# Gas prices: A running list by country, value, and unit of measure. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 1, 2005, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-prices-a-running-list-by-country-value-and-unit-of-measure/319544 "2005-09-01T03:24:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-prices-a-running-list-by-country-value-and-unit-of-measure/319544/1 "2005-09-01T03:24:35Z")
Guys, [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=6530897) got me thinking. Just for sake of science and a metric to go by, I’d like to ask y’all post what you just recently paid for gasoline/petrol. If you would, please post the date you bought it, the region, the cost, and unit of measure (and if you would, convert it to something else if need be). I’ll start: **30 Aug 05 / Great Falls, Montana / $2.51 per gallon ($2.51 US X 3.785 liters, or .679 USD per litre) - Total $45.18 USD for 18 gallons.** I’m just curious, and wanted to start a running update. Mods, if you think this is a poll, feel free to move it. For volume factors (Money factor will obviously fluctuate, and that’s why I’m curious): 1 litre = .264 gallon 1 gallon = 3.785 litre Tripler This may include a little math for some of ya. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Garfield226](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Garfield226](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garfield226)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-prices-a-running-list-by-country-value-and-unit-of-measure/319544/2 "2005-09-01T04:20:59Z")
All 87 octane, unless otherwise noted: **16 July 05 / Nashville, Illinois / US$2.309 per gallon** 08 Aug 05 / Tilton, Illinois / US$2.299 per gallon\*\* 10 Aug 05 / Nashville, Illinois / US$2.489 per gallon 28 Aug 05 / Lebanon, Illinois / US$2.499 per gallon 30 Aug 05 / Carbondale, Illinois / US$2.699 per gallon\* 31 Aug 05 / Carbondale, Illinois / US$2.969 per gallon\*\*\* [sub]\*Did not actually buy at that price, but I drive by on my way to work and saw it. The station offers a three-cent discount for cash purchases, which is the price you see. Credit/debit/check purchases are three cents higher. \*\*89 Octane: Casey’s stores in this area mix ethanol with 87 octane gas to make 89 octane. The 89 is often cheaper than the 87.[/sub] Also, after checking all my mileages (I write the mileage down on the gas receipt), looks like for the last month I’ve been averaging nearly 26 miles per gallon (mostly highway). ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-prices-a-running-list-by-country-value-and-unit-of-measure/319544/3 "2005-09-01T04:44:34Z")
> [@Tripler](#): > > Guys, [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=6530897) Mods, if you think this is a poll, feel free to move it. From your mouth to the ears of …me. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![robinc308](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@robinc308](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robinc308)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-prices-a-running-list-by-country-value-and-unit-of-measure/319544/4 "2005-09-01T04:50:54Z")
Melbourne (Blackburn), Australia - A$1.30/litre = US$0.98/litre = US$3.37/gallon ---
**Author:** ![Jenga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8c91f0/32.png) [@Jenga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenga)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-prices-a-running-list-by-country-value-and-unit-of-measure/319544/5 "2005-09-01T05:25:01Z")
$US3.69/gallon in Melbourne (St Kilda), 26 August $US4.10/gallon in Hiroshima, 31 August ---
**Author:** ![Imasquare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Imasquare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Imasquare)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-prices-a-running-list-by-country-value-and-unit-of-measure/319544/6 "2005-09-01T05:29:16Z")
> [@robinc308](#): > > Melbourne (Blackburn), Australia - A$1.30/litre = US$0.98/litre = US$3.37/gallon You made a boo-boo - 3.785 \* 0.98 = US$3.71 ---
**Author:** ![mkl12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@mkl12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mkl12)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-prices-a-running-list-by-country-value-and-unit-of-measure/319544/7 "2005-09-01T08:04:01Z")
€1,28/liter = $US 5.98/gallon in Bonn, Germany, 30 August ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-prices-a-running-list-by-country-value-and-unit-of-measure/319544/8 "2005-09-01T08:33:19Z")
South coast of the UK, 1st Sep 2005: 89 pence per litre. ~ $6.09 per US gallon. ---
