# Petrol Price in Salem Today Tamil Nadu · Last updated 17 Oct 2026, 22:33 · unit: ₹/litre 18 Oct 2026 ₹108.60 / Ltr ## 📊 All Rates in Salem Today | Commodity | Unit | Today | Yesterday | Change | View | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | ⛽ Petrol | ₹/litre | ₹108.60 | ₹108.60 | No change | [Details](/petrol-price-in-salem) | | 🛢️ Diesel | ₹/litre | ₹100.43 | ₹100.43 | No change | [Details](/diesel-price-in-salem) | | 🔥 LPG Gas Cylinder | ₹/14.2 kg cylinder | ₹975.50 | ₹975.50 | No change | [Details](/lpg-price-in-salem) | | 🌿 CNG Gas | ₹/kg | ₹97.90 | ₹97.90 | No change | [Details](/cng-price-in-salem) | | 🏠 PNG Piped Gas | ₹/SCM | ₹46.19 | ₹46.19 | No change | [Details](/png-price-in-salem) | | 🥇 Gold | ₹/10 g | ₹1,46,430.00 | ₹1,46,430.00 | No change | [Details](/gold-price-in-salem) | | 🥈 Silver | ₹/kg | ₹2,30,000.00 | ₹2,30,000.00 | No change | [Details](/silver-price-in-salem) | ## 📈 Petrol price in Salem — price trend ₹109 17 Oct Showing the 1 point recorded so far — the line fills in as the daily record grows. | Period | Price (Ltr) | Change | | --- | --- | --- | | 17 Oct 2026 | ₹108.60 | No change | ## Petrol Rate in Salem Today: ₹108.60 per Ltr Sources: OMC price notifications Petrol in Salem is ₹108.60 per Ltr today, unchanged from yesterday. That places Salem against a Tamil Nadu range of ₹107.76 to ₹108.63. ### Petrol price in Salem today Petrol is priced at ₹108.60 per Ltr in Salem today. The rate is unchanged from yesterday's ₹108.60, so there has been no movement to pass on to customers today. Salem sits in Tamil Nadu, and the rate you pay at the pump is the rate for Salem — fuel prices in India are set city by city, not district by district, so every pump inside the city limits charges the same figure on the same day. ### Where Salem's petrol rate sits in India Of the 103 cities we track for petrol, 54 quote less than Salem. The cheapest is [Port Blair](/petrol-price-in-port-blair) at ₹88.66 per Ltr — ₹19.94 below Salem — and the costliest is [Nellore](/petrol-price-in-nellore) at ₹118.14, ₹9.54 above it. See the full petrol rate list at [all 103 cities](/petrol-price) we track. ### How Salem compares with India's largest cities Against the 14 largest cities we track, Salem's ₹108.60 per Ltr is ₹7.06 above [Chandigarh](/petrol-price-in-chandigarh-city) (₹101.54), the cheapest of them, and ₹7.55 below [Hyderabad](/petrol-price-in-hyderabad) (₹116.15), the dearest. ### Petrol against diesel in Salem today Diesel in Salem is ₹100.43 per litre against petrol's ₹108.60 — a gap of ₹8.17, or 7.5 per cent. That difference is what a diesel engine returns on every litre, before the higher purchase price of the vehicle is counted. Across the 5 cities we track in Tamil Nadu, that gap runs from ₹8.15 in [Tiruchirappalli](/petrol-price-in-tiruchirappalli) to ₹8.21 in [Chennai](/petrol-price-in-chennai). ### Salem's petrol neighbours in Tamil Nadu In [Tamil Nadu](/petrol-price-in-tamil-nadu), 3 of the 5 cities we track quote less than Salem for petrol. The nearest cheaper is [Madurai](/petrol-price-in-madurai), at ₹108.50 — ₹0.10 below Salem. The nearest costlier is [Coimbatore](/petrol-price-in-coimbatore), at ₹108.63 — ₹0.03 above. ### Petrol rate in Salem over the last 1 day Our record for Salem currently holds a single day: ₹108.60 per Ltr on 17 Oct 2026. A range and a trend need at least two days, so this section fills in as the daily record grows. This table is built from our own daily record rather than from a third-party feed. That means it starts on the day we began tracking Salem and grows by one row every night — it is a record of what was actually published, not a reconstructed series. ### Petrol rate across Tamil Nadu: where Salem stands Within [Tamil Nadu](/petrol-price-in-tamil-nadu), petrol ranges from ₹107.76 per Ltr in [Chennai](/petrol-price-in-chennai) to ₹108.63 in [Coimbatore](/petrol-price-in-coimbatore) — a spread of ₹0.87, or 0.8 per cent. At ₹108.60, Salem sits somewhere in the middle of that range. A gap of that size is almost always tax rather than transport. Central excise duty is uniform nationwide, but state VAT and local levies are not, and that is what separates one city in Tamil Nadu from another. What goes into a rate like this — the taxes, freight and dealer margins behind it, and when it changes — is explained in [How fuel & bullion prices are set in India](/how-prices-are-set). ## 📍 Petrol Price in Other Cities of Tamil Nadu | City | Today | Change | | --- | --- | --- | | [Chennai](/petrol-price-in-chennai) | ₹107.76 | No change | | [Coimbatore](/petrol-price-in-coimbatore) | ₹108.63 | No change | | [Madurai](/petrol-price-in-madurai) | ₹108.50 | No change | | [Tiruchirappalli](/petrol-price-in-tiruchirappalli) | ₹108.21 | No change | ## ❓ Frequently Asked Questions The petrol price in Salem is ₹108.60 per L today, shown at the top of this page with the previous day's rate and the day-on-day change wherever one has been recorded. Across the 5 cities we track for petrol in Tamil Nadu, prices run from ₹107.76 to ₹108.63 per L. Chennai is the cheapest. Coimbatore is the costliest. Petrol prices are refreshed automatically through the day from official and market sources. The last update time is shown above the rate table. Prices vary because of state VAT and local levies, freight and dealer commissions, which are set separately by each state government. The state-wise table on this page ranks every state, and each row links to a detailed city-wise breakdown. You can also use /petrol-price for the national view. Petrol in Salem is ₹108.60 per Ltr today, unchanged from yesterday. No. The rate is holding at ₹108.60 per Ltr. Fuel prices in India are revised every day at 6 am. The new rate applies from that moment until the next morning's revision. Tax. Central excise duty is uniform nationwide, but each state sets its own VAT or sales tax on top, and some cities add local levies. Transport cost plays a much smaller part than most people assume. From our own daily record. We store the rate we publish each day, so the history is a record of real published prices rather than an estimate. ## Other Rates in Salem 🛢️ Diesel in Salem 🔥 LPG in Salem 🌿 CNG in Salem 🏠 PNG in Salem 🥇 Gold in Salem 🥈 Silver in Salem --- Source: https://indirate.in/petrol-price-in-salem