Serbia diesel hits record 236 dinars, gas rises to 207
Serbia's Ministry of Trade set new maximum fuel prices for September 18 to 25: diesel climbs to a record 236 dinars per liter and gasoline to 207 dinars.
A liter of diesel at Serbian pumps costs 236 dinars as of today, while gasoline (BMB 95) costs 207 dinars, the Ministry of Internal and Foreign Trade announced on Friday, September 18, 2026. According to Tanjug, the news broke around 12:25 PM. Both prices are up two dinars from the previous week, when diesel cost 234 dinars and gasoline 205 dinars per liter.
The diesel price of 236 dinars marks a new historic record on the domestic fuel market, the Belgrade based portal Dan reported.
The new maximum retail prices apply from today at 3 PM until next Friday, September 25, when the ministry will announce its next correction. Prices are set under the Decree on Limiting the Price of Petroleum Derivatives, which requires maximum prices to be determined every Friday by 3 PM and to stay in force for the following seven days. Under the same decree, gas station owners must apply the new prices as soon as they are published on the ministry’s website. Irregularities in how the prices are applied can be reported to 066/8470-027.
Excise cuts trimmed back in mid-September
The price hike at the pumps comes a week after the Government of Serbia decided, on September 11, to raise the temporary reduction in excise duties on petroleum products from 20 to 25 percent, for the period from September 14 to 20. The excise duty on eurodiesel is 55.53 dinars per liter, on unleaded gasoline 54 dinars, and on leaded gasoline 57.41 dinars. The government’s decision was driven by rising producer prices for petroleum products, which followed higher crude oil prices on the world market. The measure was meant to soften the impact of rising global prices and prevent a bigger jump at domestic pumps, but prices still rose by two dinars each.
Some media outlets reported that the 25 percent excise reduction had been extended beyond September 20, through September 27. The government has not confirmed that decision in the source reviewed for this article, so it should be treated with caution until there is an official announcement.
Prices climbing week after week
Friday’s corrections show that fuel in Serbia has now gotten more expensive for a third straight week: three weeks ago, a liter of eurodiesel cost 222 dinars and gasoline 198 dinars; then diesel rose to 231 dinars and gasoline to 202 dinars; and last week diesel reached 234 dinars and gasoline 205 dinars per liter. For comparison with earlier years, the Belgrade portal Dan notes that diesel cost 218 dinars and gasoline 205 dinars in early July 2022, while by November of that year diesel stood at 222 dinars and gasoline at 186 dinars per liter. The current diesel price is therefore higher than in any of those periods.
Oil above 100 dollars a barrel
The rise in domestic prices tracks movement on the world market. A barrel of Brent crude is trading around 103 dollars, while the price of European natural gas has held stable at around 77 euros per megawatt hour. Serbia, according to Dan’s assessment, remains one of the region’s countries with the most expensive fuel.
