On 26 October 2026, diesel costs an average of €2.146 per litre in the European Union and SP95 petrol €1.954 per litre, according to the European Commission's weekly oil bulletin. Diesel gains 0.7 cent over the week, its second consecutive rise, while SP95 falls by 3.7 cents. Petrol is cheaper than a week earlier in 24 of the 27 countries, with drops of more than 9 cents in Poland and 8 cents in Denmark and Sweden.
EU average: diesel edges up, SP95 keeps falling
The average diesel price stands at €2.146 per litre, against €2.139 on 19 October, €2.136 on 12 October and €2.149 on 5 October. It remains 9.1 cents below the 28 September peak (€2.237). SP95 falls from €1.991 to €1.954 in a week, 15.0 cents below its 28 September level (€2.104). LPG gains 2.0 cents, at €1.760 per litre.
Across 27 countries, fifteen show a higher diesel price than a week earlier, eight a lower one and four (Austria, Denmark, Ireland and Malta) are unchanged. For SP95, the decline is almost universal: twenty-four countries fall, two are stable (Ireland and Malta) and only one rises, Finland.
Diesel: Croatia and Estonia lead the rises, Luxembourg the falls
The largest weekly rise in diesel is seen in Croatia (+5.1 cents, at €2.005), ahead of Estonia (+3.9 cents, at €2.101), Germany (+3.2 cents, at €2.298), Belgium (+2.4 cents, at €2.375) and Latvia (+2.1 cents, at €2.084). Estonia thus records a second consecutive weekly rise, after the 4.9 cents of the previous bulletin.
On the downside, Luxembourg loses 2.7 cents (€2.054), Hungary 2.1 cents (€1.930), Cyprus 1.3 cents (€2.005), Poland 0.9 cent (€1.781) and Romania 0.7 cent (€2.037).
The price ranking remains stable. The five cheapest diesel prices are in Malta (€1.210), Poland (€1.781), Spain (€1.888), Bulgaria (€1.890) and Slovenia (€1.909). The five most expensive are in Finland (€2.547), Denmark (€2.502), the Netherlands (€2.469), Belgium (€2.375) and France (€2.352).
SP95: Poland, Denmark and Sweden fall sharply
For petrol, Poland records the biggest drop of the week (−9.3 cents, at €1.467), ahead of Denmark and Sweden (−8.0 cents each, at €2.525 and €1.560), the Netherlands (−7.8 cents, at €2.313) and Estonia (−6.7 cents, at €1.887). Slovakia (−6.5 cents, at €1.820) and Czechia (−6.4 cents, at €1.798) follow closely. Slovakia and Estonia were, however, among the biggest SP95 risers the previous week.
Finland is the only country where SP95 rises (+1.9 cents, at €2.346). Denmark keeps the most expensive petrol in Europe (€2.525), ahead of Finland, the Netherlands (€2.313), France (€2.181) and Germany (€2.167). Its SP95 is now more expensive than its diesel (€2.502). Malta (€1.340), Poland (€1.467) and Sweden (€1.560) close the bottom of the ranking.
LPG: increases in fourteen of twenty-four countries
LPG prices are recorded in 24 countries. Fourteen show an increase, seven a decrease and three (Denmark, Ireland and Malta) are stable. Romania posts the biggest rise (+7.5 cents, at €1.593), ahead of Croatia (+4.0 cents) and Germany (+3.7 cents, at €1.750). Cyprus sees the biggest fall (−9.6 cents, at €1.586), ahead of Luxembourg (−3.1 cents, at €1.544) and Spain (−1.3 cents, at €1.508). Malta remains the cheapest country (€1.000) and Denmark the most expensive (€2.463).
Germany, Benelux, Spain and Italy: contrasting moves
In Germany, diesel gains 3.2 cents, to €2.298, while SP95 falls by 1.2 cents, to €2.167. German diesel stood at €2.254 in the 5 October bulletin, the first published after the energy tax cut came into force, detailed in our article on the German tax rebate of 1 October.
Belgium sees its diesel rise by 2.4 cents (€2.375) and its SP95 fall by 3.6 cents (€1.953). In the Netherlands, diesel gains 1.3 cents (€2.469), but SP95 loses 7.8 cents. Luxembourg falls on all three fuels tracked: 2.7 cents for diesel, 4.2 cents for SP95 (€1.746) and 3.1 cents for LPG.
In Spain, diesel slips by a tenth of a cent, to €1.888, and SP95 by 2.9 cents, to €1.751. The 20-cent per litre rebate there is being phased down: 13 cents in November and 6 cents in December. In Italy, diesel rises by 0.3 cent (€2.247) and SP95 falls by 1 cent (€2.006).
France: diesel up 0.6 cent, SP95 down 4.8 cents
According to the European bulletin, French diesel stands at €2.352 (+0.6 cent) and SP95 at €2.181 (−4.8 cents), respectively 20.6 and 22.7 cents above the EU averages. LPG gains 2.1 cents, at €1.952.
According to prix-carburant.eu readings on 30 October 2026, the national average price of diesel is €2.381 (from €2.130 to €2.868 across 7,372 stations), that of SP95-E10 is €2.096 (from €1.950 to €2.629) and that of SP95 is €2.152 (from €1.920 to €2.500). Diesel was at €2.358 on 22 October, SP95-E10 at €2.125 and SP95 at €2.183. Everything is detailed in our fuel price statistics for France.
To compare all countries, see the full table of fuel prices in Europe, updated every week.