2010 Petrol Prices: International Comparisons
January 3rd, 2010 • Related • Filed Under
If you’ve ever wondered about petrol prices in other countries, here is a brief international comparison.
We’ll look at petrol prices in the most popular countries for British emigrants – Australia, New Zealand, France, Spain, Canada, the USA and Italy.
Petrol prices in all comparison countries were lower than British prices. The average price in the UK today is around 107-109 pence per litre.
Looking abroad, petrol was cheapest in US cities (under 40 pence per litre in Dallas) and most expensive in Italy (114 pence per litre).
Here are typical prices (all shown in pence per litre at current exchange rates).
Standard Unleaded Petrol Prices
| Australia |
Price (Pence per Litre) |
| Adelaide | 68p |
| Brisbane | 69p |
| Melbourne | 70p |
| Perth | 63p |
| Sydney | 69p |
| New Zealand |
Price (Pence per Litre) |
| New Zealand | 81p |
| Canada |
Price (Pence per Litre) |
| Calgary | 51p |
| Toronto | 55p |
| Vancouver | 61p |
| Montreal | 59p |
| United States |
Price (Pence per Litre) |
| Las Vegas | 42p |
| Miami | 42p |
| Washington | 42p |
| Dallas | 39p |
| Los Angeles | 46p |
| Seattle | 42p |
| Europe |
Price (Pence per Litre) |
| France | 112p |
| Spain | 96p |
| Italy | 114p |
| Greece | 95p |
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