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Fuel prices: survey of 1 May 2018

Regular gasoline145.5 yen/Lw/w +1.4

Premium gasoline156.3 yen/Lw/w +1.4

Diesel124.1 yen/Lw/w +1.4

Kerosene (store, 18 L)1,589 yen/18 Lw/w +8

vs. a year earlier (national)

Fuel	1 May 2017	1 May 2018	Change
Regular gasoline	133.5	145.5	+12.0
Premium gasoline	144.3	156.3	+12.0
Diesel	112.0	124.1	+12.1
Kerosene (store, 18 L)	1,395	1,589	+194
Kerosene (delivered, 18 L)	1,537	1,736	+199

Highest regular gasoline, top 10

Nagasaki153.5

Kagoshima152.0

Ōita149.7

Saga149.1

Nagano149.1

Kumamoto148.6

Shimane148.1

Kōchi148.0

Kyoto148.0

Okinawa147.4

Lowest regular gasoline, top 10

Tokushima138.0

Saitama141.6

Ishikawa141.9

Chiba142.4

Iwate142.7

Tochigi142.8

Okayama143.0

Aichi143.1

Miyagi143.3

Hiroshima143.5

All 47 prefectures

Prefecture	Regular gasoline	Premium gasoline	Diesel	Kerosene (store, 18 L)	w/w
Hokkaido	145.9	156.2	128.2	1,608	+0.1
Aomori	144.1	155.1	124.3	1,514	+1.5
Iwate	142.7	153.6	121.3	1,496	+1.5
Miyagi	143.3	154.1	122.3	1,519	+2.2
Akita	143.7	154.7	123.3	1,523	+2.1
Yamagata	146.2	157.4	125.7	1,530	+2.1
Fukushima	146.3	157.3	125.4	1,533	+0.8
Ibaraki	144.1	155.1	118.7	1,536	+2.5
Tochigi	142.8	153.7	120.5	1,560	+0.2
Gunma	145.5	156.7	123.3	1,568	+1.8
Saitama	141.6	152.5	117.9	1,562	+1.8
Chiba	142.4	153.0	119.4	1,580	+1.4
Tokyo	146.4	157.3	125.1	1,722	+1.7
Kanagawa	143.9	154.9	120.2	1,612	+2.3
Niigata	144.3	155.5	125.0	1,601	+1.1
Toyama	146.7	157.7	127.2	1,634	+1.6
Ishikawa	141.9	152.5	121.1	1,561	+0.8
Fukui	145.5	156.9	125.3	1,616	+1.6
Yamanashi	146.0	157.4	120.6	1,564	+1.6
Nagano	149.1	160.4	127.6	1,558	+1.6
Gifu	146.7	157.8	125.9	1,560	+1.2
Shizuoka	146.6	157.8	126.0	1,630	+1.4
Aichi	143.1	154.2	124.6	1,572	+0.4
Mie	145.8	157.2	127.0	1,597	+1.7
Shiga	144.7	155.1	119.1	1,585	+0.1
Kyoto	148.0	159.1	126.2	1,652	+2.2
Osaka	146.3	156.9	123.1	1,570	+3.1
Hyōgo	144.0	154.8	120.6	1,543	+1.1
Nara	144.0	154.9	121.5	1,537	+0.8
Wakayama	146.0	156.5	120.7	1,565	+1.9
Tottori	144.2	155.3	126.1	1,627	+1.6
Shimane	148.1	159.1	129.4	1,686	+1.8
Okayama	143.0	153.8	122.8	1,544	+2.3
Hiroshima	143.5	154.5	123.6	1,587	+1.5
Yamaguchi	144.7	155.8	125.4	1,608	+1.5
Tokushima	138.0	148.7	117.1	1,529	+1.7
Kagawa	147.3	158.2	121.8	1,526	+1.7
Ehime	146.9	157.9	125.3	1,592	+0.9
Kōchi	148.0	158.1	127.9	1,590	±0
Fukuoka	146.5	157.6	121.6	1,562	+1.8
Saga	149.1	160.0	127.4	1,641	+1.1
Nagasaki	153.5	163.8	135.3	1,672	+1.7
Kumamoto	148.6	159.0	122.9	1,583	+3.4
Ōita	149.7	160.6	126.0	1,619	+1.5
Miyazaki	145.8	156.6	123.9	1,641	+0.7
Kagoshima	152.0	161.2	132.1	1,722	+2.7
Okinawa	147.4	156.6	127.8	1,893	+0.3

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 145.5 yen/L nationwide. Highest: Nagasaki (153.5); lowest: Tokushima (138.0); gap 15.5 yen.