Calais to Paris: where the fuel is cheapest on the way south

Four stages down the A26 and A1, with the live prices we hold around each one. The points are landmarks at roughly 50, 100, 150 and 200 km of driving from Calais; we search within 25 km of each and show how many stations actually reported.

Prices updated 13 Sep 2026, 18:00 UTC · France data only

Fuel Diesel SP95-E10

We leave the rest out: SP95 (as few as 2 on one stage) and Superéthanol E85 (as few as 7 on one stage) are too thinly reported along this corridor to rank honestly; we do not yet trust the feed on SP98, where 24% of the stations here quote it at or below their own SP95-E10 — which cannot be right; no station on the corridor reports LPG.

50 km · A26
€1.990/L
Saint-Omer & Aire-sur-la-Lys · 25 stations live · median €2.119
100 km · A26
€1.990/L
Arras · 66 stations live · median €2.101
150 km · A1
€1.990/L
Péronne · 17 stations live · median €2.137
200 km · A1
€1.990/L
Compiègne & Roye · 26 stations live · median €2.098

The corridor at a glance

Cheapest at each stage cheapest middle dearest · large dots are the four stage centres

The four large dots are the stage centres, not junctions; the small ones are the stations listed below. Distances in the tables are straight-line from the stage centre, so a station can sit a few minutes further by road.

50 km from Calais — Saint-Omer & Aire-sur-la-Lys

25 stations within 25 km reported SP95-E10 in the last 7 days. Median SP95-E10 here is €2.119 a litre (£1.818).

Station Distance DieselSP95-E10 Updated
Station Lumbres Lumbres · 62380 17.9 km €2.250£1.931 €1.990£1.708 11 Sep, 07:34
Station Cauchy-à-la-Tour Cauchy-à-la-Tour · 62260 20.9 km €2.250£1.931 €1.990£1.708 11 Sep, 11:07
Station LILLERS LILLERS · 62190 22.3 km €2.250£1.931 €1.990£1.708 13 Sep, 00:01
Station Saint-Omer Saint-Omer · 62500 22.9 km €2.250£1.931 €1.990£1.708 13 Sep, 00:01
Station Herlin-le-Sec Herlin-le-Sec · 62130 24.3 km €2.309£1.981 €2.100£1.802 13 Sep, 01:17

100 km from Calais — Arras

66 stations within 25 km reported SP95-E10 in the last 7 days. Median SP95-E10 here is €2.101 a litre (£1.803).

Station Distance DieselSP95-E10 Updated
Station ARRAS ARRAS · 62000 1.3 km €2.250£1.931 €1.990£1.708 13 Sep, 00:01
Station Tilloy-lès-Mofflaines Tilloy-lès-Mofflaines · 62217 1.9 km €2.250£1.931 €1.990£1.708 13 Sep, 00:01
Station ARRAS ARRAS · 62000 2.0 km €2.250£1.931 €1.990£1.708 13 Sep, 00:01
Station Fresnes-lès-Montauban Fresnes-lès-Montauban · 62490 12.4 km €2.250£1.931 €1.990£1.708 10 Sep, 00:01
Station LIEVIN LIEVIN · 62800 15.4 km €2.250£1.931 €1.990£1.708 13 Sep, 00:01

150 km from Calais — Péronne

17 stations within 25 km reported SP95-E10 in the last 7 days. Median SP95-E10 here is €2.137 a litre (£1.834).

Station Distance DieselSP95-E10 Updated
Station NESLE NESLE · 80190 16.2 km €2.250£1.931 €1.990£1.708 13 Sep, 14:26
Station ALBERT ALBERT · 80300 17.8 km €2.250£1.931 €1.990£1.708 13 Sep, 00:01
Station ROYE ROYE · 80700 22.5 km €2.250£1.931 €1.990£1.708 13 Sep, 00:01
Station BAPAUME BAPAUME · 62450 24.0 km €2.250£1.931 €1.990£1.708 13 Sep, 00:01
Station VILLERS-BRETONNEUX VILLERS-BRETONNEUX · 80800 24.4 km €2.250£1.931 €1.990£1.708 11 Sep, 08:38

200 km from Calais — Compiègne & Roye

26 stations within 25 km reported SP95-E10 in the last 7 days. Median SP95-E10 here is €2.098 a litre (£1.800).

Station Distance DieselSP95-E10 Updated
Station RESSONS SUR MATZ RESSONS SUR MATZ · 60490 6.3 km €2.250£1.931 €1.990£1.708 13 Sep, 00:01
Station RESSONS SUR MATZ RESSONS SUR MATZ · 60490 6.7 km €2.250£1.931 €1.990£1.708 13 Sep, 00:01
Station CUVILLY CUVILLY · 60490 7.2 km €2.250£1.931 €1.990£1.708 13 Sep, 15:36
Station NOYON NOYON · 60400 14.0 km €2.250£1.931 €1.990£1.708 13 Sep, 00:01
Station COMPIEGNE COMPIEGNE · 60200 15.9 km €2.250£1.931 €1.990£1.708 13 Sep, 00:01

Reading the corridor

The pattern most drivers expect — coast expensive, inland cheap — is not a law. It holds on some days and not on others, which is why every figure here is the price reported this week rather than a rule of thumb. Compare the stage medians above against €2.299 a litre, the French national median for diesel today.

Common questions

Does fuel get cheaper as you drive south from Calais?

Yes, today. Median diesel around Arras is €2.279 a litre, against €2.322 within 25 km of Calais — 3.7p a litre less.

How are these four points chosen?

They are landmarks on the A26 and A1 at roughly 50, 100, 150 and 200 km of driving from Calais: Saint-Omer, Arras, Péronne and Compiègne. We then list the cheapest stations with a live price within 25 km of each. It is an approximation based on coordinates, not a reading of the motorway route itself, so a station can sit a few minutes off the exit.

Which fuels can I switch between here?

The ones every stage actually reports. A fuel only appears in the picker when all four stages have at least 8 stations quoting it, so the ranking you get is a real one rather than a top three dressed up as a market. Today that means Diesel and SP95-E10. We leave the rest out: SP95 (as few as 2 on one stage) and Superéthanol E85 (as few as 7 on one stage) are too thinly reported along this corridor to rank honestly; we do not yet trust the feed on SP98, where 24% of the stations here quote it at or below their own SP95-E10 — which cannot be right; no station on the corridor reports LPG.

Are motorway services included?

They are, when they report a price — and they are usually the dearest entries in each list. The dataset does not publish brands, so this page cannot label a station as a service area or a supermarket; it can only rank by the price reported.

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