Those who go on vacation or come back these days can often pay quite a bit at the gas station.

More than 1.50 euros per liter of super has long been standard.

Often you pay more than 1.60 euros per liter.

And at some motorway filling stations, it can be 1.80 euros, at least for the higher-priced fuels. 

Christian Siedenbiedel

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The car club ADAC announced on Monday that in July fuel prices rose sharply again on average.

Drivers now have to pay significantly more for petrol in particular than they did a few weeks ago.

As the current ADAC evaluation of fuel prices in Germany shows, a liter of Super E10 in July cost an average of 1.547 euros - that's four cents more than in June.

This means that gasoline was last more expensive in July 2014 than in July 2021. The price of diesel fuel climbed by an average of 2.6 cents to 1.389 euros per liter.

Diesel was last more expensive in November 2018 at 1.431 euros.

Annual high at the end of July

The most expensive day to fill up with gasoline was July 31st.

The price of 1.563 euros per liter also marked a new annual high for Super E10.

The price of diesel also rose to a new high for the year: on July 18, a liter cost 1.398 euros.

The cheapest way to fill up was in July on the first of the month: On July 1st, a liter of Super E10 cost 1.529 euros on average, a liter of diesel 1.373 euros.

In the first days of August, the price increase tended to continue, as figures from the Internet portal Clever Tanken show.

In several large cities, the average price for a liter of Super is now over 1.60 euros.

This is reminiscent of the expensive tank autumn 2018, when low water on the Rhine and its tributaries also drove up fuel prices.

According to ADAC, the renewed rise in fuel prices in July was due, among other things, to higher crude oil prices.

According to ADAC, the increasing number of tourist traffic and the resulting greater demand for fuel are also likely to have contributed to the rise in prices in July.

Strong impact on inflation

For the increase in the cost of living in Germany in July, the prices for fuel and energy were the main price drivers.

The inflation rate skyrocketed to 3.8 percent that month.

Various factors came together here.

The price of crude oil in particular is significantly higher than it was a year ago.

In addition, a CO2 price for climate protection was introduced at the beginning of the year, which made petrol and heating oil even more expensive.

In addition, since July, prices in Germany with the higher VAT from this year have been compared with those with the lower tax from last year. That too is driving energy prices and year-on-year inflation.