What does gas/petrol cost where you're located?

[STRMfrmXMN]

I got curious as I now drive a car that takes premium gas and have been more conscious about where I fill up. The average price of premium gas here is around $3.60 per gallon, which is quite spendy by U.S. standards. Costco gas is maybe closer to the $3.20 mark. Regular is still not under $3.00 everywhere around here. The 76 station near my house has the cheapest premium gas in the entirely of Portland barring Costco stations with 92 octane being $3.23 per gallon and a couple other stations having regular at $2.95

 

I was planning a road trip from coast to coast for this summer and was surprised by the relatively low cost of fuel according to GasBuddy. I figured premium would probably cost around 10-20 cents less in most states but the majority of the cost of fuel was central to Oregon (the state I live in where gas is kinda spendy) and New York (the state I was driving to). Everywhere else I could fill up for less than $40 bucks per tank easily. 

 

What does it cost where you are?

[Radium_Angel]

1.79$/gallon (US moneys)

[Slottr]

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[STRMfrmXMN]

1 minute ago, Slottr said:

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Thanks my guy

[Guest]

About $3.75 a gallon for diesel. Absolute rip-off. 

[Votivee]

Very top of New York, about 20(ish) minutes from the Canadian border.

 

EDIT: Regular is 87 Octane, Midgrade is 89 Octane, and Premium is 91 Octane.

[minibois]

Price:

1.77 euros per liter, although that is basically 'msrp', but most stations have about 15 cents 'sale' every day.

That would be 6,69 euros per gallon, or 7,53 USD per gallon. But distances between places where I live is a lot smaller too though. I think the average person lives like 15KM/10 miles away from work and I would guess only half of the people use a car to get to work (the other half using public transport, bicycle, or alternatives like home-working).

 

Taxes:

The prices I mentioned are including tax by the way, two taxes.

The first tax is called 'accijns' which is a fixed price on top of certain items like cigarettes and also gas/petrol. Last year that was 78.6 eurocents, this number adjusts with inflation though.

The other tax is basically sales tax, which is 21%.

 

How much are the taxes exactly on gas?

So taking this number (the 1.77 euros per liters today), that would make the price:

30 eurocents of sales tax

78,6 eurocents of 'accijns' (more tax)

68 eurocents for the gas per liter (without the tax, so that's 2.59 euros per gallon).

 

Compared to other places:

These are the prices in The Netherlands for the I guess 'normal' gas/petrol. Not diesel or LPG.

The Netherlands is also one of the more expensive countries with it's fuel. It is widely known that if you ever go across the border (e.g. visit Germany/Belgium for a day or pass through Luxembourg when going to France) you fill your car up with a lot cheaper stuff.

Looking at this list: https://www.anwb.nl/vakantie/reisvoorbereiding/brandstofprijzen-europa

Netherlands: €1,77

Neighboring/nearby countries:

Belgium: €1,39

Germany: €1,46

France: €1,52

Luxembourg: €1,22

(all including all sales taxes and such, per liter)

 

This is not a fully fair list though, because of the previously mentioned 'sale' most stations have. They usually have a banner that says "15 cents sale today!" meaning the price of the gas would be: whatever the daily amount is - sale price.

 

Perspective:

But something that is always important to keep in mind is the perspective of gas, how far does it get you. A full tank of gas in the Netherlands will get you about through the entire country. If you live in the west (the most crowded place) 'everything' (banks, supermarket, hospital, public transportation stations, etc.) will be accessible in under 15KM/10 miles too. In the other parts it might take a bit longer for some of these places, but that altogether you drive less distance here. For most those places you will take the bicycle anyways, considering every Dutch person on average has 1.5 bicycles  

[Anghammarad]

the 95 Octane I need for my car costs, after calculating €/L to US$/US Gallon 7,09 US $ per gallon... 

 

Germany that is.

[MrTiC]

7,65$ / gallon in belgium (inc tax) and fully converted

[STRMfrmXMN]

11 minutes ago, Anghammarad said:

the 95 Octane I need for my car costs, after calculating €/L to US$/US Gallon 7,09 US $ per gallon... 

 

Germany that is.

