How Much is Gasoline in Europe Today?
Compare gasoline prices across the European Union with this table, sorted by price and converted to US dollars per gallon for easy comparison with American fuel costs.
📅 Last updated: April 23, 2026 · Data from: April 20, 2026 · Source: European Commission Oil Bulletin. Updated every Thursday.
| Country | Price (€/L) | Price ($/gal) |
|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | €2.28 | $10.10 |
| Denmark | €2.22 | $9.83 |
| Germany | €2.11 | $9.35 |
| France | €2.02 | $8.95 |
| Greece | €2.02 | $8.95 |
| Finland | €1.96 | $8.68 |
| Ireland | €1.91 | $8.46 |
| Portugal | €1.90 | $8.41 |
| Belgium | €1.83 | $8.10 |
| Latvia | €1.79 | $7.93 |
| Italy | €1.76 | $7.79 |
| Estonia | €1.72 | $7.62 |
| Luxembourg | €1.72 | $7.62 |
| Sweden | €1.72 | $7.62 |
| Croatia | €1.71 | $7.57 |
| Lithuania | €1.71 | $7.57 |
| Austria | €1.69 | $7.48 |
| Slovakia | €1.69 | $7.48 |
| Czechia | €1.67 | $7.40 |
| Hungary | €1.65 | $7.31 |
| Slovenia | €1.65 | $7.31 |
| Romania | €1.62 | $7.17 |
| Cyprus | €1.53 | $6.78 |
| Spain | €1.52 | $6.73 |
| Bulgaria | €1.47 | $6.51 |
| Poland | €1.41 | $6.24 |
| Malta | €1.34 | $5.93 |
Euro-Super 95 (Gasoline/Fuel) prices in the 27 EU Countries. Source: European Commission.
Fuel Prices in Europe Maps
Static Map: Gasoline Prices in the EU
Europe’s fuel map tells a familiar story in which taxation, not geology, draws the boundaries. A contiguous high-price belt runs from the Netherlands (€2.28 per litre) through Germany, France and Scandinavia, where excise duties and VAT routinely account for more than half the pump price. The cheapest pumps sit at the Union’s periphery — Malta (€1.34), Poland (€1.41) and Bulgaria (€1.47) — where lower tax floors and, in some cases, lingering state price-smoothing measures have kept a lid on costs. The roughly €0.94-per-litre spread between Amsterdam and Valletta is the widest since mid-2023 and reflects diverging fiscal choices as much as diverging wholesale costs.
- The tax-heavy North: Netherlands, Denmark and Germany remain Europe’s most expensive markets, with combined duty-and-VAT loads above 55%.
- The Mediterranean middle: France, Italy and Greece hover near the EU average, buffered by targeted rebates that expire later this year.
- The low-tax East: Poland, Bulgaria and Malta continue to undercut the bloc by roughly a third, though ETS2 alignment will narrow that gap from 2027.
Interactive Map: Gasoline Prices in the EU
Click on any EU country on the map below to view gasoline prices per liter (EUR) and per gallon (USD):
At €1.76 per litre — roughly €6.66, or about $7.20, per US gallon — the average European motorist pays more than twice what an American does at the pump, where regular unleaded currently averages around $3.20 a gallon. The gap is almost entirely fiscal: EU excise duties and value-added tax typically add €0.90–€1.10 to every litre sold, whereas combined US federal and state levies rarely exceed $0.60 per gallon. The five tiers below show how sharply that tax wedge varies across the single market.
Above €7.50 per gallon — the premium North
- Netherlands — €2.28/L (€8.63/gal)
- Denmark — €2.22/L (€8.40/gal)
- Germany — €2.11/L (€7.99/gal)
- France — €2.02/L (€7.65/gal)
- Greece — €2.02/L (€7.65/gal)
€7.00–7.49 per gallon — the upper-middle band
- Finland — €1.96/L (€7.42/gal)
- Ireland — €1.91/L (€7.23/gal)
- Portugal — €1.90/L (€7.19/gal)
€6.50–6.99 per gallon — near the EU average
- Belgium — €1.83/L (€6.93/gal)
- Latvia — €1.79/L (€6.77/gal)
- Italy — €1.76/L (€6.66/gal)
- Estonia — €1.72/L (€6.51/gal)
- Luxembourg — €1.72/L (€6.51/gal)
- Sweden — €1.72/L (€6.51/gal)
€6.00–6.49 per gallon — Central and Eastern Europe
- Croatia — €1.71/L (€6.47/gal)
- Lithuania — €1.71/L (€6.47/gal)
- Austria — €1.69/L (€6.40/gal)
- Slovakia — €1.69/L (€6.40/gal)
- Czechia — €1.67/L (€6.32/gal)
- Hungary — €1.65/L (€6.25/gal)
- Slovenia — €1.65/L (€6.25/gal)
- Romania — €1.62/L (€6.13/gal)
Below €6.00 per gallon — the low-tax periphery
- Cyprus — €1.53/L (€5.79/gal)
- Spain — €1.52/L (€5.75/gal)
- Bulgaria — €1.47/L (€5.56/gal)
- Poland — €1.41/L (€5.34/gal)
- Malta — €1.34/L (€5.07/gal)
From Valletta to Amsterdam, the pump-price spread runs from €5.07 to €8.63 per US gallon — a €3.56 gap that would be all but unthinkable in America’s comparatively homogeneous fuel market. Even the cheapest EU pump, in Malta, still sits more than a full dollar above the US average.
EU-Average Gasoline Price Trends
The past year has been a study in two halves. Prices bottomed at €1.590 per litre on 22 December 2025, when mild winter weather, brimming European gas-for-power stocks and sluggish industrial demand kept crude bid in check. They then climbed almost without interruption to a 52-week peak of €1.893 on 23 March 2026 — a 19% run-up in thirteen weeks driven by fresh OPEC+ output discipline, renewed attacks on Red Sea shipping that lengthened tanker voyages around the Cape, and the euro’s soft patch against the dollar, which inflates the euro-denominated cost of dollar-priced crude. Since late March the trend has reversed: the current €1.827 reading is down 1.46% on the week and 3.52% over four weeks, as refinery maintenance ends and Atlantic Basin gasoline stocks rebuild ahead of the US summer driving season. Year-on-year, pump prices are still 12.15% higher — a reminder that the late-2025 lows were the anomaly, not the rule. Traders expect the softer tone to persist through May, though the Commission’s phased ETS2 scheme, due to apply to road fuels from 2027, looms as the next structural leg higher.
- Range: €1.590 (22 Dec 2025) to €1.893 (23 Mar 2026) — a 19% peak-to-trough swing over the past 52 weeks.
- Momentum: −1.46% week-on-week and −3.52% over four weeks, but still +12.40% over twelve weeks and +12.15% year-on-year.
- Volatility: Elevated by post-pandemic standards, with weekly moves of more than 1% now the norm rather than the exception.
Source: European Commission Weekly Oil Bulletin, data as of 20 April 2026.
Historical Maps: 2017 and 2021
In December 2017, the average gasoline price in Europe was $1.42 per liter. Western European countries like Norway ($1.86) and Italy ($1.84) had the highest prices, while Eastern European nations such as Belarus ($0.64) and Russia ($0.70) experienced significantly lower costs.
By March 2021, the average price had risen to €1.36 per liter. Western Europe continued to see higher prices, with the Netherlands (€1.72) and Greece (€1.57) among the most expensive, while Eastern Europe maintained lower prices, with Bulgaria (€0.95) and Poland (€1.09) at the lower end.
The data reflects a steady increase in fuel prices across Europe over these four years, particularly in Western Europe.