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The dearest petrol on the mainland; fill in Belgium or Germany.

Drives on the right · EUR · reviewed 22 Oct 2026

Albania: diesel £1.96 a litre AM Austria: diesel £1.78 a litre AZ Bosnia and Herzegovina: diesel £1.59 a litre Belgium: diesel £1.98 a litre Bulgaria: diesel £1.58 a litre BY Switzerland: diesel £2.20 a litre Cyprus: diesel £1.67 a litre Czechia: diesel £1.63 a litre Germany: diesel £1.92 a litre Denmark: diesel £2.09 a litre Algeria: diesel £0.17 a litre Estonia: diesel £1.75 a litre EG EH Spain: diesel £1.57 a litre Finland: diesel £2.12 a litre France: diesel £1.96 a litre United Kingdom: diesel £1.99 a litre Georgia: diesel £1.43 a litre GL Greece: diesel £1.77 a litre Croatia: diesel £1.67 a litre Hungary: diesel £1.61 a litre Ireland: diesel £1.78 a litre IL IQ IR Iceland: diesel £1.99 a litre Italy: diesel £1.87 a litre JO LB Lithuania: diesel £1.85 a litre Luxembourg: diesel £1.71 a litre Latvia: diesel £1.74 a litre LY Morocco: diesel £1.20 a litre MD Montenegro: diesel £1.64 a litre North Macedonia: diesel £1.33 a litre MR Netherlands: diesel £2.06 a litre Norway: diesel £2.23 a litre Poland: diesel £1.49 a litre PS Portugal: diesel £1.82 a litre Romania: diesel £1.70 a litre Serbia: diesel £1.68 a litre RU SA Sweden: diesel £1.70 a litre Slovenia: diesel £1.59 a litre Slovakia: diesel £1.64 a litre SY Tunisia: diesel £0.55 a litre Turkey: diesel £1.45 a litre Ukraine Kosovo

Fuel this week

Diesel£2.062.47 €
Petrol 95£1.932.31 €
LPG£0.831.00 €

Per litre, with tax. Diesel is 7p dearer than at home. Week of 26 Oct 2026, European Commission, Weekly Oil Bulletin (prices with taxes). Converted at the ECB rate of 30 Oct 2026 (£0.834 to the euro).

What to know

Tolls and vignettes

None on roads; the Westerschelde tunnel charges.

Clean air zones

Milieuzones in Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Utrecht, The Hague and others refuse older diesel vans (pre-Euro 4 or 5 depending on the city); some have zero-emission zones for vans from 2025 with exemptions for older plates.

Sleeping in the van

Wild camping is illegal and enforced. Camperplaatsen in most towns, €10–20.

Kit you must carry

Warning triangle.

Speed limits, van under 3.5 t

100 by day (130 at night where signed) / 80 / 50

When to go

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Germany and the Low Countries4°5°10°14°19°22°24°24°19°14°8°5°

A dot marks the months we would pick: warm enough, dry enough, not yet crowded. Rounded from 1991–2020 normals. Coasts and mountains differ from their region.

Crossings

North Sea

Harwich – Hook of Holland

Stena Line · 7–8 h · 2 daily

Car £100–250 one way
Van or camper £150–350 one way

North Sea

Hull – Rotterdam / Amsterdam (Newcastle – Amsterdam)

P&O Ferries, DFDS · 11–17 h · daily

Car £150–350 one way with a cabin
Van or camper £200–450 one way with a cabin

Fuel: European Commission, Weekly Oil Bulletin (prices with taxes); Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Weekly road fuel prices (OGL v3); European Central Bank reference rate. EU figures are the week of 26 Oct 2026; UK the week of 26 Oct 2026; † marks hand-checked indicative figures for countries outside both series. Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Climate: rounded 1991–2020 normals from national meteorological services. Crossings and country notes are our own and dated. Something here is out of date already, so check before you go.