On 26 August 2026, the national average price of petrol in Italy fell 0.1% (€0.002 a litre), from €2.02/l to €2.01/l. Filling a 50-litre tank costs €0.12 less than the day before.
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 — Petrol, national average on 26 August 2026: €2.006/l (now €2.014/l). Earlier headline: “Italy petrol reaches series high: €2.01/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 – 26 August 2026.
Our daily national series for this market covers 26 June – 26 August 2026 — 62 days — so no comparison here reaches further back than that. It is the largest one-day change for petrol since 25 August 2026. Between 19 August 2026 and 26 August 2026 the national average rose 0.8%, from €2.00/l to €2.01/l.
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 | 25 Aug | 26 Aug | Change | 19 – 26 August 2026 | Stations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Petrol | €2.02/l | €2.01/l | −0.1% | +0.8% | 21,081 / 21,081 |
| Diesel | €2.16/l | €2.15/l | −0.2% | +1.2% | 21,150 / 21,150 |
Across all reporting stations the change is −0.1%; across the 21,078 stations that reported on both days it is −0.1%. The panel covers 100.0% of the smaller daily sample.
| Metric | Value | Stations |
|---|---|---|
| All reporting stations | −0.1% | 21,081 / 21,081 |
| Matched-station panel | −0.1% | 21,078 |
| Panel coverage | 100.0% | 21,078 |
Italy petrol average, 26 June – 26 August 2026
Chart values as a table
| Day | Average | Stations |
|---|---|---|
| €1.82/l | 21,200 | |
| €1.82/l | 21,186 | |
| €1.82/l | 21,185 | |
| €1.81/l | 21,190 | |
| €1.81/l | 21,188 | |
| €1.81/l | 21,185 | |
| €1.81/l | 21,199 | |
| €1.81/l | 21,198 | |
| €1.84/l | 21,199 | |
| €1.82/l | 21,198 | |
| €1.84/l | 21,200 | |
| €1.85/l | 21,202 | |
| €1.86/l | 21,192 | |
| €1.86/l | 21,188 | |
| €1.88/l | 21,196 | |
| €1.87/l | 21,193 | |
| €1.88/l | 21,190 | |
| €1.88/l | 21,195 | |
| €1.89/l | 21,190 | |
| €1.91/l | 21,194 | |
| €1.91/l | 21,190 | |
| €1.92/l | 21,199 | |
| €1.93/l | 21,144 | |
| €1.93/l | 21,142 | |
| €1.94/l | 21,147 | |
| €1.94/l | 21,143 | |
| €1.95/l | 21,143 | |
| €1.96/l | 21,149 | |
| €1.98/l | 21,154 | |
| €1.97/l | 21,142 | |
| €1.97/l | 21,145 | |
| €1.99/l | 21,149 | |
| €1.99/l | 21,143 | |
| €1.99/l | 21,133 | |
| €1.99/l | 21,136 | |
| €1.99/l | 21,149 | |
| €2.00/l | 21,129 | |
| €2.00/l | 21,133 | |
| €2.00/l | 21,133 | |
| €2.00/l | 21,134 | |
| €2.00/l | 21,132 | |
| €1.99/l | 21,135 | |
| €1.99/l | 21,131 | |
| €1.99/l | 21,125 | |
| €1.99/l | 21,124 | |
| €1.99/l | 21,126 | |
| €1.99/l | 21,113 | |
| €1.99/l | 21,080 | |
| €1.99/l | 21,082 | |
| €1.99/l | 21,076 | |
| €1.99/l | 21,070 | |
| €1.99/l | 21,074 | |
| €2.00/l | 21,078 | |
| €2.00/l | 21,075 | |
| €2.00/l | 21,071 | |
| €2.00/l | 21,072 | |
| €2.01/l | 21,079 | |
| €2.01/l | 21,075 | |
| €2.01/l | 21,080 | |
| €2.02/l | 21,081 | |
| €2.01/l | 21,081 |
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 25 August 2026 | 2.016517 | EUR/l |
| Petrol, daily national average on 26 August 2026 | 2.014044 | EUR/l |
| Difference, 25 August 2026 to 26 August 2026 | -0.002473 | EUR/l |
| Percentage change, 25 August 2026 to 26 August 2026 | -0.1226 | % |
| Difference for a 50-litre fill-up | -0.1236 | EUR |
| Petrol, daily national average on 19 August 2026 | 1.998303 | EUR/l |
| Percentage change, 19 August 2026 to 26 August 2026 | 0.7877 | % |
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 21,081 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 | 26 August 2026 (Europe/Rome) |
|---|---|
| Method version | 2026-08-06.1 |
| Template version | 2.0.0 |
| Source freshness | Last collection cycle of the day: 2026-08-26 03:40:32; 21,081 readings collected that day. |
| Included | Benzina: 21,081 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 | 21,078 stations reported on both 25 August 2026 and 26 August 2026 — 100.0% of the smaller daily sample |
| Corrections | 2 |