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ÖAMTC: That’s how much fuel prices have risen
In 2021, local drivers had to dig deep to be able to afford fuel at the gas station. And there is currently no improvement in sight.
ÖAMTC: That’s how much fuel prices have risen
With 1,233 euros per liter of diesel and 1,290 euros for the liter of super in the preliminary annual average for 2021, Austrian drivers had to spend significantly more on fuel than in 2020. Compared to the favorable year of 2020 due to the corona pandemic, this means an average increase of 18.8 cents per liter of diesel and 20.2 cents per liter of super. Based on the latest consumption values from Statistics Austria, refueling a private diesel car (786 liters per year) was on average 148 euros more expensive this year than in 2020. For a gasoline car (625 liters per year) you paid around 126 euros more at local gas stations in 2021. In total, based on Statistics Austria values, Austrian households had to spend almost 637 million euros more on fuel - around 106 million euros of this sum goes to sales tax. Compared to 2019, i.e. before Corona, there is also an increase in fuel prices in 2021 with around 22 euros for private diesel engines and around 31 euros for petrol engines, calculated per year.
The ÖAMTC has a tip: compare prices and avoid expensive gas stations if possible. If you take this resolution to heart, you can save a lot - as this year's comparison shows: If you went to the cheapest gas stations in 2021 instead of those with average prices, you could save around 80 euros when filling up with super and around 112 euros when filling up with diesel over the year. “If you fill up cheaply, you fill up for free at least once a year,” is how ÖAMTC transport economics expert Nikola Junick sums it up for average drivers. If you avoid expensive gas stations, you can not only keep your own fuel costs as low as possible, but also stimulate price competition, which can ultimately persuade expensive gas stations to reduce prices.