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Fuel prices: survey of 16 May 2016
Regular gasoline118.8 yen/Lw/w +0.8
Premium gasoline129.6 yen/Lw/w +0.8
Diesel100.4 yen/Lw/w +0.5
Kerosene (store, 18 L)1,121 yen/18 Lw/w +2
vs. a year earlier (national)
| Fuel | 18 May 2015 | 16 May 2016 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regular gasoline | 142.1 | 118.8 | -23.3 |
| Premium gasoline | 152.9 | 129.6 | -23.3 |
| Diesel | 121.0 | 100.4 | -20.6 |
| Kerosene (store, 18 L) | 1,528 | 1,121 | -407 |
| Kerosene (delivered, 18 L) | 1,675 | 1,278 | -397 |
Highest regular gasoline, top 10
127.2
127.0
125.5
123.1
122.4
122.2
121.8
121.6
121.2
120.7
Lowest regular gasoline, top 10
114.4
114.8
114.8
115.4
116.0
116.1
116.2
116.3
116.4
116.6
All 47 prefectures
| Prefecture | Regular gasoline | Premium gasoline | Diesel | Kerosene (store, 18 L) | w/w |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hokkaido | 118.5 | 129.3 | 101.1 | 1,055 | +1.9 |
| Aomori | 116.6 | 127.6 | 98.2 | 982 | +1.8 |
| Iwate | 116.4 | 127.2 | 96.0 | 966 | +0.3 |
| Miyagi | 116.1 | 126.7 | 96.0 | 989 | -0.2 |
| Akita | 116.0 | 127.2 | 102.5 | 997 | ±0 |
| Yamagata | 120.6 | 131.7 | 105.4 | 1,012 | +0.2 |
| Fukushima | 120.3 | 131.2 | 100.4 | 1,019 | +0.8 |
| Ibaraki | 115.4 | 126.5 | 94.9 | 1,029 | +0.3 |
| Tochigi | 117.5 | 128.5 | 99.0 | 1,089 | -0.4 |
| Gunma | 116.3 | 127.4 | 97.8 | 1,061 | +0.4 |
| Saitama | 114.8 | 125.7 | 93.9 | 1,077 | +1.5 |
| Chiba | 114.4 | 125.0 | 94.6 | 1,118 | +0.3 |
| Tokyo | 122.4 | 132.1 | 103.7 | 1,307 | +1.3 |
| Kanagawa | 117.2 | 128.1 | 97.8 | 1,188 | +0.6 |
| Niigata | 116.2 | 127.3 | 100.9 | 1,102 | +0.5 |
| Toyama | 120.7 | 131.9 | 102.2 | 1,142 | +0.2 |
| Ishikawa | 117.6 | 128.2 | 96.8 | 1,020 | +1.8 |
| Fukui | 120.7 | 132.1 | 102.2 | 1,123 | +1.3 |
| Yamanashi | 119.4 | 130.8 | 97.4 | 1,118 | +0.3 |
| Nagano | 122.2 | 133.6 | 103.1 | 1,058 | +0.9 |
| Gifu | 119.5 | 130.9 | 100.8 | 1,061 | -0.3 |
| Shizuoka | 119.3 | 130.5 | 101.8 | 1,263 | +1.0 |
| Aichi | 116.9 | 127.9 | 98.2 | 1,151 | +1.8 |
| Mie | 118.0 | 129.4 | 103.1 | 1,143 | -0.1 |
| Shiga | 120.6 | 131.0 | 98.2 | 1,148 | +2.7 |
| Kyoto | 121.2 | 132.0 | 102.8 | 1,241 | +1.6 |
| Osaka | 118.2 | 128.8 | 100.0 | 1,159 | +2.0 |
| Hyōgo | 116.8 | 127.6 | 99.1 | 1,117 | +0.9 |
| Nara | 119.1 | 130.0 | 102.2 | 1,084 | +0.8 |
| Wakayama | 119.5 | 129.5 | 98.6 | 1,131 | +0.7 |
| Tottori | 118.1 | 129.2 | 102.1 | 1,139 | +1.8 |
| Shimane | 123.1 | 134.2 | 107.0 | 1,242 | +1.2 |
| Okayama | 114.8 | 125.6 | 95.5 | 1,076 | +0.9 |
| Hiroshima | 117.6 | 128.8 | 102.2 | 1,140 | ±0 |
| Yamaguchi | 119.3 | 130.2 | 103.4 | 1,148 | +1.0 |
| Tokushima | 116.9 | 127.8 | 95.6 | 1,068 | +1.8 |
| Kagawa | 117.1 | 128.0 | 97.2 | 1,029 | +0.1 |
| Ehime | 118.9 | 129.9 | 99.8 | 1,141 | +1.4 |
| Kōchi | 118.3 | 128.6 | 101.4 | 1,124 | ±0 |
| Fukuoka | 119.8 | 131.0 | 99.6 | 1,099 | +0.8 |
| Saga | 121.6 | 132.6 | 103.8 | 1,194 | +0.2 |
| Nagasaki | 127.2 | 136.6 | 111.4 | 1,284 | +0.2 |
| Kumamoto | 118.7 | 129.5 | 98.3 | 1,095 | +1.5 |
| Ōita | 121.8 | 132.7 | 103.4 | 1,175 | +0.2 |
| Miyazaki | 117.0 | 127.7 | 101.1 | 1,175 | +1.0 |
| Kagoshima | 127.0 | 136.4 | 108.2 | 1,307 | +0.9 |
| Okinawa | 125.5 | 136.1 | 104.1 | 1,393 | +0.8 |
Weekly cash retail prices from METI/ANRE's petroleum product price survey (consumption tax included; excluded before April 2004). Survey every Monday. Kerosene in yen per 18 L, others in yen per litre.
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Regular gasoline averaged 118.8 yen/L nationwide. Highest: Nagasaki (127.2); lowest: Chiba (114.4); gap 12.8 yen.