Diesel prices in France this week: €2.354 a litre as the 1 November cut reaches the pump
In France this week, diesel costs an average of €2.354 a litre (Sunday 1 November 2026, 10:50 am Paris time), 2.5 cents less than last Sunday. E10 petrol is at €2.116. Over one year, diesel has risen by 70.4 cents (+42.7%): a 50-litre fill costs €35.20 more than on 1 November 2025.
Average prices in week 44
| Fuel | 1 November 2026 | Over 7 days | Over one year | Stations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diesel | €2.354 | −2.5 c | +70.4 c (+42.7%) | 8,422 |
| E10 petrol (SP95-E10) | €2.116 | −2.9 c | +42.4 c (+25.1%) | 6,723 |
| 95 unleaded (SP95) | €2.184 | −2.5 c | +45.6 c (+26.4%) | 2,333 |
| 98 super (SP98) | €2.234 | −2.9 c | +44.9 c (+25.2%) | 6,384 |
| E85 | €0.905 | −0.2 c | +17.5 c (+24.0%) | 3,407 |
| LPG | €1.069 | +0.3 c | +9.0 c (+9.2%) | 1,137 |
Each average covers every station that reported a price within the last 30 days on prix-carburants.gouv.fr, the French government's official fuel price service. We compare with the end-of-day average of Sunday 25 October and of 1 November 2025. Today's figure is from 10:50 am, so the day is not over yet.
Diesel: the cut started at midnight
Until Friday, diesel was climbing: €2.380 on Monday 26 October, €2.391 on Friday 30. It slipped back to €2.383 on Saturday, then to €2.354 on Sunday morning.
The French government announced a diesel price cut of 12 to 18 cents a litre from 1 November, by releasing 10 million barrels from strategic stocks. Overnight data shows it reaching the pump:
- 2,474 of 8,408 stations (29%) have changed their diesel price since midnight, 1,621 of them between midnight and 1 am;
- their average price is €2.272, against €2.388 for stations whose last price dates from 26 to 31 October;
- in a random sample of 46 of these stations, 45 cut their diesel price, by 7.4 to 24 cents; the median change is −14.5 cents.
So the national average should keep falling as the other stations follow. Petrol is not part of the measure. E10 has still been easing since its high for the year, €2.161 on 14 October.
The 12-month diesel record was set on 22 September 2026: €2.398. This morning's average is 4.4 cents below it. The low point of the year was on 19 December 2025, at €1.570.
The cheapest and most expensive départements
Averages by département this morning, for départements with at least 20 stations.
| Diesel | E10 petrol | |
|---|---|---|
| Cheapest | Haute-Corse (Corsica), €2.282 (38 stations) | Finistère (Brittany), €2.069 (105 stations) |
| 2nd | Corse-du-Sud (Corsica), €2.290 | Ille-et-Vilaine (Brittany), €2.070 |
| 3rd | Yvelines (near Paris), €2.310 | Côtes-d'Armor (Brittany), €2.073 |
| Dearest | Bas-Rhin (Alsace), €2.451 (104 stations) | Bas-Rhin (Alsace), €2.225 (89 stations) |
| 2nd | Haut-Rhin (Alsace), €2.432 | Haut-Rhin (Alsace), €2.206 |
| 3rd | Vosges and Creuse, €2.411 | Moselle, €2.178 |
Between Haute-Corse and Bas-Rhin, a 50-litre diesel fill differs by €8.45. By region, Grand Est is the most expensive for both fuels (€2.396 for diesel, €2.169 for E10). The diesel ranking will move all week, depending on how fast stations in each département pass on the cut.
Motorways: 10 cents more for petrol
At the 418 motorway stations selling E10, a litre costs €2.214 on average, against €2.110 elsewhere: a 10.4-cent gap, or €5.20 on a 50-litre fill.
For diesel, the gap is only 3.1 cents this morning (€2.384 against €2.353, across 429 motorway stations). The reason: 81% of motorway stations have already cut their diesel price since midnight, against 27% of the others. On prices reported before 1 November, the gap was 5.1 cents.
The official feed does not give station brands, so there is no supermarket comparison this week.
In Europe: France ranks 23rd out of 27 for diesel
The European Commission's Weekly Oil Bulletin compares the 27 EU countries with the same method. Prices recorded on Monday 26 October, taxes included:
| Country | Diesel | 95 unleaded | 50-litre fill compared with France |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | €1.888 | €1.751 | €23 less (diesel), €21 less (95) |
| Luxembourg | €2.054 | €1.746 | €14 less, €21 less |
| Italy | €2.247 | €2.006 | €5 less, €8 less |
| Germany | €2.298 | €2.167 | €2 less, the same price |
| France | €2.352 | €2.181 | |
| Belgium | €2.375 | €1.953 | €1 more, €11 less |
The EU average is €2.146 for diesel and €1.954 for 95 unleaded. Malta has the cheapest diesel (€1.210, a state-set price), Finland the dearest (€2.547).
Mantan's own readings this Sunday morning point the same way: diesel averages €1.897 in Spain (11,198 stations) and €2.242 in Italy (21,133 stations). In Belgium, the official maximum diesel price is €2.452 a litre.
Find the station that has already cut its price
Not every station passes on the diesel cut at the same time. On the Mantan map, every price shows when it was last updated, so you can see at a glance who has cut prices near you. Free, no ads, no account.
Sources: prix-carburants.gouv.fr live feed (French Ministry of the Economy, Etalab Open Licence 2.0), updated on 1 November 2026 at 10:50 am Paris time; Mantan daily averages (/api/v1/history/fuel-fr), read at 10:57 am; European Commission Weekly Oil Bulletin, prices of 26 October 2026; Mantan averages for Spain and Italy and Belgian official maximum prices, read on 1 November 2026 at 11 am.
