Heating Oil Prices Carlow (October 2026)
Prices updated 11 October 2026
What does home heating oil cost in Co. Carlow?
The cheapest kerosene quote we hold for Co. Carlow is €845.01 for a 500-litre delivery and €1,477.09 for 900 litres, from Certa, at 164.1c/L. That is +36.1c/L against the SEAI national benchmark of 128.0c/L.
Indicative prices recorded on 11 October 2026. Kerosene is unregulated and moves daily — always get a live quote for your own address before ordering.
Heating oil quotes for Co. Carlow
Every distributor in our data that quotes for a Co. Carlow address, cheapest per litre first. These are prices for a delivered tank fill including VAT, not a rate card. To see how the county compares with the rest of the country, use the full heating oil comparison.
| Supplier | 500 litres | 900 litres | Per litre | Quote basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Certa | €845.01 | €1,477.09 | 164.1c/L | County-wide quote |
How Co. Carlow compares with the national benchmark
The SEAI publishes a national average kerosene price as part of its domestic fuel cost comparison. It is a benchmark rather than an offer — nobody sells at it, and you cannot order from it — but it is the fairest way to say whether Co. Carlow is currently dear or cheap relative to the country as a whole.
| Quote | 500 litres | 900 litres | Per litre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheapest Carlow quote (Certa) | €845.01 | €1,477.09 | 164.1c/L |
| SEAI national average (benchmark) | €640 | €1,152 | 128.0c/L |
| Difference in Carlow | +€205.01 | +€325.09 | +36.1c/L |
Heating oil in Co. Carlow
Carlow is the second-smallest county in the Republic and one of the easiest in the country for a fuel distributor to serve: almost everywhere in it is within a short run of the N80 or the M9, and the population is concentrated around Carlow town, Tullow and Bagenalstown. That density is why quoted prices here tend to sit near the lower end of the national spread. Delivery distances are short and the tanker is rarely far from a depot.
Outside the town, the county is farmland along the Barrow and the Slaney, and large parts of it are off the natural gas network. Kerosene remains the default heating fuel for those homes, usually stored in a 1,000-litre plastic or steel tank at the gable end. Most households order in one of two sizes: a 500-litre part fill to spread the cost through the winter, or a 900-litre fill that works out cheaper per litre.
Quotes on this page cover deliveries across the county, including Carlow, Tullow, Bagenalstown, Hacketstown, Leighlinbridge.
Heating oil in Co. Carlow: common questions
How much is home heating oil in Carlow right now?
The cheapest kerosene quote we hold for Co. Carlow is €845.01 for a 500-litre delivery and €1,477.09 for 900 litres, from Certa, at 164.1c/L. That was recorded on 11 October 2026. Heating oil is not a regulated price and it moves daily with the wholesale market, so treat this as an indication of where the market sits rather than as a price you can hold a distributor to.
Which suppliers deliver heating oil in Carlow?
1 distributor in our data quotes for Co. Carlow: Certa. That is not the whole market — most counties also have local distributors who quote by phone and do not publish prices online, and it is usually worth ringing one or two of them before ordering. Our figures exist to tell you whether the price you are quoted is reasonable, not to be the only price you get.
Is it cheaper to order 500 or 900 litres in Carlow?
900 litres, by a clear margin. At the cheapest Carlow quote, 500 litres costs €845.01, so buying 900 litres in two 500-litre-rate portions would cost about €1,521.02 — against €1,477.09 for a single 900-litre delivery, a saving of roughly €43.93. The delivery itself costs the distributor much the same either way, so the bigger the order, the further that cost is spread. The counter-argument is cash flow: a part fill is easier to find in a week when the boiler is already running.
Why is the SEAI national average different from these Carlow quotes?
Because it is a different kind of number. The SEAI figure is a published national benchmark averaged across the whole market — it is not a quote, no distributor is offering to sell at it, and you cannot order from it. It is on this page for one purpose: to tell you whether Co. Carlow is currently dearer or cheaper than the country as a whole, and by how much. The distributor quotes above are real prices that were live on the date shown.
When is the best time to buy heating oil?
Earlier than most people do. Kerosene prices track crude oil and the wholesale refined market, and they also respond to demand: a cold snap sends every household in the county to the phone at once, which pushes prices up and delivery times out at exactly the moment nobody can wait. Buying in late summer or early autumn, before the first cold weather, is a better habit than buying in December, and it removes the risk of running dry on a week when the tanker is booked out.