Heating Oil Prices Offaly (October 2026)
Prices updated 11 October 2026
What does home heating oil cost in Co. Offaly?
The cheapest kerosene quote we hold for Co. Offaly is €845.97 for a 500-litre delivery and €1,510.39 for 900 litres, from Certa, at 167.8c/L. 2 distributors quote for this county. That is +39.8c/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. Offaly
Every distributor in our data that quotes for a Co. Offaly 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 | €845.97 | €1,510.39 | 167.8c/L | County-wide quote |
| Corrib Oil | €845 | €1,512 | 168.0c/L | County-wide quote |
How Co. Offaly 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. Offaly is currently dear or cheap relative to the country as a whole.
| Quote | 500 litres | 900 litres | Per litre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheapest Offaly quote (Certa) | €845.97 | €1,510.39 | 167.8c/L |
| SEAI national average (benchmark) | €640 | €1,152 | 128.0c/L |
| Difference in Offaly | +€205.97 | +€358.39 | +39.8c/L |
Heating oil in Co. Offaly
Offaly sits in the middle of the country between the Shannon and the Slieve Bloom mountains, and it was for decades the centre of the Irish peat industry. The winding down of commercial peat extraction changed how the county heats itself: households that once had ready access to cheap turf have moved substantially to oil-fired central heating, and kerosene is now the standard fuel outside the gas-served part of Tullamore.
The main towns are Tullamore, Birr, Edenderry, Clara and Banagher, with a great deal of low-density rural settlement between them. Access is good — the M6 and the Grand Canal corridor cross the county — so quoted prices track the national average rather than carrying a remoteness premium. Offaly is covered by western distributors as well as national ones, so a second quote is normally available. Domestic tanks are typically 1,000 litres, with 500 and 900-litre orders both common.
Quotes on this page cover deliveries across the county, including Tullamore, Birr, Edenderry, Banagher, Clara, Ferbane.
Heating oil in Co. Offaly: common questions
How much is home heating oil in Offaly right now?
The cheapest kerosene quote we hold for Co. Offaly is €845.97 for a 500-litre delivery and €1,510.39 for 900 litres, from Certa, at 167.8c/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 Offaly?
2 distributors in our data quote for Co. Offaly: 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 Offaly?
900 litres, by a clear margin. At the cheapest Offaly quote, 500 litres costs €845.97, so buying 900 litres in two 500-litre-rate portions would cost about €1,522.75 — against €1,510.39 for a single 900-litre delivery, a saving of roughly €12.36. 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 Offaly 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. Offaly 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.