Fuel prices continue to rise: diesel over 2.2 euros on the motorway

Another rise in fuel prices in Italia, right in the middle of the weekend’s post-holiday traffic. The Ministry for Enterprise and Made in Italy has announced that today the average price of self-service fuel across the national road network stands at €2.010 per litre for petrol and €2.130 per litre for diesel. Yesterday, petrol stood at 2.008 and diesel at 2.128.

On the motorway network, however, today’s average self-service price is €2.087 per litre for petrol and €2.203 per litre for diesel: yesterday on the motorways, petrol was at €2.085 and diesel at €2.200.

“The mass exodus of Italians on Saturday 22 and Sunday 23 August is set to cost over 406.7 million euros in additional fuel expenditure compared with the same period in 2025”. This was stated in a press release by Codacons, which calculated the impact of price rises at the pump on the pockets of motorists returning from their holiday destinations.

At current motorway prices, a 50-litre tank of petrol costs over 104 euros and a 50-litre tank of diesel costs 110 euros. Based on the same number of cars on the road as in the same period last year, the calculation puts the total additional expenditure on petrol and diesel at 406,704,000 euros over the weekend.

“A massive blow” that comes right in the midst of the post-holiday exodus: estimates suggest over 24 million journeys, with particularly heavy traffic on the main return routes today. “In just two days, Italian motorists are spending over 406 million euros more at petrol stations than last year, with the same number of cars on the road,” reports Codacons. “This is a veritable tax on the post-holiday exodus, affecting millions of families right at the end of the summer holidays. The Government must take immediate action to ease the cost of fuel and prevent the return from holidays from turning into yet another blow to motorists’ pockets.”