# Fuel price gaps at EU land borders

How much less a tank of petrol or diesel costs on the cheaper side of 27 land borders between EU countries, from the national average pump prices in the European Commission’s Weekly Oil Bulletin. These are national averages, not prices at the border; for station prices at four crossings, see Live near the border. Germany’s eight land borders are not included (editorial choice, see Method).

URL: https://www.fuel-prices.eu/press/border-gaps/
Data date: 2026-11-02

## Key numbers
- **€32.50** Petrol: Finland → Sweden — €0.650/L less in Sweden (Sweden €1.555 vs Finland €2.205) · per 50-litre tank
- **€23.65** Diesel: France → Spain — €0.473/L less in Spain (Spain €1.898 vs France €2.371) · per 50-litre tank
- **15 of 27** borders with a gap of €10 or more per tank — petrol or diesel: €0.200/L or more between the two national averages

Source: EU Weekly Oil Bulletin (European Commission), prices of 2 Nov 2026 · national average pump prices, not prices at the border · 50-litre tank · Sweden: temporary fuel tax cuts (details)

## The numbers — Petrol
| Border | Cheaper in | Gap (€/L) | Saving, 50 L | Cheaper by | Dearer side (€/L) | Cheaper side (€/L) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Finland – Sweden (tax cut) | Sweden | €0.650 | €32.50 | 29.5% | €2.205 | €1.555 |
| Bulgaria – Greece | Bulgaria | €0.520 | €26.00 | 24.5% | €2.125 | €1.605 |
| France – Spain | Spain | €0.428 | €21.40 | 19.8% | €2.158 | €1.730 |
| Lithuania – Poland | Poland | €0.414 | €20.70 | 22.1% | €1.870 | €1.456 |
| France – Luxembourg | Luxembourg | €0.399 | €19.95 | 18.5% | €2.158 | €1.759 |
| Belgium – Netherlands | Belgium | €0.370 | €18.50 | 16.2% | €2.284 | €1.914 |
| Poland – Slovakia | Poland | €0.329 | €16.45 | 18.4% | €1.785 | €1.456 |
| Italy – Slovenia | Slovenia | €0.326 | €16.30 | 16.3% | €2.001 | €1.675 |
| Czechia – Poland | Poland | €0.309 | €15.45 | 17.5% | €1.765 | €1.456 |
| Bulgaria – Romania | Bulgaria | €0.276 | €13.80 | 14.7% | €1.881 | €1.605 |
| Portugal – Spain | Spain | €0.276 | €13.80 | 13.8% | €2.006 | €1.730 |
| Austria – Italy | Austria | €0.254 | €12.70 | 12.7% | €2.001 | €1.747 |
| Belgium – France | Belgium | €0.244 | €12.20 | 11.3% | €2.158 | €1.914 |
| France – Italy | Italy | €0.157 | €7.85 | 7.3% | €2.158 | €2.001 |
| Belgium – Luxembourg | Luxembourg | €0.155 | €7.75 | 8.1% | €1.914 | €1.759 |
| Hungary – Romania | Hungary | €0.131 | €6.55 | 7.0% | €1.881 | €1.750 |
| Hungary – Slovenia | Slovenia | €0.075 | €3.75 | 4.3% | €1.750 | €1.675 |
| Croatia – Slovenia | Slovenia | €0.074 | €3.70 | 4.2% | €1.749 | €1.675 |
| Austria – Slovenia | Slovenia | €0.072 | €3.60 | 4.1% | €1.747 | €1.675 |
| Austria – Slovakia | Austria | €0.038 | €1.90 | 2.1% | €1.785 | €1.747 |
| Hungary – Slovakia | Hungary | €0.035 | €1.75 | 2.0% | €1.785 | €1.750 |
| Czechia – Slovakia | Czechia | €0.020 | €1.00 | 1.1% | €1.785 | €1.765 |
| Austria – Czechia | Austria | €0.018 | €0.90 | 1.0% | €1.765 | €1.747 |
| Estonia – Latvia | Estonia | €0.005 | €0.25 | 0.3% | €1.868 | €1.863 |
| Austria – Hungary | Austria | €0.003 | €0.15 | 0.2% | €1.750 | €1.747 |
| Latvia – Lithuania | Latvia | €0.002 | €0.10 | 0.1% | €1.870 | €1.868 |
| Croatia – Hungary | Croatia | €0.001 | €0.05 | 0.1% | €1.750 | €1.749 |

