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 on 18 March 2026 and refreshed daily.

Download

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

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

Methodology

Data comes from official public sources: the ANPC Price Monitor, through the Competition Council UAT API (more than 350 localities queried by name), and the direct SOCAR feed, read from the network's website. From OSCAR we only have station locations, without prices. The pipeline runs several times a day. The daily aggregate uses only prices within the plausible range for each fuel (standard petrol 7.90–12.00 RON/L, standard diesel 8.00–13.00 RON/L, LPG 3.30–6.00 RON/L, premium petrol 8.50–12.50 RON/L, premium diesel 8.00–13.00 RON/L). The minimum and maximum additionally exclude prices the source no longer reports, prices unchanged for at least 14 days while at least 90% of the rest of the same brand's network changed its price (except the network's ceiling: a price no other station of the brand went above in those 14 days), prices below 90% of the national median, and values with no other price at another station within 0.15 RON; a day without a reliable extreme leaves that minimum or maximum empty. These rules apply from 22 September 2026; retroactive corrections are logged in the dataset CHANGELOG. 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 (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 (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.