{"id":542838,"date":"2026-04-21T12:58:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T12:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/542838\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T12:58:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T12:58:12","slug":"significant-increase-in-fuel-prices-in-march-2026-news-articles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/542838\/","title":{"rendered":"Significant increase in fuel prices in March 2026 – News articles"},"content":{"rendered":"

Up to February 2026, the price<\/a> of fuels and lubricants for personal transport in the EU<\/a> was generally decreasing, for the EU average and for most of EU countries. However, it increased significantly in March 2026.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In March 2026, the price of fuels and lubricants in the EU increased by 12.9% compared with March 2025. Almost all EU countries saw price increases compared with March 2025 as well. The highest increases were recorded in Germany (+19.8%), Romania (+19.6%), the Netherlands (+18.8%), Latvia (+18.5%) and Austria (+17.2%). In Hungary and Slovenia, prices decreased by 2.7% and 5.9%, respectively, compared with March 2025; however, compared with February 2026, the decrease was not as pronounced.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\u00a0Source dataset: prc_hicp_manr<\/a><\/p>\n

Looking at diesel and petrol prices in the EU, in March 2026, they increased by 19.8% for diesel and 9.4% for petrol compared with March 2025. On a monthly basis, consumers saw diesel prices rise by 19.1% and petrol prices rise by 10.6% in the EU compared with February 2026.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Prices for both types of fuel went up in all EU countries between February and March 2026. For diesel, the highest increases were in Czechia and Sweden (both +27.6%), Estonia (+26.8%), Latvia (+25.4%), Belgium (+25.2%) and the Netherlands (+25.1%), while the lowest increases were in Slovenia (+2.9%), Slovakia and Hungary (both +7.0%). All other EU countries saw increases above 10%.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Among EU countries, petrol prices increases were not as high as those in diesel prices, reaching +15.1% in Belgium, +15.0% in Sweden, +14.8% in Austria, +14.6% in Czechia and +14.2% in Estonia and Lithuania. Again, the lowest monthly increases were registered in Slovenia (+2.4%), Slovakia (+3.8%), Hungary (+4.7%), as well as Italy (+4.8%).\u00a0<\/p>\n

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