Gas starts the week with rising: Where do you save on fuel?

Ofuel prices will vary differently at the beginning of next week: diesel will be re-incarcerated, while gasoline should be cheaper. 

The question is: 2-cent increase in diesel and a 2.5 cent drop in petrol, according to the estimates advanced by source of the sector to News to Minutes, already counting on the hit in the ISP.  

This at a time when simple diesel is costing EUR 2,190 per litre and simple petrol 95 is costing EUR 2,033 per litre, according to average prices updated this Friday by the Directorate-General for Energy and Geology (DGEG). 

These average prices, refer to “are calculated on the basis of the prices reported by the fuel stations, weighted on the quantities sold in the last known period, incorporating the discounts charged at supply stations as fleet and other cards”.

Where are fuel cheaper?

On DGEG's Online Fuel Prices website, you can see where the most economical gas stations near you are.

To check the cheapest gas stations in your area you can access this link and select the option ‘filter by municipality’, then clicking on the respective district in the list that will be presented. Finally, you should select the municipality you want to consult, as well as the type of fuel.

Fuel prices in the Azores also increased this month

The price of butane gas in the Azores increases by 39.1 cents per kilo in November, while diesel rises by 5.5 cents per litre and petrol by 1 cent per litre, under an order published in the Official Journal.

It is the third consecutive rise in fuel prices in the Azores, although the Azorean executive announced, on Thursday, a drop in the Petroleum Tax (ISP).

In September and October, gasoline increased by 10.5 cents per litre and diesel fuel by 21.7 cents per litre.

By the beginning of the year, fuel prices had shown marked rises, decreasing between June and August.

Compared to January, Azoreans will pay in November plus 31.4 cents for every liter of gasoline and 52 cents for every liter of diesel.

Butane gas has also followed the trend of rising prices, costing in November 51.2 cents per kilogram more than in January.

From 1 November, the price of unleaded petrol I.O. 95 octanas is fixed at 1,934 euros per litre in the Azores, plus 1 cent more than that charged in October.

The price of road diesel remains above the price charged in petrol, costing 1,994 euros per litre, more 5,5 cents than in the previous month.

Also the price of colored diesel for agriculture and fisheries, set in another dispatch, increases in November 5.5 cents per litre.

Coloured and marked diesel consumed in agriculture will cost EUR 1,694 per litre and coloured and marked diesel consumed in fishing EUR 1,504 per litre.