In July 2026, the price of fuels and lubricants for personal transport in the EU increased by 16.9% compared with July 2025. This followed year-on-year increases of 20.7% in May and 13.7% in June.
In 25 of 27 EU countries, fuels and lubricants prices were higher in July 2026, compared with July 2025. In 13 countries, July annual increases were larger than those in June 2026. However, in most countries (24), the annual rate of change in July was lower than in May 2026, when 4 countries registered annual price increases exceeding 30%.
In July 2026, compared with July 2025, the highest increases were recorded in Romania (+24.2%), Germany and Lithuania (+22.9% each), Bulgaria (+22.2%), the Netherlands (+22.0%) and Finland (+20.5%). Prices dropped slightly in Hungary (-0.1%), while the lowest increases were recorded in Sweden (+1.2%) and Ireland (+3.2%).
Source dataset: prc_hicp_minr
Diesel prices up 4.3%, petrol up 4.7% compared with June 2026
On a monthly basis, in July 2026, EU consumers saw diesel prices increase by 4.3% and petrol by 4.7%, compared with the previous month. In June 2026, diesel had dropped by 6.4%, and petrol by 4.2% relative to May 2026.
Between June and July 2026, diesel prices increased in 17 EU countries. The highest increases were registered in Poland (+13.4%), Germany (+12.7%) and Greece (+12.1%). The prices dropped in 9 EU countries, with the largest decreases in Cyprus (-7.9%), Sweden (-7.4%) and Ireland (-6.4%).
When it comes to petrol prices, 14 countries recorded increases and 12 countries recorded decreases in prices between June and July 2026. The largest increases were in Poland (+17.2%), Germany (+11.0%) and Spain (+7.1%), while the largest decreases were recorded in Sweden (-11.1%), Cyprus (-5.4%) and Ireland (-4.1%).
Source dataset: prc_hicp_minr
For more information
- Thematic section on harmonized indices of consumer prices
- Database on harmonized indices of consumer prices
- Statistics explained articles on harmonized indices of consumer prices
- Visualizations on the harmonized index of consumer prices
- Webinar on consumer prices and inflation
- Statistics4beginners workbook on inflation
- Education Corner with videos and exercises, including on price statistics
- Inflation explained to kids
Methodological notes
- This data comes from Eurostat data collection for the compilation of the harmonized index of consumer prices (HICP), which is used to measure inflation in the EU.
- Fuel prices in Malta have been fixed since 2020, therefore there was no change.
- The ECOICOP version 2 codes used for this article were:
- CP0722 – Fuels and lubricants for personal transport equipment
- CP07221 – Diesel
- CP07222 – Petrol
