From Monday 27 July 2026 to Sunday 2 August 2026, the two main fuels in Italy moved in opposite directions. Diesel: down 4.0% over 27 July – 2 August 2026, from €2.19/l to €2.10/l. Petrol: up 0.8% over 27 July – 2 August 2026, from €1.98/l to €2.00/l. The largest single-day move was on 29 July 2026: diesel −4.7%.
Correction (26 September 2026): figures recalculated from the complete daily data, after we removed prices from stations that had left the official feed. Earlier version — Diesel, national average on 2 August 2026: €2.105/l (now €2.108/l).
Correction (27 September 2026): 25 June 2026 was a partial day (only a little over half of the usual number of stations reported), which our daily series leaves out, so the period now starts on 26 June 2026, the first complete day. Prices and percentages are unchanged. Earlier version — period covered: 25 June 2026 – 2 August 2026.
Correction (30 October 2026): the Italian price history was rebuilt from the official MIMIT archive. Before, at some stations the standard diesel or petrol series had picked up other products (Blue Diesel, HVO, attended-service prices), so the daily averages were slightly off. Figures and percentages recalculated. Earlier version — Diesel, daily national average on 2 August 2026: €2.108/l (now €2.099/l).
Our daily national series for this market covers 26 June – 2 August 2026 — 38 days — so no comparison here reaches further back than that. Diesel: between 26 July 2026 and 2 August 2026 the national average fell 3.9%, from €2.18/l to €2.10/l. The current level is 11.2% above the 26 June – 2 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 Jul | 2 Aug | Change | Stations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diesel | €2.19/l | €2.10/l | −4.0% | 21,218 / 21,202 |
| Petrol | €1.98/l | €2.00/l | +0.8% | 21,148 / 21,132 |
Across all reporting stations the change is −4.0%; across the 21,179 stations that reported on both days it is −4.0%. The panel covers 99.9% of the smaller daily sample.
| Metric | Value | Stations |
|---|---|---|
| All reporting stations | −4.0% | 21,218 / 21,202 |
| Matched-station panel | −4.0% | 21,179 |
| Panel coverage | 99.9% | 21,179 |
Italy diesel average, 26 June – 2 August 2026
Chart values as a table
| Day | Average | Stations |
|---|---|---|
| €1.91/l | 21,270 | |
| €1.90/l | 21,255 | |
| €1.90/l | 21,254 | |
| €1.90/l | 21,259 | |
| €1.89/l | 21,257 | |
| €1.89/l | 21,257 | |
| €1.89/l | 21,272 | |
| €1.89/l | 21,270 | |
| €1.90/l | 21,271 | |
| €1.93/l | 21,271 | |
| €1.93/l | 21,273 | |
| €1.94/l | 21,275 | |
| €1.94/l | 21,265 | |
| €1.95/l | 21,262 | |
| €1.97/l | 21,269 | |
| €1.99/l | 21,266 | |
| €1.99/l | 21,263 | |
| €1.99/l | 21,268 | |
| €2.00/l | 21,263 | |
| €2.02/l | 21,267 | |
| €2.04/l | 21,262 | |
| €2.06/l | 21,267 | |
| €2.08/l | 21,213 | |
| €2.09/l | 21,210 | |
| €2.09/l | 21,213 | |
| €2.11/l | 21,209 | |
| €2.13/l | 21,211 | |
| €2.14/l | 21,218 | |
| €2.16/l | 21,224 | |
| €2.18/l | 21,210 | |
| €2.18/l | 21,213 | |
| €2.19/l | 21,218 | |
| €2.18/l | 21,211 | |
| €2.08/l | 21,203 | |
| €2.07/l | 21,207 | |
| €2.08/l | 21,217 | |
| €2.10/l | 21,201 | |
| €2.10/l | 21,202 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Diesel, daily national average on 27 July 2026 | 2.185851 | EUR/l |
| Diesel, daily national average on 2 August 2026 | 2.098914 | EUR/l |
| Difference, 27 July 2026 to 2 August 2026 — Diesel | -0.086937 | EUR/l |
| Percentage change, 27 July 2026 to 2 August 2026 — Diesel | -3.9773 | % |
| Petrol, daily national average on 27 July 2026 | 1.984086 | EUR/l |
| Petrol, daily national average on 2 August 2026 | 2.000262 | EUR/l |
| Difference, 27 July 2026 to 2 August 2026 — Petrol | 0.016176 | EUR/l |
| Percentage change, 27 July 2026 to 2 August 2026 — Petrol | 0.8153 | % |
| Diesel, daily national average on 28 July 2026 | 2.181286 | EUR/l |
| Diesel, daily national average on 29 July 2026 | 2.078215 | EUR/l |
| Percentage change, 28 July 2026 to 29 July 2026 — Diesel | -4.7252 | % |
| Diesel, daily national average on 26 July 2026 | 2.184085 | EUR/l |
| Percentage change, 26 July 2026 to 2 August 2026 — Diesel | -3.8996 | % |
| Diesel, daily national average on 3 July 2026 | 1.887128 | EUR/l |
| Percentage change, 3 July 2026 to 2 August 2026 — Diesel | 11.2227 | % |
Source and method
Prices are reported by station operators to Osservaprezzi Carburanti (Ministero delle Imprese e del Made in Italy). We collect them once a day and calculate the averages in this article ourselves. The national average is the unweighted mean of the 21,202 stations that reported a valid price for diesel, 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 | 2 August 2026 (Europe/Rome) |
|---|---|
| Method version | 2026-08-06.1 |
| Template version | 2.0.0 |
| Source freshness | Last collection cycle of the day: 2026-08-02 11:00:36; 21,202 readings collected that day. |
| Included | Gasolio: 21,202 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 | 21,179 stations reported on both 27 July 2026 and 2 August 2026 — 99.9% of the smaller daily sample |
| Corrections | 3 |