**Author:** ![grey\_ideas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/dfb087/32.png) [@grey\_ideas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grey_ideas)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-prices-a-running-list-by-country-value-and-unit-of-measure/319544/9 "2005-09-01T10:12:47Z")
Denmark (around the Copenhagen area); A little over 10 DKK per litre = approx. $6.27 per US gallon. ---
**Author:** ![Pixisis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@Pixisis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixisis)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-prices-a-running-list-by-country-value-and-unit-of-measure/319544/10 "2005-09-01T11:01:00Z")
Karlsruhe, Germany 1.35 euro per litre \> $6.50/gallon ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-prices-a-running-list-by-country-value-and-unit-of-measure/319544/11 "2005-09-01T11:18:56Z")
The last time I filled up, which was Sunday, it was $2.65, which was a bit lower then normal around me in Montgomery county MD. This morning, Thursday, the low price was $2.99, the high I saw was $3.25. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-prices-a-running-list-by-country-value-and-unit-of-measure/319544/12 "2005-09-01T11:30:28Z")
Fort Worth, TX 30 August $2.59 per gallon for regular unleaded 31 August $2.74 per gallon for regular unleaded Didn’t fill up both days, but the station is next to my apt. complex. ---
**Author:** ![beagledave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-prices-a-running-list-by-country-value-and-unit-of-measure/319544/13 "2005-09-01T12:33:32Z")
[http://www.fuelgaugereport.com/IAmetro.asp](http://www.fuelgaugereport.com/IAmetro.asp) The main page allows you to choose any [market](http://www.fuelgaugereport.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-prices-a-running-list-by-country-value-and-unit-of-measure/319544/14 "2005-09-01T12:56:33Z")
New Hampshire, USA Monday, 8/29/05 $2.55/gallon Thursday, 9/1/05 \*\* $3.09/gallon\*\* (same station) ---
**Author:** ![Grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-prices-a-running-list-by-country-value-and-unit-of-measure/319544/15 "2005-09-01T13:07:56Z")
$1.26 per liter making it $4.76 per US gallon. Convert to US$ and it’s around $4 per gallon. ---
**Author:** ![flodnak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@flodnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flodnak)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-prices-a-running-list-by-country-value-and-unit-of-measure/319544/16 "2005-09-01T14:56:26Z")
Just touched 12kr/liter here, making it about US$6.70 per US gallon. I’m afraid to ask what the prices are out in rural Norway. ---
**Author:** ![Mycroft\_Holmes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a5b964/32.png) [@Mycroft\_Holmes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mycroft_Holmes)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-prices-a-running-list-by-country-value-and-unit-of-measure/319544/17 "2005-09-01T15:02:20Z")
1.48 Euros for a liter here in the Netherlands. That works out to: US$ 6.85 per gallon. Ouch! ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-prices-a-running-list-by-country-value-and-unit-of-measure/319544/18 "2005-09-01T23:50:27Z")
Wow! I’m looking at these prices from Europe and echoing **Mycroft Holmes** : Ouch! How do you guys afford those rates? Tripler Uffdah! ---
**Author:** ![mkl12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@mkl12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mkl12)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-prices-a-running-list-by-country-value-and-unit-of-measure/319544/19 "2005-09-02T00:03:56Z")
Are these prices with taxes included or not? I think most of the European prices are with all taxes included, while you still have to add some taxes to the American prices. So the actual difference is a bit smaller. But still . . . Ouch! ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-prices-a-running-list-by-country-value-and-unit-of-measure/319544/20 "2005-09-02T00:07:58Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > South coast of the UK, 1st Sep 2005: > 89 pence per litre. ~ $6.09 per US gallon. That’s the price if I drive to the far side of town - anywhere near me, it’s 93.9p. Or I can use the garage over the road, currently 98.9p (however they make most of their money through questionable MOT failures 😉 ) **mkl12** has a point - should we all be posting the price that we actually pay? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-prices-a-running-list-by-country-value-and-unit-of-measure/319544.md?page=2)