{
    "source": "fuel-prices.eu",
    "credit": "Source: fuel-prices.eu (https://www.fuel-prices.eu/)",
    "licence": "CC BY 4.0",
    "licence_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
    "how_to_cite": "https://www.fuel-prices.eu/press/#cite",
    "title": "EU average fuel prices: all-time high and low",
    "description": "EU average weighted by consumption (European Commission), € per litre, taxes included · EU Weekly Oil Bulletin since 3 Jan 2005 · in today’s money = Aug 2026 euros (Eurostat HICP)",
    "data_source": "European Commission, EU Weekly Oil Bulletin, 3 Jan 2005 – 21 Sep 2026; inflation: Eurostat HICP, all items, index 2015=100 (prc_hicp_minr), latest month Aug 2026",
    "data_date": "2026-09-21",
    "updated": "2026-09-27T15:01:43Z",
    "page": "https://www.fuel-prices.eu/press/",
    "download": "https://www.fuel-prices.eu/press/dl/records-eu.json",
    "rows": [
        {
            "area": "EU27 (European Commission weighted average)",
            "fuel": "Euro-super 95",
            "record": "All-time high",
            "price_eur_per_litre": 2.092,
            "week": "2026-09-21",
            "price_in_today_money_eur": 2.092,
            "real_base_month": "2026-08",
            "real_record_eur": 2.386,
            "real_record_week": "2012-08-27",
            "real_record_price_at_the_time_eur": 1.7,
            "latest_price_eur": 2.092,
            "latest_week": "2026-09-21",
            "latest_vs_record_eur": 0,
            "latest_vs_record_pct": 0,
            "data_source": "European Commission, EU Weekly Oil Bulletin, 3 Jan 2005 – 21 Sep 2026",
            "inflation_source": "Eurostat HICP, all items, index 2015=100 (prc_hicp_minr), latest month Aug 2026"
        },
        {
            "area": "EU27 (European Commission weighted average)",
            "fuel": "Euro-super 95",
            "record": "All-time low",
            "price_eur_per_litre": 0.984,
            "week": "2009-01-05",
            "price_in_today_money_eur": 1.501,
            "real_base_month": "2026-08",
            "real_record_eur": 1.501,
            "real_record_week": "2009-01-05",
            "real_record_price_at_the_time_eur": 0.984,
            "latest_price_eur": 2.092,
            "latest_week": "2026-09-21",
            "latest_vs_record_eur": 1.108,
            "latest_vs_record_pct": 112.7,
            "data_source": "European Commission, EU Weekly Oil Bulletin, 3 Jan 2005 – 21 Sep 2026",
            "inflation_source": "Eurostat HICP, all items, index 2015=100 (prc_hicp_minr), latest month Aug 2026"
        },
        {
            "area": "EU27 (European Commission weighted average)",
            "fuel": "Diesel",
            "record": "All-time high",
            "price_eur_per_litre": 2.226,
            "week": "2026-09-21",
            "price_in_today_money_eur": 2.226,
            "real_base_month": "2026-08",
            "real_record_eur": 2.396,
            "real_record_week": "2022-03-14",
            "real_record_price_at_the_time_eur": 2.014,
            "latest_price_eur": 2.226,
            "latest_week": "2026-09-21",
            "latest_vs_record_eur": 0,
            "latest_vs_record_pct": 0,
            "data_source": "European Commission, EU Weekly Oil Bulletin, 3 Jan 2005 – 21 Sep 2026",
            "inflation_source": "Eurostat HICP, all items, index 2015=100 (prc_hicp_minr), latest month Aug 2026"
        },
        {
            "area": "EU27 (European Commission weighted average)",
            "fuel": "Diesel",
            "record": "All-time low",
            "price_eur_per_litre": 0.927,
            "week": "2005-01-17",
            "price_in_today_money_eur": 1.558,
            "real_base_month": "2026-08",
            "real_record_eur": 1.387,
            "real_record_week": "2020-05-11",
            "real_record_price_at_the_time_eur": 1.066,
            "latest_price_eur": 2.226,
            "latest_week": "2026-09-21",
            "latest_vs_record_eur": 1.299,
            "latest_vs_record_pct": 140.2,
            "data_source": "European Commission, EU Weekly Oil Bulletin, 3 Jan 2005 – 21 Sep 2026",
            "inflation_source": "Eurostat HICP, all items, index 2015=100 (prc_hicp_minr), latest month Aug 2026"
        }
    ],
    "notes": [
        "According to fuel-prices.eu, the EU average price of Euro-super 95 petrol reached an all-time high of €2.092/L in the week of 21 Sep 2026 (EU Weekly Oil Bulletin, average weighted by the European Commission, records since 3 Jan 2005). Adjusted for inflation (Aug 2026 euros, Eurostat HICP), the peak was €2.386/L in the week of 27 Aug 2012, when the price at the pump was €1.700/L.",
        "According to fuel-prices.eu, the EU average price of diesel reached an all-time high of €2.226/L in the week of 21 Sep 2026 (EU Weekly Oil Bulletin, average weighted by the European Commission, records since 3 Jan 2005). Adjusted for inflation (Aug 2026 euros, Eurostat HICP), the peak was €2.396/L in the week of 14 Mar 2022, when the price at the pump was €2.014/L.",
        "Record = the highest or lowest weekly national average price, taxes included, in the EU Weekly Oil Bulletin since 3 Jan 2005, the start of our archive (Bulgaria and Romania from 2008, Croatia from 2013). If a value was reached more than once, the first week counts.",
        "EU average = the European Commission’s average weighted by each country’s fuel consumption; the simple average of the 27 national averages is lower.",
        "In today’s money = price × HICP of Aug 2026 ÷ HICP of the month of the price. HICP = the EU’s harmonised index of consumer prices, all items (Eurostat, dataset prc_hicp_minr, which replaced prc_hicp_midx in 2026; index 2015 = 100). Aug 2026 is the latest month Eurostat has published; weeks after it are not adjusted. The EU average uses the EU-27 index, each country its own.",
        "Times in UTC: ISO 8601 date-times ending in “Z”."
    ],
    "times": "UTC (ISO 8601, Z)"
}