{"success":true,"data":{"year":2026,"month":6,"prices":{"diesel_50ppm":{"coastal":28,"inland":29.26},"petrol_93":{"coastal":27.16,"inland":27.95},"petrol_95":{"coastal":27.19,"inland":28.06}}},"meta":{"effective_date":"2026-06-03","next_update":"2026-07-01","cached":false}}
curl --location --request GET 'https://zylalabs.com/api/12765/south+africa+fuel+price+tracking+api/24925/get+latest+prices' --header 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY'
{"success":true,"data":{"year":2026,"month":6,"fuel_type":"petrol_95","region":"inland","price_zar":28.06,"effective_date":"2026-06-03"},"meta":{"next_update":"2026-07-01","cached":false}}
curl --location --request GET 'https://zylalabs.com/api/12765/south+africa+fuel+price+tracking+api/24926/get+latest+price+-+single+fuel+type&fuel_type=Required&/=Required®ion=Required' --header 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY'
{
"success": true,
"data": [
{
"year": 2026,
"month": 6,
"fuel_type": "petrol_95",
"region": "inland",
"price_zar": 28.06,
"effective_date": "2026-06-03"
},
{
"year": 2026,
"month": 5,
"fuel_type": "petrol_95",
"region": "inland",
"price_zar": 26.63,
"effective_date": "2026-05-06"
},
{
"year": 2026,
"month": 4,
"fuel_type": "petrol_95",
"region": "inland",
"price_zar": 23.36,
"effective_date": "2026-04-01"
},
{
"year": 2026,
"month": 3,
"fuel_type": "petrol_95",
"region": "inland",
"price_zar": 20.3,
"effective_date": "2026-03-04"
},
{
"year": 2026,
"month": 2,
"fuel_type": "petrol_95",
"region": "inland",
"price_zar": 20.1,
"effective_date": "2026-02-04"
},
{
"year": 2026,
"month": 1,
"fuel_type": "petrol_95",
"region": "inland",
"price_zar": 20.75,
"effective_date": "2026-01-07"
},
{
"year": 2025,
"month": 12,
"fuel_type": "petrol_95",
"region": "inland",
"price_zar": 21.41,
"effective_date": "2025-12-03"
},
{
"year": 2025,
"month": 11,
"fuel_type": "petrol_95",
"region": "inland",
"price_zar": 21.12,
"effective_date": "2025-11-05"
},
{
"year": 2025,
"month": 10,
"fuel_type": "petrol_95",
"region": "inland",
"price_zar": 21.63,
"effective_date": "2025-10-01"
},
{
"year": 2025,
"month": 9,
"fuel_type": "petrol_95",
"region": "inland",
"price_zar": 21.55,
"effective_date": "2025-09-03"
},
{
"year": 2025,
"month": 8,
"fuel_type": "petrol_95",
"region": "inland",
"price_zar": 21.59,
"effective_date": "2025-08-06"
},
{
"year": 2025,
"month": 7,
"fuel_type": "petrol_95",
"region": "inland",
"price_zar": 21.87,
"effective_date": "2025-07-02"
},
{
"year": 2025,
"month": 6,
"fuel_type": "petrol_95",
"region": "inland",
"price_zar": 21.35,
"effective_date": "2025-06-04"
},
{
"year": 2025,
"month": 5,
"fuel_type": "petrol_95",
"region": "inland",
"price_zar": 21.4,
"effective_date": "2025-05-07"
},
{
"year": 2025,
"month": 4,
"fuel_type": "petrol_95",
"region": "inland",
"price_zar": 21.62,
"effective_date": "2025-04-02"
},
{
"year": 2025,
"month": 3,
"fuel_type": "petrol_95",
"region": "inland",
"price_zar": 22.34,
"effective_date": "2025-03-05"
},
{
"year": 2025,
"month": 2,
"fuel_type": "petrol_95",
"region": "inland",
"price_zar": 22.41,
"effective_date": "2025-02-05"
},
{
"year": 2025,
"month": 1,
"fuel_type": "petrol_95",
"region": "inland",
"price_zar": 21.59,
"effective_date": "2025-01-01"
},
{
"year": 2024,
"month": 12,
"fuel_type": "petrol_95",
"region": "inland",
"price_zar": 21.47,
"effective_date": "2024-12-04"
},
{
"year": 2024,
"month": 11,
"fuel_type": "petrol_95",
"region": "inland",
"price_zar": 21.3,
