When is the cheapest time to refuel?

Older drivers fondly remember the time before the turn of the millennium. Refueling was comparatively inexpensive. In the meantime, fuel has become so expensive that even high earners are increasingly asking themselves: Where and when can you get the cheapest fuel?

Refuel cheaply with the help of a tank app 

The petrol price reporting office has been providing current data on price developments at the pumps since 2012.

• Drivers can use the app to find the cheapest petrol station, for example Clever-Tanken or TankenApp on their mobile phones or smartphones. The apps display current fuel prices based on the data from the market transparency unit.
• With regular retrieval, you can track the price development at your preferred petrol station over the course of the day. Sometimes a price alarm can be activated for certain desired prices.
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• The question of whether the trip to the cheapest gas station is worthwhile? Yes - at least says the ADAC. He refers to his study from 2012, according to which around 40 percent of Germans always refuel at the same gas station.


Fuel prices in Holland - information

If you want to travel to Holland with your vehicle, then of course ...

• If the tank is empty, then also at not cheap prices. These drivers can call up a lot of potential for savings with a fuel-saving app.
• Of course, the price-conscious can get important information. After all, the differences in fuel in a city are up to 15 cents per liter. Consumer advocates advise motorists to offset any detours to the cheap petrol station with the cost savings.

When the fuel price is cheapest

It's not just consumers who use the data Market Transparency Unit. These are also the focus of petrol station operators.

• If a petrol station starts a price correction, the competition's price change follows immediately. Drivers cannot really save on refueling just because they are driving to a specific petrol station.
• The situation is different if you use certain times of the day to fill the tank. According to studies by the ADAC, for example, drivers should refuel between 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. Then it is the cheapest. After that, prices go up hour by hour. It is particularly expensive to fill up the tank in the morning, at night from midnight to five in the morning and at lunchtime.
• From a regional perspective, there are certainly differences and differentiated prices. But the daily price curves show up similarly over the whole week.

The main question for drivers is therefore not where they can get the cheapest fuel. What is more important is the time, the when!