Motor fuel price statistics, February 2025
Released: 7 March 2025
Based on data in the Weekly Oil Bulletin, published by the EU, the average price of 95-octane petrol was 625 forints in Hungary in the month of February, which was 6 forints or 1.0% lower than the average of 631 forints for neighbouring countries. In countries in the region, the average price in February was 610 forints, the price in Hungary being 2.5% or 15 forints higher. Compared to the figure for the previous month, the average price of 95 petrol was cut by 10 forints in Hungary. In parallel, the averages observed for neighbouring countries and for countries in the region lessened, too, by 7 and 8 forints, respectively.
The monthly average price of diesel motor fuel was 641 forints in Hungary, which was 6 forints or 0.9% lower than the average of 647 forints for neighbouring countries. The average domestic price of diesel motor fuel was 19 forints or 3.1% higher than the regional average price of 622 forints. Compared to the figure for the previous month, the monthly average diesel oil price in Hungary lessened by 12 forints. The average observed for neighbouring countries decreased by 8 forints and that observed for countries in the region by 9 forints compared to January data.
Out of the countries in the region, the average price of petrol in February was higher in Austria, Croatia, Serbia and Slovakia than in Hungary. Compared to the figure for the previous month, the price of petrol went down the most, by 15 forints in each of Austria, Bulgaria and Slovakia.
The average price of 95-octane petrol was less than 5% lower in Poland, Romania and Slovenia, 6.4% lower in Czechia, and more than 15% lower in Bulgaria than in Hungary.
The average price of diesel oil in February was higher in Austria, Serbia and Slovenia than the value in Hungary, however, it was over 15% lower in Bulgaria. Compared to the figure for the previous month, the average price of diesel decreased in all countries in the region except Romania, and the largest reduction of 19 forints was recorded for Austria.