Heating Oil Prices Clare (October 2026)
Prices updated 11 October 2026
What does home heating oil cost in Co. Clare?
The cheapest kerosene quote we hold for Co. Clare is €845 for a 500-litre delivery and €1,512 for 900 litres, from Corrib Oil, at 168.0c/L. 2 distributors quote for this county. That is +40.0c/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. Clare
Every distributor in our data that quotes for a Co. Clare 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corrib Oil | €845 | €1,512 | 168.0c/L | County-wide quote |
| Certa | €885.98 | €1,583.43 | 175.9c/L | County-wide quote |
How Co. Clare 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. Clare is currently dear or cheap relative to the country as a whole.
| Quote | 500 litres | 900 litres | Per litre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheapest Clare quote (Corrib Oil) | €845 | €1,512 | 168.0c/L |
| SEAI national average (benchmark) | €640 | €1,152 | 128.0c/L |
| Difference in Clare | +€205 | +€360 | +40.0c/L |
Heating oil in Co. Clare
Clare runs from the Shannon estuary up to the Burren and the Atlantic coast, and outside Ennis and Shannon town it is thinly populated. Delivery runs into west Clare and the Loop Head peninsula are long, which is one reason quoted prices in the county tend to sit above those in counties nearer the eastern depots.
Almost all of the housing stock outside the Shannon and Ennis corridor is off the natural gas network, so oil-fired central heating is the norm and demand runs high through a long, wet and exposed heating season. Standard domestic tanks hold 1,000 litres, with 500 and 900-litre orders the two common fill sizes. Clare is served both by national distributors and by Corrib Oil, a Galway-based operator with depots across the west, so there is usually more than one live quote available for a Clare address.
Quotes on this page cover deliveries across the county, including Ennis, Shannon, Kilrush, Ennistymon, Sixmilebridge, Killaloe.
Heating oil in Co. Clare: common questions
How much is home heating oil in Clare right now?
The cheapest kerosene quote we hold for Co. Clare is €845 for a 500-litre delivery and €1,512 for 900 litres, from Corrib Oil, at 168.0c/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 Clare?
2 distributors in our data quote for Co. Clare: Corrib Oil, 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 Clare?
900 litres, by a clear margin. At the cheapest Clare quote, 500 litres costs €845, so buying 900 litres in two 500-litre-rate portions would cost about €1,521 — against €1,512 for a single 900-litre delivery, a saving of roughly €9. 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 Clare 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. Clare 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.