Fuel prices in Europe: where is it cheapest to fill up?
Where is fuel cheapest on your way through Europe? The map and the list below show the average price of a litre of petrol or diesel in each EU country. The figures are refreshed every week. You also see what a 50 litre fill costs compared with the EU average.
Grey: no figures in this source (countries outside the EU).
Source: European Commission, Weekly Oil Bulletin. National averages including taxes, as at 2 November 2026. Pounds are converted at the European Central Bank reference rate of 10 November 2026 and are an indication.
What the figures do and do not tell you
These are national averages that each country reports to the European Commission every week, including duty and VAT. They are not the price at any one filling station. Within a country, the gap between the dearest and the cheapest station can be wider than the gap with the country next door. Countries outside the EU, such as the United Kingdom, Switzerland and Norway, are not in this source. Prices are in euros per litre.
How to pay less on the road
- Avoid motorway services if you can. Filling stations on the motorway are almost always dearer than one in a village or at a supermarket a few minutes from the exit.
- Look at where the border is. Driving from a dear country into a cheaper one, put in just enough to reach the border. The other way round, fill up before you cross.
- Count the detour. A few cents a litre is soon lost if you drive twelve miles out of your way for it.
- Check the label. Across the EU, pumps and filler caps carry the same marks: E5 or E10 for petrol, B7 for diesel. The name on the pump differs from country to country.
Fuel is only part of the cost of a trip. What you pay in tolls or for a vignette in each country is on the interactive map and in the overview of vignettes in Europe.