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


Sites To Visit:

European Petrol Prices

Petrol Prices In Australia

Petrol Prices In New Zealand

Petrol Prices In Canada and The USA

There Are 3 Responses So Far. »

  1. Comment by Jake on 27 March 2010:

    I’m shocked at the price differential between fuel in North America and Europe. In this time of recession, why on earth don’t European countries levy less tax on fuel to help get their economies moving again?

  2. Comment by Jason on 11 April 2010:

    I’m from Michigan, USA. Fuel prices here are about $3.00/gal right now. Although this is really hard to afford, because of the absence of real public transportation and the need to drive your own vehicle to work, it has recently become harder because of the downturn of the economy. If you’re planning to move to the US, be prepared for the high prices, and low wages…

  3. Comment by Mike on 4 June 2010:

    @ Jason,
    $3.00 per gallon works out at between 50 and 55 UK pence per liter.
    We pay around about 3 times that amount at the moment. So for us europeans
    $3.00 dollars a gallon would be a godsend.

    @Jake, The reason they wont reduce tax on fuels (tobacco and alchohol too)
    is because they dont have any money and need the revenue from said sales.

    The plus point for us euros is that we dont have big gas guzzlers like they have in US and Canada.

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