Fuel Stats

Statistics about the current fuel prices in Germany.

Data

The data is collected from Tankerkönig and is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Tankerkönig themselves receive the data from the Markttransparenzstelle für Kraftstoffe (MTS-K) (Bundeskartellamt). All fuel stations in Germany are required by law to report their prices there.

Stats

Currently tracked statistics include:

• Average, minimum and maximum prices for each fuel type (E5, E10, Diesel)
  • Difference to the previous day
• Average price trend over time
• Price changes over time
  • Difference to the previous day
• Illegal price changes
• Hourly average price for individual fuel stations
• Historical price data for individual fuel stations

Illegal price changes

Since 2026-04-01, fuel stations may only change their prices once per day at 12:00. Violations of this rule can result in fines of up to 100.000€.

The following statistics are tracked:

• Illegal price changes per day
  • Difference to the previous day
• Count of fuel stations with illegal price changes per day
  • Difference to the previous day
• Estimated fines
  • Difference to the previous day
• Top 10 ranking of brands with the most illegal price changes, for every day
• Top 5 ranking of fuel stations with the most illegal price changes, for every day

Violations are categorized by severity, depending on the time:

• 11:55 - 11:59 -> Low
• 12:06 - 12:10 -> Low
• 12:11 - 12:59 -> Medium
• Every other time -> High