A liter of gasoline in Serbia costs 1,61 euros (189 dinars), and diesel costs 1,70 euros (199 dinars). Thus fuel in Serbia, before the summer holiday season, remains among the most expensive in the region.
Practically, no matter where a tourist from Serbia goes on vacation by car, it is more profitable to drive outside of Serbia.
When it comes to the favorite destination Greece - where gasoline is among the most expensive in the EU at 1,90 euros, but oil (1,63) is cheaper than in Serbia - you pass through North Macedonia, where fuel is the cheapest in the region.
There, a liter of gasoline costs 1,30 euros, and diesel only 1,16 euros.
Everything is cheaper in Montenegro than in Serbia. Currently, gasoline costs 1,54 euros, and diesel is significantly cheaper at 1,41 euros.
Cheaper in EU countries too
Fuel is cheaper in Croatia as well (gasoline 1,55 and diesel 1,54), and those who travel along the Croatian coast through Bosnia and Herzegovina should fill up there because it is only slightly more expensive than in North Macedonia.
For the journey to the Bulgarian coast - or through Bulgaria to Turkey - it is certainly more profitable to fill up in Bulgaria, which has the cheapest fuel in the entire European Union. There, a liter of gasoline costs 1,34 euros, and diesel 1,32 euros.
The Secretary of the Association of Oil Companies of Serbia, Tomislav Mićović, recently told RTS that the slight drop in prices from the previous weeks will remain.
"Summer is always a period of slightly higher gasoline consumption, so I expect that the price will stop at this level somewhere, because now there will be more demand," said Mićović.
Admittedly, this is a rather high level in Serbia. Even compared to EU countries, gasoline in Serbia is at the average level - but it is diesel among the most expensive. Currently, only Italians, Danes and Irish pay a cent or two more per liter.