"effective_date": "2024-11-06"
},
{
"year": 2024,
"month": 10,
"fuel_type": "petrol_95",
"region": "inland",
"price_zar": 21.05,
"effective_date": "2024-10-02"
},
{
"year": 2024,
"month": 9,
"fuel_type": "petrol_95",
"region": "inland",
"price_zar": 22.19,
"effective_date": "2024-09-04"
},
{
"year": 2024,
"month": 8,
"fuel_type": "petrol_95",
"region": "inland",
"price_zar": 23.11,
"effective_date": "2024-08-07"
},
{
"year": 2024,
"month": 7,
"fuel_type": "petrol_95",
"region": "inland",
"price_zar": 23.26,
"effective_date": "2024-07-03"
},
{
"year": 2024,
"month": 6,
"fuel_type": "petrol_95",
"region": "inland",
"price_zar": 24.25,
"effective_date": "2024-06-05"
},
{
"year": 2024,
"month": 5,
"fuel_type": "petrol_95",
"region": "inland",
"price_zar": 25.49,
"effective_date": "2024-05-01"
},
{
"year": 2024,
"month": 4,
"fuel_type": "petrol_95",
"region": "inland",
"price_zar": 25.12,
"effective_date": "2024-04-03"
},
{
"year": 2024,
"month": 3,
"fuel_type": "petrol_95",
"region": "inland",
"price_zar": 24.45,
"effective_date": "2024-03-06"
},
{
"year": 2024,
"month": 2,
"fuel_type": "petrol_95",
"region": "inland",
"price_zar": 23.24,
"effective_date": "2024-02-07"
},
{
"year": 2024,
"month": 1,
"fuel_type": "petrol_95",
"region": "inland",
"price_zar": 22.49,
"effective_date": "2024-01-03"
},
{
"year": 2023,
"month": 12,
"fuel_type": "petrol_95",
"region": "inland",
"price_zar": 23.25,
"effective_date": "2023-12-06"
},
{
"year": 2023,
"month": 11,
"fuel_type": "petrol_95",
"region": "inland",
"price_zar": 23.9,
"effective_date": "2023-11-01"
},
{
"year": 2023,
"month": 10,
"fuel_type": "petrol_95",
"region": "inland",
"price_zar": 25.68,
"effective_date": "2023-10-04"
},
{
"year": 2023,
"month": 9,
"fuel_type": "petrol_95",
"region": "inland",
"price_zar": 24.54,
"effective_date": "2023-09-06"
},
{
"year": 2023,
"month": 8,
"fuel_type": "petrol_95",
"region": "inland",
"price_zar": 22.83,
"effective_date": "2023-08-02"
},
{
"year": 2023,
"month": 7,
"fuel_type": "petrol_95",
"region": "inland",
"price_zar": 22.46,
"effective_date": "2023-07-06"
},
{
"year": 2023,
"month": 6,
"fuel_type": "petrol_95",
"region": "inland",
"price_zar": 22.63,
"effective_date": "2023-06-07"
},
{
"year": 2023,
"month": 5,
"fuel_type": "petrol_95",
"region": "inland",
"price_zar": 23.34,
"effective_date": "2023-05-03"
},
{
"year": 2023,
"month": 4,
"fuel_type": "petrol_95",
"region": "inland",
"price_zar": 22.97,
"effective_date": "2023-04-05"
},
{
"year": 2023,
"month": 3,
"fuel_type": "petrol_95",
"region": "inland",
"price_zar": 22.95,
"effective_date": "2023-03-01"
},
{
"year": 2023,
"month": 2,
"fuel_type": "petrol_95",
"region": "inland",
"price_zar": 21.68,
"effective_date": "2023-02-01"
},
{
"year": 2023,
"month": 1,
"fuel_type": "petrol_95",
"region": "inland",
"price_zar": 21.4,
"effective_date": "2023-01-04"
}
],
"meta": {
"count": 217,
"filters": {
"fuel_type": "petrol_95",
"region": "inland"
},
"next_update": "2026-07-01",
"cached": false
}
}
curl --location --request GET 'https://zylalabs.com/api/12765/south+africa+fuel+price+tracking+api/24927/get+price+history?fuel_type=petrol_95®ion=inland' --header 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY'
{"success":true,"data":{"year":2024,"month":3,"prices":{"diesel_50ppm":{"coastal":21.93,"inland":22.62},"petrol_93":{"coastal":23.41,"inland":24.13},"petrol_95":{"coastal":23.73,"inland":24.45}}},"meta":{"effective_date":"2024-03-06","next_update":"2024-04-03","cached":false}}
