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Updated 23 May 2026
€2.34
↑19% vs. region avg.
↑29% vs. region avg.
Full tank (80 L, diesel)
170 CHF
€187 · $218
100 km (10 L/100 km, diesel)
21.30 CHF
€23.40 · $27.23
€1.10 per 1 CHF · updated weekly
Fuel type
Price per kWh
We don't collect per-country electricity tariffs — enter your own price. Reference: AC home ~0.15–0.30 €/kWh, public DC fast charger 0.40–0.70 €/kWh.
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Litre/Gallon
Distance unit
Route — select countries and distances
Zurich → Vaduz
110 km · ~€25 · ~1 day
🇨🇭 Switzerland 100 km · 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein 10 km
Zurich → Monaco
680 km · ~€148 · ~2 days
🇨🇭 Switzerland 120 km · 🇫🇷 France 550 km · 🇲🇨 Monaco 10 km
Zurich → Ljubljana
760 km · ~€152 · ~2 days
🇨🇭 Switzerland 210 km · 🇦🇹 Austria 400 km · 🇸🇮 Slovenia 150 km
Zurich → Dublin
1,780 km · ~€381 · ~4 days
🇨🇭 Switzerland 180 km · 🇫🇷 France 830 km · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 560 km · 🇮🇪 Ireland 210 km
Current fuel prices in Switzerland: diesel 2.13 CHF (€2.34 · $2.72) per liter, gasoline 1.92 CHF (€2.11 · $2.46) per liter.
The local gasoline grade is Super 95 · RON 95.
Switzerland ranks #40 out of 41 countries in Europe by diesel price.
Use the route cost calculator to estimate your fuel expenses for a road trip through Switzerland.
Free market
Changes daily
~45% Taxes and levies
Regulator
Bundesamt fur Zoll und Grenzsicherheit / Federal Office for Customs and Border Security; Preisuberwachung monitors the market.
Prices are free, driven by import parity, exchange rates, taxes and local competition. Cross-border differences are pronounced.
Taxes and levies
Mineralolsteuer: 76.82 centimes/L for unleaded petrol and 79.57 centimes/L for diesel oil, VAT 8.1%, reserve and logistics components.
Subsidies
No direct motor fuel subsidies.
LPG/Autogas
Limited
Bank cards
Accepted everywhere
Price spread
Significant
Market
Importer + Refiner
Station networks
Data is collected automatically from government sources (EU Oil Bulletin, Statistics Norway, etc.) and independent aggregators, with selective manual cross-verification from at least two sources. Official data takes priority.
Prices are for reference only and may differ from actual prices at specific fuel stations.
Cargopedia.net · cargopedia.net
Fuelo.net · fuelo.net
TCS Switzerland (tcs.ch) · tcs.ch
License CC BY 4.0 — free use, distribution and adaptation with attribution to OpenVan.camp. Fuel data updated: 23 May 2026.
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