 

1 minute ago, MrTiC said:

7,65$ / gallon in belgium (inc tax) and fully converted

I know your gallons are slightly different than ours but that is so much money, holy cow. I can't imagine driving 10-15K miles per year and paying that much for fuel!

[DrkLrdChckls]

I also drive a car that requires Premium fuel, 93 Octane to be specific. If I fill up at Sam's Club, it costs about $2.75/gallon, anywhere else is upwards of $3.20/gallon right now.

[Anghammarad]

Just now, STRMfrmXMN said:

 

I know your gallons are slightly different than ours but that is so much money, holy cow. I can't imagine driving 10-15K miles per year and paying that much for fuel!

Honestly, this is right now ~1,38 €/L ... this is for us kinda cheap... a few weeks ago we were above 1,50 €/L

 

[bimmerman]

$4.20 / gal for premium (91 octane) here in bay area.

 

Super duper awesome with a 14 mpg giggle machine. [/sarcasm]

 

also, to preempt octane comparisons, US and EU octane ratings do not use the same method. Prices for Reg / Mid / Premium tier go-juice are a better comparison than numerical octane rating.

[Anghammarad]

Ok I have to add... my car chugs from 5,4 L/100 km up to 14 L/100 km, depending on my driving style... so one tank is enough for 900 km or 300 something... *shrugs*

 

But yes, paying above 1,50 is a pain, the gallon for nearly 8$

[mariushm]

Romania... decent chain/company

 

5.65 RON/L for diesel fuel  ( 21.387 RON per us gallon - 5$ per gallon)

5.61 RON/L for gasoline 95 (21.02 RON per us gallon - 5.05$ per gallon)

 

[STRMfrmXMN]

9 minutes ago, Anghammarad said:

Honestly, this is right now ~1,38 €/L ... this is for us kinda cheap... a few weeks ago we were above 1,50 €/L

 

How much do y'all typically drive over there? You'd be spending my income every year on fuel driving how much Americans drive 

 

9 minutes ago, bimmerman said:

$4.20 / gal for premium (91 octane) here in bay area.

 

Super duper awesome with a 14 mpg giggle machine. [/sarcasm]

 

also, to preempt octane comparisons, US and EU octane ratings do not use the same method. Prices for Reg / Mid / Premium tier go-juice are a better comparison than numerical octane rating.

Yikes, that's spendy, I'll take my less than 4 dollar premium when I can have it!

[bimmerman]

3 minutes ago, STRMfrmXMN said:

Yikes, that's spendy, I'll take my less than 4 dollar premium when I can have it!

Chevron + safeway discount takes the edge off.....as does biking so that the fun car can be used for fun and not commuting. 

[STRMfrmXMN]

2 minutes ago, bimmerman said:

Chevron + safeway discount takes the edge off.....as does biking so that the fun car can be used for fun and not commuting. 

I assume you have an M3 or something? Also, are Safeway and Chevron intrinsically linked in some way I wasn't aware of?

[Majinhoju]

Hovering around 1.30/litre currently.  It jumps up and down rapidly so it's hard to keep up.  It peaked at 1.71/litre a while back.  We're getting gouged here.

[ARikozuM]

Palmetto, FL has gas at $2.57/gallon right now when it was $2.76 a week ago and only $2.21 a month ago. 

[Mira Yurizaki]

SoCal is seeing about $3.75 USD for 87 octane.

[STRMfrmXMN]

2 minutes ago, Mira Yurizaki said:

SoCal is seeing about $3.75 USD for 87 octane.

oooooooooffff

[Mira Yurizaki]

2 minutes ago, STRMfrmXMN said:

oooooooooffff

The price we pay to make sure LA isn't the smoggy hellhole it once was.

[bimmerman]

20 minutes ago, STRMfrmXMN said:

I assume you have an M3 or something? Also, are Safeway and Chevron intrinsically linked in some way I wasn't aware of?

2x E36 M3 (racecar + unmodified), 1x Chevy SS

 

If you have a safeway club card you get 20 cents off a gallon at most chevrons (once per day up to some number of gallons).

[Acid Panda]

UK my local petrol station

£1.23 per litre /$1.50 in freedom dollars