# fuel-prices.eu — Live Fuel Prices Italy

> Real-time fuel price comparison for Italy. Interactive map of every public
> fuel station, a location-based "Near Me" finder with a Best Deal calculator
> (factoring in fuel price + the cost of driving to the station), price
> distribution heat-mapping, per-brand filtering, city overview pages, and a
> detail page for every station (all fuels, an area price-comparison table, map,
> and price history). Prices in EUR/L or USD/gallon. Available in English and Italian.

## About

fuel-prices.eu is an independent fuel-price monitoring service operating since 2005.
The Italy live map shows current prices for diesel (gasolio), petrol (benzina),
98-octane petrol, LPG (GPL), CNG (metano) and LNG (GNL) at public stations across the country.

- Live map: https://www.fuel-prices.eu/live/italy/
- All live markets: https://www.fuel-prices.eu/live/
- City pages (1,467 cities): https://www.fuel-prices.eu/live/italy/{city-slug}/
  (e.g. https://www.fuel-prices.eu/live/italy/roma/ , https://www.fuel-prices.eu/live/italy/milano/ )
- Per-station pages: https://www.fuel-prices.eu/live/italy/station/{slug}-{id}
  (e.g. https://www.fuel-prices.eu/live/italy/station/eni-roma-00100-12345)
- XML sitemap (cities + all station pages): https://www.fuel-prices.eu/live/italy/sitemap.php
- Machine-readable extended data (500 most recently updated stations, with URLs + prices):
  https://www.fuel-prices.eu/live/italy/llms-full.php
- GeoJSON API (map data): https://www.fuel-prices.eu/live/geojson.php?country=IT&fuel=diesel
- Near Me / radius API: https://www.fuel-prices.eu/live/geojson.php?country=IT&fuel=diesel&near=LAT,LNG&radius=KM

## City pages

Every Italian city with at least 4 public stations has a live overview page at
/live/italy/{city-slug}/ (1,467 cities; slug is the accent-stripped city name, e.g.
roma, milano, napoli). Add ?lang=en or ?lang=it to force a language. Each page shows:

- average price per fuel in the city vs the national average;
- a ranked table of the cheapest stations, with a fuel selector;
- a "+2 / +5 / +10 km" toggle that expands coverage to suburbs beyond the city limits;
- an embedded map of all stations, and a city-specific FAQ with current figures.

Structured data: BreadcrumbList, ItemList (top 10 cheapest stations) and FAQPage,
plus hreflang en/it alternates. City URLs are included in the XML sitemap.

## Per-station pages

Each public station has its own page at /live/italy/station/{slug}-{id}, where {id} is the
station id (the slug is cosmetic). Add ?lang=en or ?lang=it to force a language. Each page shows:

- all currently reported fuel prices at that station, each flagged cheaper / pricier / at the
  local-area average;
- a sortable, mobile-friendly comparison table of every station within 5 km, with all reported
  fuels — sortable by distance (nearest) or by the cheapest price for a chosen fuel;
- an embedded map of the station and its neighbours;
- a 12-month price-history chart (per fuel) once changes have been recorded.

Structured data: each page emits schema.org GasStation (with current fuel prices as Offers) and
a BreadcrumbList, plus hreflang en/it alternates.

## Data source

- Source: Osservaprezzi Carburanti — Italian Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy
  (MIMIT, formerly MISE).
- Source portal: https://carburanti.mise.gov.it/
- License: Italian open data (Osservaprezzi Carburanti).
- Station operators in Italy are legally required to report their prices to the
  Osservaprezzi observatory, making this a comprehensive source of Italian fuel prices.

## Update frequency

- Operators must report price changes to Osservaprezzi Carburanti.
- fuel-prices.eu refreshes the dataset multiple times per day; displayed prices are
  typically less than a day old. Stale prices (older than 7 days) are excluded.

## Best Deal calculator (Near Me)

The "Near Me" tool ranks stations in a chosen radius not by sticker price alone but by
the real total cost of a refuel:

    cost_total = (tank_liters x price_per_liter)
               + (distance_km x 2 x consumption_l_per_100km / 100 x price_per_liter)
    score      = (min_cost_in_range / current_cost) x 100   (100 = best real value)

Defaults: tank 60 L, average consumption 7.0 L/100 km (both user-adjustable). This
means a slightly pricier station that is much closer can beat a cheap but distant one.

## Fuel types (codes used by the API)

- diesel — Gasolio (standard diesel)
- sp95 — Benzina (petrol 95)
- sp98 — Benzina 98 (premium petrol)
- gpl — GPL / LPG
- cng — Metano (CNG)
- lng — GNL (LNG)

## Citation policy

When citing data from this page, please attribute to fuel-prices.eu and the original
source: Osservaprezzi Carburanti (MIMIT, Italy). Prices are indicative and
may differ from those at the pump; always verify on site.

## Contact

hi@fuel-prices.eu