> National average pump prices for Euro-super 95 petrol and diesel, taxes included, in euros (the European Commission converts the prices of Czechia, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Sweden at the bulletin’s exchange rate). Not prices at the border.

> Gap = difference between the two prices shown; saving = gap × 50 litres; cheaper by = gap as a share of the price on the dearer side.

> Sweden: temporary fuel tax cuts (carbon-dioxide tax until 30 November 2026).

## The numbers — Diesel
| Border | Cheaper in | Gap (€/L) | Saving, 50 L | Cheaper by | Dearer side (€/L) | Cheaper side (€/L) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| France – Spain | Spain | €0.473 | €23.65 | 19.9% | €2.371 | €1.898 |
| Lithuania – Poland | Poland | €0.411 | €20.55 | 18.5% | €2.223 | €1.812 |
| Finland – Sweden (tax cut) | Sweden | €0.372 | €18.60 | 15.3% | €2.433 | €2.061 |
| Portugal – Spain | Spain | €0.307 | €15.35 | 13.9% | €2.205 | €1.898 |
| Italy – Slovenia | Slovenia | €0.297 | €14.85 | 13.3% | €2.238 | €1.941 |
| Belgium – Luxembourg | Luxembourg | €0.288 | €14.40 | 12.0% | €2.398 | €2.110 |
| France – Luxembourg | Luxembourg | €0.261 | €13.05 | 11.0% | €2.371 | €2.110 |
| Bulgaria – Greece | Bulgaria | €0.246 | €12.30 | 11.5% | €2.139 | €1.893 |
| Austria – Slovenia | Slovenia | €0.207 | €10.35 | 9.6% | €2.148 | €1.941 |
| Bulgaria – Romania | Bulgaria | €0.178 | €8.90 | 8.6% | €2.071 | €1.893 |
| Austria – Hungary | Hungary | €0.170 | €8.50 | 7.9% | €2.148 | €1.978 |
| Austria – Slovakia | Slovakia | €0.169 | €8.45 | 7.9% | €2.148 | €1.979 |
| Czechia – Poland | Poland | €0.169 | €8.45 | 8.5% | €1.981 | €1.812 |
| Austria – Czechia | Czechia | €0.167 | €8.35 | 7.8% | €2.148 | €1.981 |
| Poland – Slovakia | Poland | €0.167 | €8.35 | 8.4% | €1.979 | €1.812 |
| France – Italy | Italy | €0.133 | €6.65 | 5.6% | €2.371 | €2.238 |
| Latvia – Lithuania | Latvia | €0.124 | €6.20 | 5.6% | €2.223 | €2.099 |
| Hungary – Romania | Hungary | €0.093 | €4.65 | 4.5% | €2.071 | €1.978 |
| Austria – Italy | Austria | €0.090 | €4.50 | 4.0% | €2.238 | €2.148 |
| Croatia – Slovenia | Slovenia | €0.074 | €3.70 | 3.7% | €2.015 | €1.941 |
| Belgium – Netherlands | Belgium | €0.070 | €3.50 | 2.8% | €2.468 | €2.398 |
| Croatia – Hungary | Hungary | €0.037 | €1.85 | 1.8% | €2.015 | €1.978 |
| Hungary – Slovenia | Slovenia | €0.037 | €1.85 | 1.9% | €1.978 | €1.941 |
| Belgium – France | France | €0.027 | €1.35 | 1.1% | €2.398 | €2.371 |
| Estonia – Latvia | Latvia | €0.014 | €0.70 | 0.7% | €2.113 | €2.099 |
| Czechia – Slovakia | Slovakia | €0.002 | €0.10 | 0.1% | €1.981 | €1.979 |
| Hungary – Slovakia | Hungary | €0.001 | €0.05 | 0.1% | €1.979 | €1.978 |

> National average pump prices for Euro-super 95 petrol and diesel, taxes included, in euros (the European Commission converts the prices of Czechia, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Sweden at the bulletin’s exchange rate). Not prices at the border.

