Petrol and diesel rates have been hiked for the 6th day in a row. Petrol was up by an average of 13 paise today, while diesel got costlier by 18 paise on an average in the Indian metro cities.

The retail price of petrol per litre in the capital city of Delhi is now Rs 74.63; the highest since September 2013 (4 years and 7 months), as per Indian Oil's official website. The retail rates per litre of petrol in the cities of Kolkata, Mumbai, and Chennai is at Rs 77.32, Rs 82.48 and Rs 77.43 respectively.

The diesel price per litre in Delhi is at a record high of Rs 65.93, while the rates in the cities of Kolkata, Mumbai, and Chennai is at Rs 68.63, Rs 70.2 and Rs 69.56 respectively.

Indian fuel prices are the highest among South Asian countries as most of it accounts for taxes.

Petrol and diesel prices are determined mainly by international crude oil prices and the forex rate of rupee against dollar.

India is dependent on exports for 80 percent of its oil requirements. In this month, so far the petrol prices have been up by Rs 1.06-1.14 per litre while diesel has been up by Rs 1.53-1.63 per litre across the four metro cities.

Following is a table showing the difference in the prices (in Rupees) per litre of non-branded petrol and diesel between Friday and today.

Petrol

Diesel

Check the petrol rates in state capital across the country in Rupees:

State Capital	Prices
Agartala	70.41
Aizwal	70.54
Ambala	74.75
Bangalore	75.82
Bhopal	80.18
Bhubhaneswar	73.46
Chandigarh	71.77
Dehradun	76.33
Gandhinagar	73.94
Gangtok	77.6
Guwahati	76.73
Hyderabad	79.04
Imphal	72.74
Itanagar	70.61
Jaipur	77.32
Jammu	76.4
Jullunder	79.83
Kohima	73.1
Lucknow	75.83
Panjim	68.75
Patna	80.13
Pondicherry	73.42
Port Blair	64.39
Raipur	75.06
Ranchi	74.99
Shillong	74.04
Shimla	74.77
Srinagar	79
Trivandrum	78.61
Silvasa	72.57
Daman	72.5

Check the diesel rates in state capital across the country in Rupees:

State Capital	Prices
Agartala	64.01
Aizwal	63.25
Ambala	66.43
Bangalore	67.05
Bhopal	69.38
Bhubhaneswar	70.75
Chandigarh	64.01
Dehradun	66.22
Gandhinagar	70.81
Gangtok	67.65
Guwahati	68.83
Hyderabad	71.63
Imphal	64.03
Itanagar	63.27
Jaipur	70.25
Jammu	67.11
Jullunder	65.92
Kohima	64.3
Lucknow	66.05
Panjim	67.07
Patna	70.57
Pondicherry	68.07
Port Blair	61.86
Raipur	71.2
Ranchi	69.63
Shillong	65.74
Shimla	65.55
Srinagar	69.24
Trivandrum	71.52
Silvasa	66.7
Daman	66.63

Source: iocl.com