After showing a negative trend in April following several months of increases, fuel prices are set to go up steeply in May.

According to the new prices put up by Qatar petroleum on its official website, the cost of super petrol and diesel have touched QR2 per litre each. In April, super petrol used to cost QR1.90 per litre and diesel used to be sold for QR1.85 per litre.

While the price of premium petrol has also gone up, it is not as steep as the other two. A litre of premium petrol will cost QR1.90, up from QR1.80 in April.

This is the highest price the country has ever witnessed for each types of fuels.