On 28 August 2026, the national average price of petrol in France reached € 2.03/l, the highest value in our daily series, which covers 25 June – 28 August 2026. That is € 0.000 a litre above the previous peak of € 2.03/l, recorded on 27 August 2026.
Our daily national series for this market covers 25 June – 28 August 2026 — 65 days — so no comparison here reaches further back than that. Between 21 August 2026 and 28 August 2026 the national average rose 0.5%, from € 2.02/l to € 2.03/l. The current level is 7.3% above the 25 June – 28 August 2026 low of € 1.89/l, reached on 3 July 2026.
Percentages, price differences and fill-up estimates are calculated from unrounded national averages. Prices shown in prose and tables are rounded to two decimal places.
Key figures
| Fuel | 27 Aug | 28 Aug | Change | 21 – 28 August 2026 | Stations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Petrol | € 2.03/l | € 2.03/l | 0.0% | +0.5% | 7,968 / 7,968 |
| Diesel | € 2.24/l | € 2.23/l | −0.1% | 0.0% | 9,897 / 9,897 |
Across all reporting stations the change is 0.0%; across the 7,968 stations that reported on both days it is 0.0%. The panel covers 100.0% of the smaller daily sample.
| Metric | Value | Stations |
|---|---|---|
| All reporting stations | 0.0% | 7,968 / 7,968 |
| Matched-station panel | 0.0% | 7,968 |
| Panel coverage | 100.0% | 7,968 |
France petrol average, 25 June – 28 August 2026
Chart values as a table
| Day | Average | Stations |
|---|---|---|
| € 1.90/l | 7,880 | |
| € 1.90/l | 7,880 | |
| € 1.90/l | 7,880 | |
| € 1.90/l | 7,885 | |
| € 1.90/l | 7,886 | |
| € 1.90/l | 7,890 | |
| € 1.91/l | 7,890 | |
| € 1.89/l | 7,894 | |
| € 1.90/l | 7,894 | |
| € 1.90/l | 7,894 | |
| € 1.91/l | 7,898 | |
| € 1.91/l | 7,901 | |
| € 1.92/l | 7,904 | |
| € 1.92/l | 7,910 | |
| € 1.94/l | 7,915 | |
| € 1.94/l | 7,915 | |
| € 1.94/l | 7,915 | |
| € 1.94/l | 7,918 | |
| € 1.94/l | 7,918 | |
| € 1.95/l | 7,918 | |
| € 1.96/l | 7,918 | |
| € 1.99/l | 7,921 | |
| € 1.99/l | 7,921 | |
| € 2.00/l | 7,921 | |
| € 2.01/l | 7,922 | |
| € 2.02/l | 7,923 | |
| € 2.02/l | 7,926 | |
| € 2.02/l | 7,928 | |
| € 2.03/l | 7,933 | |
| € 2.03/l | 7,933 | |
| € 2.03/l | 7,933 | |
| € 2.03/l | 7,934 | |
| € 2.03/l | 7,935 | |
| € 2.03/l | 7,935 | |
| € 2.03/l | 7,938 | |
| € 2.03/l | 7,939 | |
| € 2.03/l | 7,940 | |
| € 2.03/l | 7,940 | |
| € 2.03/l | 7,941 | |
| € 2.02/l | 7,941 | |
| € 2.02/l | 7,943 | |
| € 2.01/l | 7,945 | |
| € 1.99/l | 7,948 | |
| € 1.98/l | 7,948 | |
| € 1.98/l | 7,949 | |
| € 1.98/l | 7,951 | |
| € 1.98/l | 7,951 | |
| € 1.99/l | 7,952 | |
| € 2.00/l | 7,952 | |
| € 2.01/l | 7,952 | |
| € 2.01/l | 7,953 | |
| € 2.01/l | 7,953 | |
| € 2.01/l | 7,953 | |
| € 2.01/l | 7,954 | |
| € 2.02/l | 7,955 | |
| € 2.02/l | 7,956 | |
| € 2.02/l | 7,957 | |
| € 2.03/l | 7,960 | |
| € 2.03/l | 7,961 | |
| € 2.03/l | 7,963 | |
| € 2.03/l | 7,966 | |
| € 2.03/l | 7,968 | |
| € 2.03/l | 7,968 |
Calculation details
Values below are the unrounded daily national averages used for every figure in this article, shown to 6 decimal places. Percentage change = (later average − earlier average) ÷ earlier average × 100.
| Metric | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Petrol, daily national average on 27 August 2026 | 2.031238 | EUR/l |
| Petrol, daily national average on 28 August 2026 | 2.031257 | EUR/l |
| Difference, 27 August 2026 to 28 August 2026 | 0.000020 | EUR/l |
| Percentage change, 27 August 2026 to 28 August 2026 | 0.0010 | % |
| Petrol, daily national average on 21 August 2026 | 2.020398 | EUR/l |
| Percentage change, 21 August 2026 to 28 August 2026 | 0.5375 | % |
Source and method
Prices are reported by station operators to prix-carburants.gouv.fr (Ministère de l’Économie, des Finances et de la Souveraineté industrielle et numérique). We collect them once a day and calculate the averages in this article ourselves. The national average is the unweighted mean of the 7,968 stations that reported a valid price for petrol, after we drop readings outside our plausibility range. Full method: how we calculate.
This article reports only what our calculations from station-price data show. It does not attribute the change to any cause.
The data behind this article
Data details
| Data snapshot | 28 August 2026 (Europe/Paris) |
|---|---|
| Method version | 2026-08-06.1 |
| Template version | 2.0.0 |
| Source freshness | Last collection cycle of the day: 2026-08-28 06:20:13; 7,968 readings collected that day. |
| Included | SP95-E10 (E10): 7,968 stations with a valid price |
| Excluded | 0 readings outside the plausibility range 0.50–5.00 a litre, 0 flagged by the source, 0 from stations not in our catalogue |
| Matched coverage | 7,968 stations reported on both 27 August 2026 and 28 August 2026 — 100.0% of the smaller daily sample |
| Corrections | No corrections |