Drivers have been warned that filling up the tank with petrol costs £16 more on average than last Christmas.
Filling up at the pump will set motorists back more money than twelve months ago with price rises from wholesalers and fuel brokers to blame.
A year ago, a full tank set back motorists around £16 less, BirminghamLive reports.
Howard Cox, of FairFuelUK, told the Sun newspaper “scandalous prices generated by greedy wholesalers and fuel brokers" are to blame.
It comes months after a petrol crisis nationwide, which saw huge queues develop amid a massive demand for fuel.
Unleaded and diesel were affected in September, as queues stretched from pumps nationwide, with people clamouring to fill up amid a nationwide crisis.
The great Christmas getaway is underway on Christmas Eve as Brits flock elsewhere in the country for Christmas Day itself.
Travel groups and traffic experts have warned of delays on busy stretches of motorway up and down the nation.
MP Craig Mackinlay, chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Fair Fuel, said: “Efforts to work with the fuel industry so that pump prices are market driven, are not working.
“Nearly £2billion of falls in wholesale prices have not been passed on.
"This is bad for the economy, bad for inflation, bad for business and bad for jobs.”
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