Open dataset — Romania fuel prices

All national-aggregate data published by PretCarburant.ro is openly available, free, under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC-BY 4.0) license. The dataset covers daily aggregates (min, mean, max, station count) for standard gasoline, standard diesel and LPG, starting in 2015 and refreshed daily.

Download

The full files are in the GitHub repository. Direct links to the daily national aggregate:

• preturi_zilnice.csv — base format (CSV, UTF-8)
• preturi_zilnice.json — JSON for integration
• Zenodo snapshot — immutable DOI version for academic citation

Methodology

Data is reconciled from multiple official public sources: ANPC Price Monitor, the Competition Council UAT API (343 localities covered by name), official sites of SOCAR and OSCAR networks, complemented with data from other major networks. The pipeline runs every 2 hours. Outliers are filtered using strict bounds (gasoline 7.9–10.5 RON/L, diesel 8.0–11.5 RON/L, LPG 3.8–4.7 RON/L) and a local median filter eliminates extreme outliers. The full methodology covers multi-pass geo-matching, OUG 19/2026 validation and the corrections policy.

Sample — most recent days

Citation

For academic work, articles or journalism reusing this dataset, citation is required under CC-BY 4.0:

APA

Stoian, A.-Ș. (2026). Romania Fuel Price History — Daily National Aggregates (2015-2026) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19560194

BibTeX

@dataset{stoian_2026_pretcarburant,
  author    = {Stoian, Andrei-{\c S}erban},
  title     = {Romania Fuel Price History --- Daily National Aggregates (2015-2026)},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {Zenodo},
  doi       = {10.5281/zenodo.19560194},
  url       = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19560194}
}

Frequently asked questions

How do I cite the dataset?

Use the Zenodo DOI (10.5281/zenodo.19560194) — it is a persistent academic identifier. APA and BibTeX formats are above.

What is the license?

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY 4.0). You may copy, redistribute, modify and use the dataset commercially, on a single condition: cite the source (PretCarburant.ro / Zenodo DOI).

How often is it refreshed?

The aggregated CSV refreshes daily at 23:00 via cron. Immutable Zenodo releases ship monthly (new DOI per version). For near-real-time data, use the v1 public API.

Is per-city, per-station or per-brand data available?

The published dataset contains national daily aggregates. For finer granularity use the v1 public API (rate-limited per IP). For academic use cases at scale, write to contact@pretcarburant.ro.