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Fuel prices: survey of 21 May 2018

Regular gasoline149.1 yen/Lw/w +2.0

Premium gasoline160.0 yen/Lw/w +2.1

Diesel127.6 yen/Lw/w +1.9

Kerosene (store, 18 L)1,626 yen/18 Lw/w +20

vs. a year earlier (national)

Fuel	22 May 2017	21 May 2018	Change
Regular gasoline	132.2	149.1	+16.9
Premium gasoline	143.0	160.0	+17.0
Diesel	111.2	127.6	+16.4
Kerosene (store, 18 L)	1,388	1,626	+238
Kerosene (delivered, 18 L)	1,530	1,772	+242

Highest regular gasoline, top 10

Nagasaki156.6

Kagoshima154.8

Okinawa154.7

Ōita154.7

Saga153.0

Kyoto152.4

Nagano152.1

Toyama151.1

Shimane150.9

Yamagata150.9

Lowest regular gasoline, top 10

Tokushima141.9

Saitama144.7

Chiba145.9

Ishikawa146.2

Okayama146.4

Ibaraki146.7

Miyagi146.9

Iwate147.0

Tochigi147.2

Akita147.3

All 47 prefectures

Prefecture	Regular gasoline	Premium gasoline	Diesel	Kerosene (store, 18 L)	w/w
Hokkaido	149.7	160.1	132.0	1,622	+2.7
Aomori	148.0	159.0	128.2	1,557	+2.1
Iwate	147.0	157.9	125.6	1,544	+2.4
Miyagi	146.9	157.6	125.4	1,554	+1.9
Akita	147.3	158.3	126.1	1,559	+2.8
Yamagata	150.9	162.1	130.5	1,602	+2.5
Fukushima	149.4	160.4	128.4	1,558	+0.9
Ibaraki	146.7	157.7	121.3	1,564	+1.8
Tochigi	147.2	158.2	125.3	1,609	+1.8
Gunma	150.2	161.4	128.1	1,626	+1.7
Saitama	144.7	155.6	121.0	1,596	+1.7
Chiba	145.9	156.6	123.1	1,615	+1.7
Tokyo	149.2	160.1	127.9	1,734	+1.3
Kanagawa	147.7	158.7	123.9	1,636	+1.7
Niigata	148.1	159.3	128.4	1,647	+2.6
Toyama	151.1	162.0	131.4	1,706	+2.1
Ishikawa	146.2	156.9	124.5	1,616	+2.3
Fukui	150.0	161.3	129.5	1,684	+2.4
Yamanashi	150.0	161.4	124.7	1,624	+1.5
Nagano	152.1	163.4	130.2	1,590	+1.8
Gifu	150.6	161.8	129.9	1,586	+1.7
Shizuoka	150.3	161.6	129.6	1,659	+2.1
Aichi	148.7	159.7	129.9	1,600	+2.0
Mie	149.7	161.2	130.8	1,646	+1.9
Shiga	147.7	158.1	122.0	1,605	+2.9
Kyoto	152.4	163.4	130.2	1,678	+3.6
Osaka	148.7	159.2	124.9	1,582	+2.2
Hyōgo	147.6	158.4	123.9	1,582	+2.3
Nara	147.4	158.2	124.7	1,570	+2.9
Wakayama	148.9	159.0	123.5	1,607	+1.8
Tottori	147.5	158.6	129.5	1,682	+2.1
Shimane	150.9	161.9	132.3	1,723	+1.5
Okayama	146.4	157.1	126.3	1,586	+1.6
Hiroshima	148.3	159.1	128.2	1,629	+2.3
Yamaguchi	147.7	158.5	127.8	1,644	+1.4
Tokushima	141.9	152.7	121.2	1,571	+2.3
Kagawa	149.3	160.2	123.7	1,557	+2.1
Ehime	150.2	161.1	128.6	1,635	+1.2
Kōchi	148.1	158.2	128.0	1,592	±0
Fukuoka	149.7	160.9	124.8	1,603	+2.2
Saga	153.0	164.0	130.7	1,681	+2.1
Nagasaki	156.6	167.2	138.3	1,702	+2.2
Kumamoto	150.1	160.7	124.7	1,617	+0.3
Ōita	154.7	165.6	131.0	1,675	+3.4
Miyazaki	149.7	160.4	128.0	1,689	+1.9
Kagoshima	154.8	164.3	135.0	1,762	+1.8
Okinawa	154.7	164.2	133.7	1,921	+3.3

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 149.1 yen/L nationwide. Highest: Nagasaki (156.6); lowest: Tokushima (141.9); gap 14.7 yen.