and at Alpet, without a kuruş between them. With the 20 August 2026 adjustment, 95-octane unleaded is 68.12 TL per litre, 98-octane 69.12 TL, Euro Diesel 67.00 TL, and kerosene 71.43 TL. That last figure looks odd at first glance — kerosene pricier than petrol — but it has stayed unchanged through the last two decrees; it's not a typo.
The legal basis for the regulation is the "Regulation Governing the Pricing Principles of Petroleum Products", in force since 2001, last amended on 29 April 2026. A few weeks may have passed by the time you read these lines. There were at least five adjustments within 2026, with three increases arriving back to back within three weeks in March. So the figures here are a snapshot; for the current list, check the Official Gazette announcements or akaryakit.gov.ct.tr.
How Much Cheaper Than Turkey
Compared with Turkey's, fuel prices in Cyprus come in considerably lower. According to a 20 August statement by Levent Çağdal, head of the Fuel Stations Association, petrol in the TRNC is roughly 5-8 TL cheaper than in Turkey, and diesel 15-16 TL cheaper. The entire difference comes from tax. The heavy special consumption tax built into pump prices in Turkey isn't applied in the TRNC. Here, only a low-rate VAT and a Price Stability Fund deduction sit on top of the litre — that's the whole calculation. Measured against the minimum wage, the gap becomes more striking: the gross minimum wage buys roughly 1,058 litres of diesel a month. Petrol prices listed online under "Cyprus" belong to South Cyprus and are quoted in euros. Sites like Globalpetrolprices don't even keep the TRNC as a separate row. Anyone budgeting off that table arrives on the island having mentally marked the price up by half; the figure at the pump comes in well below what they expected.
Two Names at the Pump: K-Pet and Alpet
Don't look for the signs you're used to in Turkey. Neither Petrol Ofisi nor Opet, nor Shell, BP or Total has ever entered the TRNC pump market; the island has only two names, both local: K-Pet and Alpet. The variety of signs is small, but finding a station isn't hard — both networks spread across the whole island. K-Pet, in full Kıbrıs Türk Petrolleri, was founded on 17 December 1974, has operated the filling terminal at Kalecik since 1979, and today has around 100 stations on the island, feeding a wide network from Nicosia to Morphou (Güzelyurt) and even aircraft refuelling at Ercan. Alpet Kıbrıs is the TRNC arm of Turkey's Alpet, and through the Jetgaz facility it built in 2017 it supplies bulk gas to wholesalers such as Koopgaz and İntergaz. The only practical difference between K-Pet and Alpet is which happens to be nearer at the time. Pull into the first sign your sat nav shows and carry on.
The LPG Question: No Autogas, Only Bottled Gas
The first thing anyone considering arriving in an LPG car learns is this: autogas isn't used in vehicles in the TRNC, so stations have no autogas pumps. The pump offers three choices: 95-octane, 98-octane and Euro Diesel, with kerosene sold at some stations. If you're coming by ferry with an LPG car, plan accordingly: you need to fill the tank in Turkey before boarding and cover the entire island on that tank — no refuelling point will appear before the return ferry. In the TRNC, the word LPG points to an entirely different market: household bottled gas. The 10-kilogram home cylinder has sold for a maximum of 815 TL since May 2026, having first risen to 650 TL under the April decree and then increased once more in May. So what's discussed under the LPG heading in the TRNC is the cylinder that goes into your kitchen; its price is set by the same mechanism as petrol — the decree.
What to Watch For at the Pump
When you pull up to the pump, there's no need to get out of the car. An attendant fills your vehicle and takes the payment too. Self-service has never taken hold on the island. Cash in TL works, and card payment goes through smoothly at most stations. A good share of city-centre stations are open 24/7; those in small settlements close in the evening. Is it worth hunting for a cheap station? Only if there's a promotion. A station may go below the maximum price if it wishes — it can never go above it. Once you enter the Karpaz Peninsula, the maths changes. After passing Yenierenköy and Dipkarpaz, you won't see a pump along the road. No station has opened out toward Golden Beach (Altınkum) and Cape Apostolos Andreas (Zafer Burnu); the pump nearest Golden Beach stands in Dipkarpaz village, roughly 19 kilometres from the beach. That means the fuel for your hours at the beach and the drive back must already be bought in that village. For someone whose tank runs dry at the tip of the peninsula, the only option is to turn back.
Fuel Maths in a Rental Car
With a rental car, the fuel policy works a little differently from Turkey. The common practice in the TRNC is "collect at the same level, return at the same level": whatever line the gauge is on at pick-up, that's how you hand it back, and any extra fuel you leave behind isn't refunded. If you want a full tank, you need to say so in advance and have the cost added to the invoice. Let's run an example: Kyrenia to Golden Beach is about 110 kilometres one way, so a round trip reaches 220 kilometres. At an average passenger car's consumption, that distance burns roughly 15-16 litres, and at the current 95-octane price the bill lands around 1,050-1,100 TL. Filling a forty-litre tank from empty currently costs about 2,725 TL, a figure that may shift a few times over the season. The tank calculation stays small next to the total you'll spend on the island; fuel prices in Cyprus are not one of the items that strain a holiday budget. Just keep this in mind: the figures here belong to the August decree, and the day a new decree comes out, every number on every pump changes at once.
