{"id":652310,"date":"2026-06-22T14:47:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T14:47:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/652310\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T14:47:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T14:47:18","slug":"evolution-of-fuel-prices-in-may-2026-news-articles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/652310\/","title":{"rendered":"Evolution of fuel prices in May 2026 – News articles"},"content":{"rendered":"

In May 2026, the price<\/a> of fuels and lubricants for personal transport in the EU<\/a> 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<\/a> for both the EU average and most EU countries.<\/p>\n

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.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Source dataset: prc_hicp_minr<\/a><\/p>\n

Diesel prices down, while petrol\u2019s rose slightly compared with April<\/p>\n

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%.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Between April and May 2026, diesel prices increased only in Romania (+1.6%) and decreased in the remaining EU countries. The highest decreases were in Germany (-11.9%), Greece (-8.5%), Estonia (-8.4%) and Ireland (-8.1%), while the lowest were in Bulgaria (-0.7%), Hungary (-0.9%) and Cyprus (-1.5%).\u00a0<\/p>\n

When it comes to petrol prices, 23 EU countries registered increases between April and May 2026, ranging from +6.9% in Italy to +0.1% in Croatia and Hungary. On the other hand, Germany (-5.6%), Ireland (-2.0%) and Sweden (-0.7%) recorded decreases in May compared with the previous month.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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