Do petrol prices increase because of long weekends?
No, petrol prices follow a very similar cycle most weeks whether there are public holidays or not. Where prices cycle, petrol is generally cheapest early in the week, increases mid-week and is already declining by the weekend. Once the peak of the cycle is reached, prices decrease over the following week, including over a long weekend. A mid-week price jump is often misrepresented in the media as a pre-long weekend or holiday price increase.
