Significant de-escalation for its prices unleaded as well as in several gas stations in Attica and Thessaloniki is sold for less than two euros.

There are more and more gas stations in Athens and Thessaloniki that sell unleaded for less than two euros, as the new deliveries they are with lower prices.

It is estimated, in fact, that from Tuesday there will be further de-escalation as in foreign markets, crude oil is at 88 dollars per barrel, i.e. at the levels it was in last March, while Brent is below 95 dollars.

Declining international oil prices have reduced the prices sold by refineries.

International oil prices within a few 24 hours fell by more than 8%, due to data that showed that the US has more oil reserves than expected, due to a drop in consumption.

It is indicative that price of regular unleaded petrol sold by Greek refiners was at 1.6 euros per liter on Tuesday, fell to 1.59 euros per liter on Wednesday and further fell to 1.57 euros per liter on Thursday.

How many liters of petrol does a Greek buy with an average salary

Record price of gasoline was recorded in the first half of 2022 in many European countries putting a stranglehold on the disposable income of drivers who saw the cost of commuting within a few months skyrocket.

The percentage change in each country separately, as in Greece, analyzed by the analysts of the Picodi.com platform while calculating how many liters of petrol one could buy with an average salary.

In Greece with an average salary the driver can buy 386 liters of gasoline if, hypothetically, he spent all of it on fuel. If of course, hypothetically, he was deciding to spend it all on buying petrol.

Compared to the previous year’s petrol price index, the purchasing power of the average Greek salary it is observed that it has decreased significantly.

In detail, in 2019 it corresponded to 559 liters, in 2020 to 632 liters, in 2021 to 627 liters and in 2022 to 386 liters.

according to the results, in June, the average price of a liter of gasoline in Greece was 2.53 euros, an increase of 36% higher than in January, when, on average, a liter of gasoline cost 1.76 euros.