# Gas Prices In Europe: Bet You Will Be Surprised! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 16, 2012, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-prices-in-europe-bet-you-will-be-surprised/634903 "2012-09-16T17:53:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2012, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-prices-in-europe-bet-you-will-be-surprised/634903/1 "2012-09-16T17:53:10Z")
OK, I have lived in Germany and know that gas prices have always been really high. So, today on a totally unrelated search about AFN Radio and TV - just wondering if AFN still exists there and it does - I found this [interesting page of current gas prices in Europe](http://www.afneurope.net/GasPrices/tabid/87/Default.aspx). Holy crap - I am paying about the same as people pay in most of Europe, and I could buy gas for cheaper in Greece than what I pay in Las Vegas! Well, so much for that myth of Europeans paying far, far more than we do to fill up their gas tanks! ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2012, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-prices-in-europe-bet-you-will-be-surprised/634903/2 "2012-09-16T18:05:40Z")
Oops! BIG TIME ERROR on my part - I think the prices mentioned are for American military on their base…[here is perhaps a better list](http://viableopposition.blogspot.com/2012/03/gasoline-prices-in-america-how-do-they.html). I need to read more closely and be sure before I post. Sorry, sorry, sorry…oh well, at least I did have the good sense to check something that made no sense whatsoever, even if it was a tad too late before creating this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2012, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-prices-in-europe-bet-you-will-be-surprised/634903/3 "2012-09-16T18:10:13Z")
Well, they are still fairly similar to what I see in California. We’re anywhere from 3.90 to 4.30 to MUCH higher if you’re in a gas-trap zone with no other options. Still less than I expected, by comparison. ---
**Author:** ![polar\_bear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ec9cab/32.png) [@polar\_bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/polar_bear)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2012, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-prices-in-europe-bet-you-will-be-surprised/634903/4 "2012-09-16T19:07:47Z")
Yeah, the 1.30 dollars per liter in Holland, really is 1,88 euros. ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2012, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-prices-in-europe-bet-you-will-be-surprised/634903/5 "2012-09-16T19:33:09Z")
> [@Taomist](#): > > Well, they are still fairly similar to what I see in California. We’re anywhere from 3.90 to 4.30 to MUCH higher if you’re in a gas-trap zone with no other options. Still less than I expected, by comparison. As of yesterday, A USA size gallon (3.7 litre) of diesel costs the equivalent of $8.60 in the UK, Petrol is a bit cheaper but not much. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2012, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-prices-in-europe-bet-you-will-be-surprised/634903/6 "2012-09-16T21:42:38Z")
I filled up for $3.54.9/gal today. Tennessee StG ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2012, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-prices-in-europe-bet-you-will-be-surprised/634903/7 "2012-09-16T21:49:14Z")
Using the $2/gal off w/ our loyalty card at the local Kroger family store we paid 1.79/gal for 32 gallons between the 2 vehicles. Holy cow, 8.60. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2012, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-prices-in-europe-bet-you-will-be-surprised/634903/8 "2012-09-16T21:50:10Z")
My daughter just got back from Italy (she lives in Germany) and paid just under $9.00 a gallon. It is just over $4.00 in expensive California. ---
**Author:** ![Ceri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/57b2e6/32.png) [@Ceri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ceri)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-prices-in-europe-bet-you-will-be-surprised/634903/9 "2012-09-17T20:16:05Z")
Having just done a few calculations the British price at the moment of £1.38 per litre works on to £6.20 per gallon which is over $10 in foreign money. And that’s an imperial gallon, not sure if the British gallon is a different measurement to America. Edit: just checked and an imperial gallon is the same as 1.2 american gallon. We’re screwed!! ☹ ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-prices-in-europe-bet-you-will-be-surprised/634903/10 "2012-09-17T20:22:32Z")
> [@Ceri](#): > > Having just done a few calculations the British price at the moment of £1.38 per litre works on to £6.20 per gallon which is over $10 in foreign money. And that’s an imperial gallon, not sure if the British gallon is a different measurement to America. > > Edit: just checked and an imperial gallon is the same as 1.2 american gallon. We’re screwed!! ☹ £1.38 per litre is about $8.50 per US gallon. ---
**Author:** ![Ceri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/57b2e6/32.png) [@Ceri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ceri)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-prices-in-europe-bet-you-will-be-surprised/634903/11 "2012-09-17T20:25:36Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > £1.38 per litre is about $8.50 per US gallon. Ah, slightly less screwed than I originally calculated (obviously the wrong way!!) Still expensive though ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-prices-in-europe-bet-you-will-be-surprised/634903/12 "2012-09-17T20:45:32Z")
> [@Ceri](#): > > Ah, slightly less screwed than I originally calculated (obviously the wrong way!!) Still expensive though You can type “£1.38 per litre in USD per US gallon” into Google and it will crunch the numbers for you. ---
**Author:** ![Ceri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/57b2e6/32.png) [@Ceri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ceri)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-prices-in-europe-bet-you-will-be-surprised/634903/13 "2012-09-17T21:35:42Z")
> [@Malacandra](#): > > You can type “£1.38 per litre in USD per US gallon” into Google and it will crunch the numbers for you. Shall remember that for next week when the prices are likely to go up again, I’m not the best at number crunching :o ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-prices-in-europe-bet-you-will-be-surprised/634903/14 "2012-09-17T23:04:16Z")
> [@Malacandra](#): > > You can type “£1.38 per litre in USD per US gallon” into Google and it will crunch the numbers for you. I did something similar. Typed “1.38 gpb per liter in usd per us gallon” and got the same answer. Didn’t feel like figuring out how to type the pound symbol on my keyboard. Apparently, it’s down to $8.48 now.