> Gap = difference between the two prices shown; saving = gap × 50 litres; cheaper by = gap as a share of the price on the dearer side.

> Sweden: temporary fuel tax cuts (carbon-dioxide tax until 30 November 2026).

## Ready-to-quote sentences
- Filling a 50-litre tank with petrol costs €32.50 less in Sweden than in Finland: the national average price is €1.555 per litre in Sweden and €2.205 in Finland, a gap of €0.650 (EU Weekly Oil Bulletin, 2 November 2026, via fuel-prices.eu). These are national averages, not prices at the border. Sweden’s prices include temporary fuel tax cuts (carbon-dioxide tax until 30 November 2026).
- Filling a 50-litre tank with diesel costs €23.65 less in Spain than in France: the national average price is €1.898 per litre in Spain and €2.371 in France, a gap of €0.473 (EU Weekly Oil Bulletin, 2 November 2026, via fuel-prices.eu). These are national averages, not prices at the border.
- At 15 of the 27 EU land borders compared, a 50-litre tank of petrol or diesel costs at least €10 less on one side of the border, based on national average prices (EU Weekly Oil Bulletin, 2 November 2026, via fuel-prices.eu).
- Petrol is cheaper in Slovenia than in each of its four EU neighbours — Austria, Croatia, Hungary and Italy — based on national average prices: €1.675 per litre, against €1.747 to €2.001 (EU Weekly Oil Bulletin, 2 November 2026, via fuel-prices.eu).
- Diesel is cheaper in Slovenia than in each of its four EU neighbours — Austria, Croatia, Hungary and Italy — based on national average prices: €1.941 per litre, against €1.978 to €2.238 (EU Weekly Oil Bulletin, 2 November 2026, via fuel-prices.eu).
- Petrol costs €0.520 per litre less in Bulgaria than in Greece (€1.605 against €2.125), €26.00 less for a 50-litre tank (national averages; EU Weekly Oil Bulletin, 2 November 2026, via fuel-prices.eu).
- Petrol costs €0.428 per litre less in Spain than in France (€1.730 against €2.158), €21.40 less for a 50-litre tank (national averages; EU Weekly Oil Bulletin, 2 November 2026, via fuel-prices.eu).
- Petrol costs €0.414 per litre less in Poland than in Lithuania (€1.456 against €1.870), €20.70 less for a 50-litre tank (national averages; EU Weekly Oil Bulletin, 2 November 2026, via fuel-prices.eu).
- Diesel costs €0.411 per litre less in Poland than in Lithuania (€1.812 against €2.223), €20.55 less for a 50-litre tank (national averages; EU Weekly Oil Bulletin, 2 November 2026, via fuel-prices.eu).

## Methodology & caveats
- 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 2 Nov 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: carbon-dioxide tax on petrol and diesel reduced until 30 November 2026 (Skatteverket). The bulletin prices of 2 Nov 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. Germany’s eight land borders (with Austria, Belgium, Czechia, Denmark, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Poland) are left out by editorial choice of fuel-prices.eu, not because of missing data: the EU bulletin does report Germany, and its weekly price is on the Germany page. The ranking, the count of €10+ gaps and the CSV therefore cover the other 27 borders only.
- 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.

## How to cite
Source: fuel-prices.eu, EU Weekly Oil Bulletin (European Commission) — https://www.fuel-prices.eu/press/border-gaps/ — CC BY 4.0