Heating Oil Prices Cork (October 2026)
Prices updated 11 October 2026
What does home heating oil cost in Co. Cork?
The cheapest kerosene quote we hold for Co. Cork is €808.97 for a 500-litre delivery and €1,433.88 for 900 litres, from Certa, at 159.3c/L. 2 distributors quote for this county. That is +31.3c/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. Cork
Every distributor in our data that quotes for a Co. Cork 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 | €808.97 | €1,433.88 | 159.3c/L | County-wide quote |
| Corrib Oil | €845 | €1,512 | 168.0c/L | County-wide quote |
How Co. Cork 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. Cork is currently dear or cheap relative to the country as a whole.
| Quote | 500 litres | 900 litres | Per litre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheapest Cork quote (Certa) | €808.97 | €1,433.88 | 159.3c/L |
| SEAI national average (benchmark) | €640 | €1,152 | 128.0c/L |
| Difference in Cork | +€168.97 | +€281.88 | +31.3c/L |
Heating oil in Co. Cork
Cork is the biggest county in the country by area and contains two quite separate heating markets. Cork city and the towns along the harbour and the main routes are served by the natural gas network. Everything beyond that — west Cork, the Beara and Sheep’s Head peninsulas, north Cork around Mallow and Fermoy, and the farmland in between — is off the network and heats with oil.
That scale works in the buyer’s favour. Cork has enough demand and enough depot capacity that the county consistently returns some of the keenest kerosene quotes we record, and it is one of the counties where more than one distributor competes for the same delivery. Domestic tanks are typically 1,000 litres. A 500-litre part fill and a 900-litre fill are the two order sizes worth pricing against each other, because the larger order almost always costs less per litre.
Quotes on this page cover deliveries across the county, including Cork, Mallow, Bandon, Midleton, Clonakilty, Fermoy, Youghal, Bantry.
Heating oil in Co. Cork: common questions
How much is home heating oil in Cork right now?
The cheapest kerosene quote we hold for Co. Cork is €808.97 for a 500-litre delivery and €1,433.88 for 900 litres, from Certa, at 159.3c/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 Cork?
2 distributors in our data quote for Co. Cork: Certa, Corrib Oil. 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 Cork?
900 litres, by a clear margin. At the cheapest Cork quote, 500 litres costs €808.97, so buying 900 litres in two 500-litre-rate portions would cost about €1,456.15 — against €1,433.88 for a single 900-litre delivery, a saving of roughly €22.27. 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 Cork 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. Cork 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.