Petrol Prices in Different Countries 2012
January 10th, 2012 • Related • Filed Under
If you’ve ever wondered whether drivers in other countries are punished as harshly as we are in the UK by petrol prices, here’s a brief international comparison.
(Today’s petrol price in the UK’s major cities is approximately 129 pence per litre. The rate of fuel duty is 57.95 pence per litre and VAT is charged at 20% on the price of the petrol PLUS the fuel duty.)
We’ll focus on fuel prices in the countries Brits prefer to move to – Australia, New Zealand, France, Spain, Canada, the USA and Italy.
Here are typical prices (all shown in pence per litre at current exchange rates).
Standard Unleaded Petrol Prices
| United Kingdom |
Price (Pence per Litre) |
Price a year ago |
| UK | 129p | 124p |
| Australia |
Price (Pence per Litre) |
Price a year ago |
| Adelaide | 97p | 80p |
| Brisbane | 98p | 80p |
| Melbourne | 96p | 79p |
| Perth | 91p | 81p |
| Sydney | 97p | 80p |
| New Zealand |
Price (Pence per Litre) |
Price a year ago |
| New Zealand | 110p | 99p |
| Canada |
Price (Pence per Litre) |
Price a year ago |
| Calgary | 63p | 68p |
| Toronto | 79p | 72p |
| Vancouver | 84p | 77p |
| Montreal | 81p | 76p |
| United States |
Price (Pence per Litre) |
Price a year ago |
| Las Vegas | 46p | 51p |
| Miami | 48p | 52p |
| Washington DC | 47p | 53p |
| Dallas | 45p | 49p |
| Los Angeles | 51p | 56p |
| Seattle | 51p | 53p |
| Europe |
Price (Pence per Litre) |
Price a year ago |
| France | 127p | 121p |
| Spain | 110p | 101p |
| Italy | 131p | 118p |
| Greece | 131p | 129p |
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Comment by Gazza on 10 April 2012:
Don’t know where you get your information from but the price you quote for Spain es certainly wrong. Here 95RON unleaded fuel is between €1.51 and €1.53 which is about 125p-126p at the current exchange rate.