Fuel price gaps at EU land borders

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Median price of the stations that reported a price within 30 km (straight line) of each crossing, on each side, from the live national feeds we collect. As of 27 Sep 2026, 17:00 CEST.

• Le Perthus – La Jonquera · AP-7 / A9
  • Diesel: cheaper in Spain by €0.430/L (€21.50 per 50 L). Medians: France €2.399 (36 stations, median age 2 days); Spain €1.969 (66 stations, median age 55 min). Caution: the median price in France was reported 2 days ago, so this gap may not reflect today’s prices.
  • Petrol: cheaper in Spain by €0.265/L (€13.25 per 50 L). Medians: France €2.239 (8 stations, median age 2 days); Spain €1.974 (59 stations, median age 55 min). Caution: the median price in France was reported 2 days ago, so this gap may not reflect today’s prices.
• Biriatou – Irun · A63 / AP-8
  • Diesel: cheaper in Spain by €0.379/L (€18.95 per 50 L). Medians: France €2.373 (23 stations, median age 2 days); Spain €1.994 (100 stations, median age 55 min). Caution: the median price in France was reported 2 days ago, so this gap may not reflect today’s prices.
  • Petrol: cheaper in Spain by €0.210/L (€10.50 per 50 L). Medians: France €2.229 (7 stations, median age 2 days); Spain €2.019 (86 stations, median age 55 min). Caution: the median price in France was reported 2 days ago, so this gap may not reflect today’s prices.
• Bregana – Obrežje · A3 / A2
  • Diesel: cheaper in Croatia by €0.102/L (€5.10 per 50 L). Medians: Croatia €1.910 (124 stations, median age 1 h); Slovenia €2.012 (21 stations, median age 2 h).
  • Petrol: marginally cheaper in Croatia, by €0.008/L (€0.40 per 50 L). Medians: Croatia €1.740 (124 stations, median age 1 h); Slovenia €1.748 (21 stations, median age 2 h).
• Menton – Ventimiglia · A8 / A10
  • Diesel: cheaper in Italy by €0.046/L (€2.30 per 50 L). Medians: France €2.420 (27 stations, median age 2 days); Italy €2.374 (48 stations, median age 2 days). Caution: the median price in France was reported 2 days ago, so this gap may not reflect today’s prices. Caution: the median price in Italy was reported 2 days ago, so this gap may not reflect today’s prices.
  • Petrol: too few stations with a price for a median (3 in France, 47 in Italy).

• Each crossing’s page lists the five cheapest stations on each side, with their own prices and times. A median needs at least 5 stations with a price on each side, otherwise it is not shown. The difference is computed from the two medians above, each rounded to 3 decimals, so it can differ by €0.001 from the figure on the crossing’s own page. Prices change during the day, and a station right at the border often costs more than one a few kilometres inland.
• Why these differ from the table above: the bulletin is a national average for the whole country, published once a week; these are individual stations around one crossing.

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• Table: Petrol gaps by border, 21 Sep 202627 rows · comma-separated, UTF-8 · source and licence in the last linesCSV
• Table: Diesel gaps by border, 21 Sep 202627 rows · comma-separated, UTF-8 · source and licence in the last linesCSV
• Chart: Petrol saving by border, 21 Sep 2026PNG, 1720 × 1522 px, in the colours on your screen (use the light/dark switch at the top to change them) · source written in the imageDownload PNG
• Chart: Diesel saving by border, 21 Sep 2026PNG, 1720 × 1522 px, in the colours on your screen (use the light/dark switch at the top to change them) · source written in the imageDownload PNG

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• What is compared. For each land border between two EU countries, the national average pump prices of the same week, taxes included, for Euro-super 95 petrol and diesel, as published in the European Commission’s Weekly Oil Bulletin (prices of 21 Sep 2026).
• Gap and saving. The gap is the difference between the two prices shown, in euros per litre; the saving is the gap multiplied by 50 litres; “cheaper by” is the gap as a share of the price on the dearer side. Prices are rounded to 3 decimals before subtracting, so every figure can be recomputed from the table.
• National averages, not prices at the border. A national average covers the whole country. Prices near a border can be higher or lower: motorway and border stations price differently, and regional differences can be large. The saving does not include the cost of a detour, tolls or time.
• Non-euro countries. The prices of Czechia, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Sweden are converted to euros by the European Commission at the exchange rate of the bulletin week.
• Temporary tax cuts. Sweden: energy tax on petrol and diesel reduced until 30 September 2026 (Skatteverket) and carbon-dioxide tax reduced until 30 November 2026 (Skatteverket). Spain: reduced hydrocarbon tax rates on petrol and diesel until 30 September 2026 (Real Decreto-ley 18/2026, art. 7, BOE). The bulletin prices of 21 Sep 2026 include these cuts.
• Borders covered (27). Austria – Czechia · Austria – Hungary · Austria – Italy · Austria – Slovakia · Austria – Slovenia · Belgium – France · Belgium – Luxembourg · Belgium – Netherlands · Bulgaria – Greece · Bulgaria – Romania · Croatia – Hungary · Croatia – Slovenia · Czechia – Poland · Czechia – Slovakia · Estonia – Latvia · Finland – Sweden · France – Italy · France – Luxembourg · France – Spain · Hungary – Romania · Hungary – Slovakia · Hungary – Slovenia · Italy – Slovenia · Latvia – Lithuania · Lithuania – Poland · Poland – Slovakia · Portugal – Spain.
• Not covered. Cyprus and Malta are islands, and Ireland’s only land border is with the United Kingdom, so they have no land border with another EU country (Malta’s pump prices are also fixed by the government). Prices of countries outside the EU, such as Switzerland, Norway, the United Kingdom or the Western Balkan countries, are not in the Weekly Oil Bulletin. Sea crossings, including the Øresund Bridge between Denmark and Sweden, are not included.
• Live near the border. Medians of the station prices within 30 km of each crossing, recalculated every 15 minutes from the national live feeds (the same figures as our border crossing pages). Shown only where both sides have live station prices; never mixed with the bulletin figures.
• Updates. The page updates automatically with every new bulletin. For selected borders, weekly diesel gaps over the last 8 weeks are on our border gap pages.

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