Prices of fuels and lubricants for personal transport in Cyprus rose 24.6 per cent in September 2026 compared with the same month last year, below the EU-wide increase of 31.4 per cent, Eurostat data published on Wednesday show.
The annual rate in Cyprus accelerated for a second consecutive month, from 9.9 per cent in July and 19.1 per cent in August.
Between August and September, diesel prices in Cyprus rose 6.8 per cent and petrol 3.8 per cent. The petrol increase was the smallest among the 26 EU countries where prices went up.
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Across the EU, annual increases in fuel and lubricant prices for personal transport rose from 16.9 per cent in July and 23.8 per cent in August to 31.4 per cent in September. In 26 member states, the September rate was higher than in both July and August, Eurostat said.
The biggest annual increases were in Bulgaria at 42.2 per cent, Estonia at 40.6 per cent and Lithuania at 40.2 per cent, the only countries above 40 per cent. Another 12 countries recorded rises of more than 30 per cent, ranging from 30.3 per cent in Portugal to 37.5 per cent in the Czech Republic.
Hungary recorded the lowest annual increase, at 6.9 per cent, followed by Ireland at 17.7 per cent and Sweden at 19.9 per cent.
Diesel and petrol
EU diesel prices rose 5.9 per cent between August and September, and petrol prices 6.7 per cent, compared with 8.3 per cent and 3.3 per cent respectively between July and August.
Diesel prices went up in 26 member states. The biggest monthly increases were in Sweden at 12.8 per cent, Latvia at 10.3 per cent and Poland at 9.7 per cent, and the smallest in Spain at 2.4 per cent, Croatia at 2.5 per cent and Romania at 3 per cent.
For petrol, the smallest monthly rises after Cyprus were in Romania at 4.2 per cent and Slovenia at 4.6 per cent. The biggest were in Sweden at 13.8 per cent, Poland at 9.7 per cent and Estonia at 9.5 per cent.