curl --location --request GET 'https://zylalabs.com/api/12765/south+africa+fuel+price+tracking+api/24928/get+price+by+month&year=Required&/=Required&month=Required' --header 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY'
{"success":true,"data":[{"year":2026,"month":6,"price_zar":28.06,"effective_date":"2026-06-03","change_zar":1.43,"change_pct":5.37},{"year":2026,"month":5,"price_zar":26.63,"effective_date":"2026-05-06","change_zar":3.27,"change_pct":14},{"year":2026,"month":4,"price_zar":23.36,"effective_date":"2026-04-01","change_zar":3.06,"change_pct":15.07},{"year":2026,"month":3,"price_zar":20.3,"effective_date":"2026-03-04","change_zar":0.2,"change_pct":1},{"year":2026,"month":2,"price_zar":20.1,"effective_date":"2026-02-04","change_zar":-0.65,"change_pct":-3.13},{"year":2026,"month":1,"price_zar":20.75,"effective_date":"2026-01-07","change_zar":-0.66,"change_pct":-3.08},{"year":2025,"month":12,"price_zar":21.41,"effective_date":"2025-12-03","change_zar":0.29,"change_pct":1.37},{"year":2025,"month":11,"price_zar":21.12,"effective_date":"2025-11-05","change_zar":-0.51,"change_pct":-2.36},{"year":2025,"month":10,"price_zar":21.63,"effective_date":"2025-10-01","change_zar":0.08,"change_pct":0.37},{"year":2025,"month":9,"price_zar":21.55,"effective_date":"2025-09-03","change_zar":-0.04,"change_pct":-0.19},{"year":2025,"month":8,"price_zar":21.59,"effective_date":"2025-08-06","change_zar":-0.28,"change_pct":-1.28},{"year":2025,"month":7,"price_zar":21.87,"effective_date":"2025-07-02","change_zar":null,"change_pct":null}],"meta":{"fuel_type":"petrol_95","region":"inland","months":12,"cached":false}}
curl --location --request GET 'https://zylalabs.com/api/12765/south+africa+fuel+price+tracking+api/24929/get+price+trend?fuel_type=petrol_95®ion=inland&months=12' --header 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY'
{"success":true,"data":{"fuel_type":"petrol_95","region":"inland","from":{"year":2020,"month":1,"price_zar":16.16,"effective_date":"2020-01-01"},"to":{"year":2026,"month":5,"price_zar":26.63,"effective_date":"2026-05-06"},"change_zar":10.47,"change_pct":64.79},"meta":{"cached":false}}
curl --location --request GET 'https://zylalabs.com/api/12765/south+africa+fuel+price+tracking+api/24930/compare+prices+between+two+months?fuel_type=petrol_95®ion=inland&from=2020-01&to=2026-05' --header 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY'
{"success":true,"data":{"next_update":"2026-07-01","days_until":19},"meta":{"cached":false}}
curl --location --request GET 'https://zylalabs.com/api/12765/south+africa+fuel+price+tracking+api/24931/get+next+update+date' --header 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY'
{"success":true,"data":{"status":"ok","timestamp":"2026-06-12T00:30:17.006Z"}}
curl --location --request GET 'https://zylalabs.com/api/12765/south+africa+fuel+price+tracking+api/24932/health+check' --header 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY'
After signing up, every developer is assigned a personal API access key, a unique combination of letters and digits provided to access to our API endpoint. To authenticate with the South Africa Fuel Price Tracking API simply include your bearer token in the Authorization header.
| Header | Description |
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Required
Should be Bearer access_key. See "Your API Access Key" above when you are subscribed.
