Between 4 September and 10 October 2026, the national average price of standard diesel in Romania rose 7.3%, from RON 10.16/l to RON 10.90/l, and standard petrol rose 5.0%, from RON 9.66/l to RON 10.14/l. For a 50-litre fill-up, that is RON 37.00 more for diesel and RON 24.00 more for petrol.
Correction (11 October 2026): the sentence about our automated news was made more precise; two September reports on the highest price in our daily series of live station prices were restored after review.
Between 4 September and 10 October, the weekly recap for Romania did not appear (the last one covers 3–9 August) because of an error in our event detector, fixed on 11 October 2026. This recap covers the gap. From now on, the Sunday recap is back.
Week by week
| Week | Diesel | Change | Petrol | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 August – 6 September | RON 10.23/l | +0.1% | RON 9.77/l | +2.3% |
| 7–13 September | RON 10.50/l | +2.6% | RON 9.95/l | +1.9% |
| 14–20 September | RON 10.87/l | +3.6% | RON 9.97/l | +0.2% |
| 21–27 September | RON 10.95/l | +0.8% | RON 10.04/l | +0.7% |
| 28 September – 4 October | RON 10.94/l | −0.1% | RON 10.08/l | +0.4% |
| 5–10 October | RON 10.90/l | −0.4% | RON 10.14/l | +0.6% |
The largest weekly rise was for diesel, in the week of 14–20 September: +3.6%.
How each fuel moved
Diesel rose almost without a break from 5 September, reached RON 10.95/l on 22 September and stayed at that level, the highest in the period, until 28 September. Since then it has eased slightly, to RON 10.90/l on 10 October.
Petrol rose more slowly but without any meaningful dip: it passed RON 10/l on 24 September (RON 10.03/l), reached RON 10.14/l on 6 October and stayed there until 10 October.
The excise duty on standard diesel remains temporarily cut by 25% for 1–15 October 2026; the details and the per-litre calculation are in our 1 October article.
About the data
The national average is the mean of end-of-day prices (each station's last reading of the day) across more than 1,100 stations, for the standard grades (Motorină standard and Benzină standard) in the Monitorul Prețurilor Carburanților of the Romanian Competition Council. Percentages are calculated from unrounded averages; prices are rounded to two decimals, and fill-up differences are calculated from the prices shown. How we calculate.
On 9 and 10 October the source was unavailable for about 30 hours. The reading of 10 October at 22:15 confirmed prices unchanged from 9 October, so the 10 October values are the ones confirmed by the source.
Today's prices, station by station: the Romania fuel price map.