In general, refueling remained significantly more expensive in the first week of April than before the war in Ukraine, even if prices fell again from their highs in the second and third weeks of March.
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Wiesbaden Refueling is more expensive in Germany than anywhere else. “Petrol and diesel have recently been significantly more expensive at German filling stations than in most of Germany’s direct neighbours,” is the result of a comparison published on Monday by the Federal Statistical Office, which is based on data from the EU Commission and the Market Transparency Unit for Fuels at the Federal Cartel Office supports.
According to this, drivers in Germany paid an average daily average of 2.06 euros on April 4 – both for a liter of Super E5 and for a liter of diesel.
Compared to the direct neighboring countries, the price for a liter of premium E5 petrol on that day was only higher in the Netherlands (2.11 euros) and Denmark (2.09 euros), while diesel in the Netherlands (2.04 euros) and Denmark (1.93 euros) was cheaper than in Germany. Poland (E5: 1.42 euros / diesel: 1.61 euros), on the other hand, had to pay the least.
Also in Austria (E5: 1.72 euros / diesel: 1.84 euros), Luxembourg (E5: 1.73 euros / diesel: 1.76 euros), the Czech Republic (E5: 1.81 euros / diesel: 1.93 euros), Belgium (E5: 1.81 euros / diesel: 2.02 euros) and France (E5: 1.83 euros / diesel: 1.89 euros), refueling was cheaper than in Germany. There are no comparable data for Switzerland.
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In general, refueling remained significantly more expensive in the first week of April than before the war in Ukraine, even if prices fell again from their highs in the second and third weeks of March. On March 10, for example, E5 still cost 2.26 euros, diesel even 2.33 euros per liter. On February 21, shortly before the start of the war, it was only 1.80 euros and 1.66 euros for diesel.
During the Easter holidays, many families are planning holiday trips by car or mobile home to southern European countries. If you drive to Italy, for example, you can expect slightly lower fuel prices there than in Germany, according to the statisticians. A liter of E5 cost 1.79 euros there, as did a liter of diesel. In Croatia (E5: 1.68 euros / diesel: 1.88 euros) and Hungary (E5: 1.30 euros / diesel: 1.42 euros) refueling was significantly cheaper than in Germany.
“Who, on the other hand, moves north to Sweden, has to pay significantly more than in these countries,” according to the statisticians: E5 cost 2.03 euros there on April 4 and a liter of diesel 2.44 euros.
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