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Official South African fuel pump prices sourced from the Department of Mineral Resources and Petroleum (DMRE). Returns current and historical prices for Petrol 93 ULP, Petrol 95 ULP, and Diesel 50ppm for both inland and coastal regions. Historical data available from January 2008 to present. Prices are updated automatically every Wednesday at 08:00 SAST.
Prices are updated every Wednesday at 08:00 SAST. The DMRE announces new pump prices on the first Wednesday of each month. If a mid-month adjustment occurs due to oil price or exchange rate movements, it will be reflected on the following Wednesday.
Historical data is available from January 2008 to present — over 18 years of South African fuel price records.
Petrol 93 ULP, Petrol 95 ULP, and Diesel 50ppm for both inland and coastal regions. Illuminating Paraffin columns exist in the schema but are currently empty as the data is not available from the source.
The DMRE sets different pump prices for inland and coastal regions due to transportation and logistics cost differences. Inland prices (Gauteng and surrounding provinces) are typically slightly higher than coastal prices (Western Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape).
All prices are returned in ZAR (South African Rand) per litre.
Five months are missing from the dataset due to gaps in the source data: July 2011, December 2014, February 2015, July 2015, and September 2021. Requesting these months via /month/:year/:month will return a 404.
/latest returns all fuel types and both regions in a single nested response — useful when you need the full price board. /latest/:fuel_type/:region returns a single price for one specific fuel type and region — useful when your app only needs one value and you want a smaller, faster response.
Use the /compare endpoint. Pass your fuel type, region, a from month and a to month in YYYY-MM format and the API returns the price at both points plus the change in ZAR and as a percentage. Example: /compare?fuel_type=petrol_95®ion=inland&from=2020-01&to=2026-05.
All errors return a consistent JSON shape: { "error": true, "code": "NOT_FOUND", "message": "No fuel price data found for 2007-01." } Common error codes are BAD_REQUEST (400) for invalid parameters and NOT_FOUND (404) for months with no data.
Each endpoint returns JSON data. For example, the /latest endpoint provides current fuel prices for all types and regions, while /history returns historical price records, including month, year, and price details for specified fuel types and regions.
Key fields include "success" (boolean), "data" (object with price details), "year" (numeric), "month" (numeric), and "meta" (object with source and update info). For example, the /latest response includes prices for diesel and petrol types along with effective dates.
Parameters vary by endpoint. For instance, /latest/:fuel_type/:region requires "fuel_type" and "region" parameters, while /history can filter by optional "fuel_type" and "region". Accepted values include petrol_93, petrol_95, diesel_50ppm, and regions inland or coastal.
Response data is structured in a JSON format with a "success" field indicating the request status, followed by a "data" object containing relevant price information. For example, the /compare endpoint returns prices for two months along with changes in ZAR and percentage.
The data is sourced from the Department of Mineral Resources and Petroleum (DMRE) of South Africa. This ensures that the fuel prices are official and reliable, reflecting the latest government announcements.
Typical use cases include tracking fuel price trends for budgeting, analyzing historical price changes for financial planning, and integrating real-time fuel price data into applications for consumer insights or reporting.
Users can customize requests by specifying parameters such as "fuel_type" and "region" for targeted data retrieval. For example, using /latest/:fuel_type/:region allows users to get specific fuel prices for either inland or coastal regions.
If a request returns no data, such as for missing months, the API will respond with a 404 status. Users should implement error handling to manage these cases gracefully, ensuring their applications can respond appropriately to missing data scenarios.
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