On 28 September 2026, the national average price of petrol in France reached €2.18/l, the highest value in our daily series, which covers 26 June – 28 September 2026. That is €0.006 a litre above the previous peak of €2.17/l, recorded on 27 September 2026.
Our daily national series for this market covers 26 June – 28 September 2026 — 95 days — so no comparison here reaches further back than that. Between 21 September 2026 and 28 September 2026 the national average rose 1.0%, from €2.16/l to €2.18/l. The current level is 15.1% above the 26 June – 28 September 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 Sep | 28 Sep | Change | 21 – 28 September 2026 | Stations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Petrol | €2.17/l | €2.18/l | +0.3% | +1.0% | 6,896 / 6,702 |
| Diesel | €2.40/l | €2.40/l | +0.1% | +0.1% | 8,833 / 8,724 |
Across all reporting stations the change is +0.3%; across the 6,627 stations that reported on both days it is 0.0%. The panel covers 98.9% of the smaller daily sample.
| Metric | Value | Stations |
|---|---|---|
| All reporting stations | +0.3% | 6,896 / 6,702 |
| Matched-station panel | 0.0% | 6,627 |
| Panel coverage | 98.9% | 6,627 |
France petrol average, 26 June – 28 September 2026
Chart values as a table
| Day | Average | Stations |
|---|---|---|
| €1.90/l | 7,746 | |
| €1.89/l | 7,746 | |
| €1.89/l | 7,745 | |
| €1.89/l | 7,750 | |
| €1.90/l | 7,751 | |
| €1.90/l | 7,755 | |
| €1.91/l | 7,754 | |
| €1.89/l | 7,755 | |
| €1.90/l | 7,755 | |
| €1.90/l | 7,755 | |
| €1.90/l | 7,754 | |
| €1.91/l | 7,757 | |
| €1.92/l | 7,759 | |
| €1.92/l | 7,765 | |
| €1.93/l | 7,767 | |
| €1.94/l | 7,767 | |
| €1.94/l | 7,765 | |
| €1.94/l | 7,767 | |
| €1.94/l | 7,767 | |
| €1.95/l | 7,767 | |
| €1.96/l | 7,766 | |
| €1.99/l | 7,766 | |
| €1.99/l | 7,765 | |
| €2.00/l | 7,765 | |
| €2.01/l | 7,766 | |
| €2.02/l | 7,767 | |
| €2.03/l | 7,769 | |
| €2.02/l | 7,768 | |
| €2.03/l | 7,773 | |
| €2.03/l | 7,770 | |
| €2.03/l | 7,770 | |
| €2.03/l | 7,769 | |
| €2.03/l | 7,770 | |
| €2.03/l | 7,764 | |
| €2.03/l | 7,765 | |
| €2.03/l | 7,763 | |
| €2.03/l | 7,764 | |
| €2.03/l | 7,763 | |
| €2.03/l | 7,764 | |
| €2.02/l | 7,764 | |
| €2.02/l | 7,766 | |
| €2.01/l | 7,766 | |
| €1.99/l | 7,768 | |
| €1.98/l | 7,768 | |
| €1.98/l | 7,765 | |
| €1.98/l | 7,767 | |
| €1.98/l | 7,767 | |
| €1.99/l | 7,768 | |
| €2.00/l | 7,766 | |
| €2.01/l | 7,765 | |
| €2.01/l | 7,763 | |
| €2.01/l | 7,763 | |
| €2.01/l | 7,761 | |
| €2.01/l | 7,761 | |
| €2.02/l | 7,758 | |
| €2.02/l | 7,759 | |
| €2.02/l | 7,758 | |
| €2.03/l | 7,759 | |
| €2.03/l | 7,760 | |
| €2.03/l | 7,762 | |
| €2.03/l | 7,764 | |
| €2.03/l | 7,761 | |
| €2.03/l | 7,760 | |
| €2.03/l | 7,760 | |
| €2.03/l | 7,757 | |
| €2.04/l | 7,758 | |
| €2.05/l | 7,756 | |
| €2.06/l | 7,752 | |
| €2.08/l | 7,752 | |
| €2.09/l | 7,751 | |
| €2.10/l | 7,750 | |
| €2.10/l | 7,749 | |
| €2.11/l | 7,753 | |
| €2.11/l | 7,754 | |
| €2.12/l | 7,749 | |
| €2.12/l | 7,751 | |
| €2.12/l | 7,756 | |
| €2.12/l | 7,751 | |
| €2.12/l | 7,744 | |
| €2.13/l | 7,739 | |
| €2.14/l | 7,743 | |
| €2.15/l | 7,738 | |
| €2.16/l | 7,740 | |
| €2.16/l | 7,712 | |
| €2.16/l | 7,705 | |
| €2.16/l | 7,693 | |
| €2.16/l | 7,663 | |
| €2.15/l | 7,661 | |
| €2.15/l | 7,657 | |
| €2.15/l | 7,549 | |
| €2.16/l | 7,452 | |
| €2.17/l | 7,127 | |
| €2.17/l | 6,896 | |
| €2.18/l | 6,702 |
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 September 2026 | 2.171946 | EUR/l |
| Petrol, daily national average on 28 September 2026 | 2.177519 | EUR/l |
| Difference, 27 September 2026 to 28 September 2026 | 0.005573 | EUR/l |
| Percentage change, 27 September 2026 to 28 September 2026 | 0.2566 | % |
| Petrol, daily national average on 21 September 2026 | 2.156614 | EUR/l |
| Percentage change, 21 September 2026 to 28 September 2026 | 0.9694 | % |
| Petrol, daily national average on 3 July 2026 | 1.891037 | EUR/l |
| Percentage change, 3 July 2026 to 28 September 2026 | 15.1495 | % |
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 6,702 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 September 2026 (Europe/Paris) |
|---|---|
| Method version | 2026-08-06.1 |
| Template version | 2.0.0 |
| Source freshness | Last collection cycle of the day: 2026-09-28 23:40:26; 6,702 readings collected that day. |
| Included | SP95-E10 (E10): 6,702 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 | 6,627 stations reported on both 27 September 2026 and 28 September 2026 — 98.9% of the smaller daily sample |
| Corrections | No corrections |