In May 2026, the price of fuels and lubricants for personal transport in the EU increased by 20.7% compared with May 2025, following a 12.9% rise in March 2026 and 20.8% in April, compared with the same months in 2025. Up to February 2026, these prices were generally decreasing for both the EU average and most EU countries.
Compared with May 2025, fuels and lubricants prices rose in all EU countries in May 2026, and 4 of them saw increases above 30%: Bulgaria (+33.9%), Luxembourg (+32.2%), Lithuania (+30.8%) and Romania (+30.4%). The lowest increase was recorded in Hungary (+3.5%), and the rises in the remaining countries ranged from +12.7% in Poland to +29.2% in France.
Price changes for fuel and lubricants, March-May 2026 (%, annual rate of change). Vertical bar chart. Link to full dataset below.
Diesel prices down, while petrol’s rose slightly compared with April
Looking at diesel and petrol prices in the EU, in May 2026 they increased by 29.0% for diesel and 16.2% for petrol compared with May 2025. In April 2026, diesel prices rose by 33.7% and petrol by 13.6%.
However, on a monthly basis, EU consumers saw diesel prices decrease by 5.8%, while petrol prices increased again, even if by only 0.8% compared with April 2026. In April 2026, diesel rose by 7.9% and petrol by 2.4% relative to March 2026. (....)