According to Executive Digest, from Monday 6 May, you can count on fuel prices falling again. “The evolution of prices in euros points to a drop in prices by 2.5 cents per liter for 95 gasoline and 2 cents per liter for diesel."

Prices at petrol stations next to supermarkets follow the same line. “Next week’s trend will be for a drop of 0.0138 euros in gasoline and a reduction of 0.0149 euros in diesel,” said another source.

Since the beginning of the year, the price of diesel has increased by 2.4 cents per liter while gasoline has become 16.5 cents more expensive. This means that filling a 60 litre tank of diesel costs 1.44 euros more than it did 19 weeks ago. To top up a 95 fuel tank, it costs 10 euros more than in the first week of January.

Data from the General Directorate of Energy and Geology (DGEG) shows that the average price of a liter of gasoline in Portugal currently costs 1,804 euros while diesel is worth 1,587 euros. Quotes may, however, vary across petrol stations, as the price set on the network also takes into account the level of competition, supply and demand in each market, and the level of fixed costs at each station.