Fuel prices in Finland have risen sharply this year as the war in Iran disrupts oil supplies and drives up international energy prices.
The conflict has restricted shipments through the Strait of Hormuz, a key route for oil and refined fuels. In its October outlook, the US Energy Information Administration raised its forecast for Brent crude to an average of $105 a barrel in the final quarter of 2026, citing supply risks and exceptionally tight diesel markets.
Ukrainian strikes on Russian refineries have added to the pressure. The International Energy Agency said in its September report that the attacks had disrupted refining and sharply reduced fuel exports, compounding supply losses from the Gulf.
According to fuel price comparison website Polttoaine.net, average reported prices in Finland on 12 October were €2.367 a litre for 95E10 petrol, €2.473 for 98-octane petrol and €2.572 for diesel. The individual station prices below were reported on the same day.
The lowest reported price for 95E10 in the comparison was €2.144 a litre. It was available at the St1 station at Helsingintie 120 in Lahti’s Hennala district, the Kärkkäinen station in Renkomäki, Lahti, and ABC Kortela at Unajantie 2 in Rauma.
The Kärkkäinen station also had the lowest listed prices for 98-octane petrol, at €2.234 a litre, and diesel, at €2.354.
Highest prices reported in Inari
At the other end of the comparison, the Futura station at Kaamasen Kievari in Inari had the highest reported prices for all three fuels. It listed 95E10 at €2.569 a litre, 98-octane petrol at €2.679 and diesel at €2.739.
The difference between the lowest and highest listings was 42.5 cents a litre for 95E10 and 38.5 cents for diesel. On a 50-litre purchase, those gaps amount to €21.25 and €19.25 respectively.
High prices were not confined to Inari. ABC Ritaharju in Oulu reported €2.411 a litre for 95E10, while St1 in Helsinki’s Lauttasaari district and several stations in Vantaa listed €2.399.
There were also substantial differences within individual cities. In Rauma, the ABC station at Monnankatu 4 listed 95E10 at €2.414 a litre, 27 cents more than ABC Kortela. That represents a €13.50 difference on 50 litres, even between two stations operating under the same brand in the same city.
The figures are based on prices submitted by motorists, rather than an exhaustive survey of every Finnish filling station. Polttoaine.net’s cheapest and most expensive rankings cover reports updated within two days, so the listings offer a snapshot rather than a guarantee of the price currently displayed at the pump.