Fuel prices for personal transport across the EU rose 31.4% in September 2026 compared with the same month a year earlier.
The increase followed year-on-year rises of 16.9% in July and 23.8% in August, Eurostat reported on Wednesday.
Annual price rises in September were higher than those recorded in July and August in 26 EU countries.
Bulgaria (+42.2%), Estonia (+40.6%) and Lithuania (+40.2%) posted the largest year-on-year increases, while another 12 countries recorded rises of more than 30%, ranging from +37.5% in Czechia to +30.3% in Portugal.
Hungary recorded the smallest annual increase at 6.9%, followed by Ireland (17.7%) and Sweden (19.9%).
Diesel and petrol both climb month on month
On a month-to-month basis, diesel prices rose 5.9% and petrol rose 6.7% in September compared with August, Eurostat said.
Diesel prices increased between August and September in 26 EU countries, with the biggest rises in Sweden (+12.8%), Latvia (+10.3%) and Poland (+9.7%), while the smallest were in Spain (+2.4%), Croatia (+2.5%) and Romania (+3.0%).
Petrol prices also rose in 26 countries over the same period, led by Sweden (+13.8%), Poland (+9.7%) and Estonia (+9.5%), while the lowest increases were recorded in Cyprus (+3.8%), Romania (+4.2%) and Slovenia (+4.6%).
