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Summary for: Czech fuel prices to be capped again from Oct. 1: What changes at the pump?Drivers in Czechia will see daily limits on gasoline and diesel prices return Oct. 1 after the government approved another month of fuel price regulation Monday. The measures come as pump prices have climbed to levels last seen in 2022.
The Finance Ministry will set a maximum price for each fuel every day, effective the following day. It will base the limits on a three-day moving average of wholesale prices and cap sellers’ margins at CZK 2.50 per liter. The government has not yet announced the first daily price limits.
Diesel will also get a tax cut. Finance Minister Alena Schillerová said the measures would ease costs for households and businesses, while Prime Minister Andrej Babiš said he hoped the diesel price would fall below CZK 50 per liter. That outcome will depend on wholesale prices when the limits take effect.
What changes at the pump?
The excise tax on diesel will fall from CZK 9.95 to CZK 8.011 per liter, which the Finance Ministry says is the lowest rate permitted under EU rules. Gasoline excise tax will stay the same. Both the tax cut and the price limits are scheduled to run through the end of October.
On Sunday, a liter of Natural 95 gasoline cost an average of CZK 45.94 and diesel CZK 49.23, according to fuel price tracker CCS, as reported by Novinky.cz. Prices vary considerably between stations, with some diesel pumps already charging more than CZK 50 per liter.
The new limits cap what stations may charge, but they do not set one fixed price for the entire month. Because the ministry will recalculate them daily using wholesale prices, the maximum permitted price could still rise or fall during October.
Czechia used a similar system from April to July this year. The Finance Ministry estimates the renewed diesel tax cut will reduce state revenue by about CZK 1.1 billion for the month.
Refiners face a separate tax
The government also approved an extraordinary tax on refinery margins for 2026 and 2027. It will tax 50 percent of the increase in a refiner’s gross margin compared with 2025, subject to revenue thresholds. The tax applies to refiners, not gas stations.
The Finance Ministry estimates the tax will raise about CZK 5.5 billion from refiners’ 2026 income. Schillerová said the measure targets margins that have risen amid disruption to global oil markets and is intended to help offset the cost of the government’s fuel measures.
For drivers, the next figure to watch is the ministry’s first daily maximum price, which will determine what stations can charge when regulation resumes Oct. 1.
