'Motorway stations charge top price'

Difference in petrol prices highest ever: ‘Clear shift to cheaper refuelling locations’

De prijsverschillen voor een liter beninze aan de snelweg ten opzichte van lokaal is nog nooit zo groot geweest als nu.
Het tankstation waar in de eerste vijf maanden van dit jaar gemiddeld de laagste prijs voor een liter Euo95 werd gerekend, is bij de Joontjes aan de Broekslagen in Steenwijk.

Motorists filling up along motorways are paying through the nose, currently spending an average of 18.7 cents per litre more than at a local filling station. This is the highest price difference ever measured. In addition, regional petrol stations charge very different prices for a litre of Euro95, the most commonly refuelled fuel in the Netherlands.

This is shown by figures from MultiTankcard, based on transaction data over the period January to May 2025. In the first five months, the average price for a litre of Euro95 petrol was €2.1049 along the motorway and €1.9177 outside it. The price difference between what is charged for a litre of Euro95 at the motorway compared to a local petrol station has been steadily increasing for years: in 2022 it was 14.3 cents, in 2023 it was already 15.2 cents and last year it rose to 17.5 cents. In the first five months of 2025, it rose to an average of 18.7 cents per litre. The current position marks the highest difference since the start of price measurements.

Thief

According to Patrick Roozeman, director of MultiTankcard, the difference has now become structural. “Filling up on the motorway purely from a cost perspective is actually no longer justifiable, unless you have to be a thief of your own wallet. Remarkably, business drivers are also becoming increasingly alert to this and are adjusting their behaviour accordingly. We are therefore observing a clear shift towards more economical locations outside the motorway network.”

Price differences

The average litre prices of Euro95 petrol also vary widely by region. As in previous years, the most expensive petrol was once again measured in Friesland, for which the Wadden Islands account. The absolute front runner is the Frisian town of Hollum on Ameland, where the average petrol price came to 2.2979 euros per litre. Tzummarum, Midsland and Nes on Ameland are also among the most expensive locations, taking Friesland to the entire top of the least popular rankings.
Remarkably, Limburg enters the top three cheapest petrol towns for the first time in years. Both Oostrum (1.7665 euros), and Heide (1.7758 euros) in the south of the Netherlands record particularly competitive petrol prices. Together with Koewacht in Zeeland (1.7732 euros), they form the cheapest petrol locations in the Netherlands.

Very cheapest

When looking at individual filling stations, Joontjes in Steenwijk in Overijssel leads the list with an average petrol price in the first five months of this year of 1.7428 euro per litre. Also among the cheapest locations for Euro95 are Kuster Energy in Ulft in Gelderland with 1.7432 euros and Fieten Olie also in Steenwijk with 1.7503 euros.

At diesel stations, TinQ in Hengelo is in first place with an average price of 1.5125 euros per litre, in second place follows Roeleveld-Rolink in Denekamp with 1.5199 euros, followed by Tamoil in Rotterdam with 1.5202 euros per litre.

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This article was automatically translated from the Dutch language original to English (British).

Author: Paul Blonk

Source: MobilityEnergy.com

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