There are around 30 million cars in the UK, using diesel, petrol, and electricity as fuel.

The price of fuel remains a headache for many of us, and we are increasingly concerned about rising prices.

This is particularly the case for diesel and petrol vehicles.

Inflating prices

Xcite Car Leasing has reviewed how the cost of fuel in the UK compares to other European countries and the United States to see where drivers are feeling the pinch the most.

This research digs into the nitty-gritty of fuel prices and compares countries and fuel types.

The index has mapped out the costliest and cheapest places to fill up your tank.

It reveals surprising insights, shocking disparities, and how costs are likely to change over the next 25 years.

Here in Blighty

Here in the UK, we face the third highest costs in a nation-by-nation comparison.

It is probably unsurprising for many UK drivers.

The UK has the second highest electricity price per kWH of the 22 countries analysed, at £0.34, with only Italy more expensive at £0.36.

Diesel prices in the UK were also the fourth most expensive of all countries analysed at £1.56, while petrol came in at £1.46.

However, the UK did well in terms of the number of EV chargers per square mile, scoring 17 out of 22 in that category.

The data shows that the UK has an average of 0.6 EV chargers per square mile, and that number is set to increase as more people make the switch to electric.

Cheapest pumps

Turkey and the US scored the best for cheapest fuel costs, with the US just narrowly beating Turkey with cheaper costs for both petrol and diesel.

At the time of analysis, the cost of diesel per litre in the US was £0.83, with petrol an even lower cost of £0.76.

In Turkey, diesel was slightly higher but still a respectable £1, and petrol £0.99.

Ciao to cash

Italy is the most expensive country for fuel

Italy is the most expensive country based on the index of fuel, diesel, and electricity prices and the number of overall EV chargers per square mile.

While they do not have the most expensive petrol and diesel costs—that crown goes to Denmark and Switzerland—they do score the lowest across all points on our index, with an overall score of just 27 compared to the US and Turkey’s 67.

Filling up

The UK’s projected diesel price by 2050 could be a staggering £2.63 per litre.

This would mean that filling up a Vauxhall Mokka, for instance, with a full tank holding 53 litres, would cost £139.39.

With the average UK driver needing to visit the petrol station once every eight days, it means a month’s worth of diesel could end up costing £542.11.

This drops slightly to £121.90 to fill up a petrol Mokka, with the forecourt price projected to be £2.30.

However, motorists in Switzerland are projected to face the largest price rise.

Swiss drivers face paying £4 per litre of diesel by 2050 if the price was to continue to increase as it has in the last five years.

They also face the highest predicted price for petrol by 2050, at an estimated £3.56.

This is followed by Denmark with an estimated £2.93 per litre.

Switch to EV

Despite having the cheapest diesel and petrol prices, the US and Turkey lag behind when it comes to the number of EV chargers per square mile—0.05 for the US and 0.025 for Turkey, compared to a staggering 9.02 in the Netherlands.

The UK currently has 53,000 charge points, but this is expected to rise by approximately 200,000 over the next 25 years as more drivers make the switch to EVs.

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