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Diesel and petrol: Fuel is cheaper in Germany than in many neighboring countries

2022-06-27T11:32:45.633Z


Are you annoyed by the horrendous prices at German petrol stations? Then you probably haven't been to Denmark or the Netherlands yet.


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Fuel prices at a gas station in Hamburg

Photo: Daniel Reinhardt / dpa

Gasoline and diesel were recently cheaper or similarly expensive at German petrol pumps than in most of the direct EU neighboring countries because of the tank discount.

On June 20, drivers paid an average daily price of 1.97 euros for a liter of Super E5 and 2.06 euros for a liter of diesel, as the Federal Statistical Office announced on Monday (click here for the analysis).

A liter of E5 premium petrol (or Euro Super 95) was cheaper that day only in Poland (1.70 euros), the Czech Republic (1.93 euros) and Luxembourg (1.94 euros).

Diesel was also cheaper in Poland (EUR 1.69), the Czech Republic (EUR 1.93) and Luxembourg (EUR 2.00) than in Germany.

For comparison: In Denmark, a liter of petrol recently cost a whopping 2.44 euros, in the Netherlands 2.36 euros.

"One reason for the relatively lower prices in Germany is likely to be the temporary reduction in the energy tax on fuel as of June 1, the so-called tank discount," the statisticians wrote.

The rates for petrol were reduced by 29.55 cents per liter and the rates for diesel by 14.04 cents per liter – for a limited period of three months.

Low fuel prices in south-eastern Europe

Gasoline prices at German petrol stations in June were lower than before the reduction in the energy tax on motor fuels.

On May 31, E5 still cost 2.21 euros per liter.

Diesel, on the other hand, was slightly more expensive than on May 31st.

At that time, a liter of diesel cost 2.04 euros.

Overall, fuel prices are still significantly higher than before the Russian war in Ukraine: On February 21 – i.e. shortly before the start of the war – a liter of E5 cost 1.80 euros and diesel 1.66 euros per liter.

If you want to travel by car or mobile home to southern European countries during the summer holidays, you can hope for a cheaper fuel bill.

In Croatia, for example, E5 recently cost 1.83 euros per liter, diesel 1.84 euros.

Also in Hungary (E5: 1.23 euros; diesel: 1.47 euros) refueling was significantly cheaper.

In Spain and Italy, on the other hand, petrol prices were higher than in Germany, while diesel prices were at a similar level.

If you are drawn to Sweden in the north, you have to pay significantly more than in Germany: on June 20, a liter of E5 cost 2.16 euros there and a liter of diesel 2.53 euros.

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Source: spiegel

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