{"id":459489,"date":"2026-07-09T18:55:05","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T16:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/2026\/07\/09\/benzina-e-diesel-piu-cari-in-tutta-lue-entrambi-oltre-il-10-per-cento-a-luglio-rispetto-a-febbraio\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T19:24:33","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T17:24:33","slug":"eu-petrol-and-diesel-prices-surge-over-10-in-july-from-february","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/2026\/07\/09\/eu-petrol-and-diesel-prices-surge-over-10-in-july-from-february\/","title":{"rendered":"EU petrol and diesel prices surge over 10% in July from February"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brussels \u2013 Petrol and diesel remain more expensive than they were before the crisis in Iran across almost the entire European Union. On average across the EU, between 23 February and 6 July 2026, petrol prices rose by 10.6 per cent (from \u20ac1.637 to \u20ac1.811 per litre) and diesel by 10.7 per cent (from \u20ac1.594 to \u20ac1.764 per litre).<\/p>\n

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Eunews<\/em> has analysed data from the European Commission Weekly Bulletin<\/a> to compare the current situation (as at 6 July) with the pre-war situation in Iran (23 February 2026). As can be seen on the interactive map, the sharpest increases in individual countries are in Finland (+24.1 per cent for petrol, +23.2 per cent for diesel) and Bulgaria (+20.0 per cent for both fuels). Sweden (-7.3 per cent for petrol, -6.0 per cent for diesel) and Ireland (-0.5 per cent and -1.4 per cent) buck the trend; in Malta, prices remain unchanged.<\/div>\n
In Italy<\/strong>, the excise duty reduction measures\u2014which had been extended several times\u2014came to an end on 1 July: petrol now costs 9.4 per cent more<\/strong> (from \u20ac1.655 to \u20ac1.810 per litre) and diesel has risen by 10.9 per cent<\/strong> (from \u20ac1.702 to \u20ac1.887), which is below the EU average for petrol.<\/div>\n
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In Spain, the increases are more modest: +3.2 per cent for petrol, +7.9 per cent for diesel. But Spanish motorists have certainly noticed a change compared with last week, when petrol was 2 per cent cheaper than on 23 February. The reason? VAT on fuel, which had been reduced to 10 per cent from 22 March, has returned to 21 per cent from 1 July. The excise duty discount, on the other hand, will continue with gradual reductions: 15 cents per litre in July, 10 cents per litre in August, 5 cents per litre in September, until it is phased out completely in October 2026.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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