The European Commission weekly bulletin for the reference week of 5 October 2026: the average across 27 member states was €1.93/l for petrol and €2.10/l for diesel.
EU average and changes
Petrol: €1.93/l. Against the previous week: −2.0% (−€ 0.039/l). Against the same week a year earlier: +24.9% (+€ 0.386/l).
Diesel: €2.10/l. Against the previous week: −2.3% (−€ 0.050/l). Against the same week a year earlier: +40.3% (+€ 0.604/l).
The biggest moves of the week
- Poland: petrol −18.0% (−€ 0.333/l), from €1.85/l to €1.52/l.
- Germany: diesel −7.5% (−€ 0.183/l), from €2.44/l to €2.25/l.
- Estonia: diesel −6.4% (−€ 0.143/l), from €2.24/l to €2.10/l.
Cheapest and dearest market
- Cheapest petrol: Malta, €1.34/l.
- Dearest petrol: Denmark, €2.61/l.
- Cheapest diesel: Malta, €1.21/l.
- Dearest diesel: Finland, €2.55/l.
The gap between the two ends: €1.27/l for petrol and €1.34/l for diesel.
The member states, week of 5 October 2026
| Country | Petrol | 7 days | Diesel | 7 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | €1.84/l | −6.1% | €2.14/l | −5.4% |
| Belgium | €1.96/l | −3.6% | €2.35/l | −3.3% |
| Bulgaria | €1.66/l | −0.7% | €1.89/l | −1.8% |
| Croatia | €1.83/l | +1.1% | €1.98/l | −2.6% |
| Cyprus | €1.74/l | +0.6% | €2.03/l | +0.3% |
| Czechia | €1.85/l | −1.8% | €1.95/l | −6.0% |
| Denmark | €2.61/l | −2.0% | €2.49/l | −2.1% |
| Estonia | €1.95/l | +0.9% | €2.10/l | −6.4% |
| Finland | €2.37/l | +1.7% | €2.55/l | +1.2% |
| France | €2.21/l | 0.0% | €2.36/l | −0.6% |
| Germany | €2.20/l | −6.4% | €2.25/l | −7.5% |
| Greece | €2.20/l | −0.1% | €2.17/l | −2.3% |
| Hungary | €1.73/l | −0.2% | €1.93/l | −0.2% |
| Ireland | €1.98/l | +0.6% | €2.16/l | +1.9% |
| Italy | €2.07/l | −3.8% | €2.27/l | −3.3% |
| Latvia | €1.96/l | −3.7% | €2.12/l | −0.6% |
| Lithuania | €1.94/l | −0.8% | €2.24/l | −0.5% |
| Luxembourg | €1.84/l | −2.7% | €2.06/l | −1.8% |
| Malta | €1.34/l | 0.0% | €1.21/l | 0.0% |
| Netherlands | €2.43/l | −1.3% | €2.51/l | −0.8% |
| Poland | €1.52/l | −18.0% | €1.77/l | −14.3% |
| Portugal | €2.08/l | −0.9% | €2.16/l | −1.4% |
| Romania | €1.89/l | −0.6% | €2.05/l | −1.1% |
| Slovakia | €1.85/l | −0.4% | €1.97/l | −0.3% |
| Slovenia | €1.76/l | +1.0% | €1.98/l | −1.4% |
| Spain | €1.85/l | −4.7% | €1.92/l | −0.8% |
| Sweden | €1.59/l | −0.4% | €2.12/l | −0.8% |
The daily index: where prices are right now
The bulletin above is weekly. The FPE Diesel Index, which fuel-prices.eu computes every day from per-station prices in 8 European markets, stood at 136.6 on 6 October 2026 (5 January 2026 = 100), a change of −1.9% over seven days, with a weighted average pump price of €2.179/l including taxes. Full index, methodology and downloadable series
Source and method
The figures come from the European Commission weekly bulletin (EU Weekly Oil Bulletin), reference week 5 October 2026; they entered our database on 8 October 2026. European Commission, Weekly Oil Bulletin
The EU average on this page is the simple arithmetic mean of 27 member states, calculated by fuel-prices.eu. The Commission separately publishes a consumption-weighted average, which may differ.
This article describes a completed reference week, not the price at this moment.