# EU Fuel Prices per Station – Italy, France, Spain (`mattbonfanti/eu-fuel-prices`) Actor

Fuel prices for every petrol station in Italy, France and Spain from official government open data. Filter by city, province, postcode, radius, brand and fuel; sort by cheapest. Normalized fuel types.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/mattbonfanti/eu-fuel-prices.md
- **Developed by:** [Matteo Bonfanti](https://apify.com/mattbonfanti) (community)
- **Categories:** Travel, Business, Automation
- **Security:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$0.50 / 1,000 fuel stations

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## EU Fuel Prices per Station – Italy, France, Spain (official data)

Get **current fuel prices for every petrol station** in **Italy (~23,900 stations)**, **France (~9,800)** and **Spain (~11,400)** in one clean, normalized dataset. Data comes straight from the **official government open-data feeds** – no scraping of price-comparison apps, no proxies, no browser – so runs are fast (≈ 10–40 s), cheap and reliable.

Ideal for fleet managers, logistics & delivery companies, route planners, mobility apps, price-intelligence analysts, journalists and researchers.

### Why this Actor

- 🇮🇹🇫🇷🇪🇸 **Three countries, one schema.** Fuel names are normalized (`gasoline95`, `diesel`, `lpg`, `cng`, `lng`, `e85`, `hvo`, premium variants…) while keeping the original name.
- 📍 **Filter** by city, province/department, postcode prefix, **radius around a point**, brand, fuel type, price freshness.
- 💶 **Sort by cheapest** gasoline / diesel / LPG / CNG, or by distance.
- 📊 Spreadsheet-friendly **flat columns** (`price_diesel`, `price_gasoline95`, …) plus the full price list per station (self-service vs served in Italy, update timestamps).
- 🛡️ Robust to source format changes (e.g. the Italian CSV separator change of Feb 2026 and names containing separators) with retries and a daily health check.

### Input example

```json
{
  "countries": ["IT"],
  "latitude": "45.4642",
  "longitude": "9.19",
  "radiusKm": 5,
  "fuelTypes": ["diesel"],
  "selfServiceOnly": true,
  "maxPriceAgeDays": 7,
  "sortBy": "diesel",
  "maxResults": 50
}
```

Other examples: `{"countries":["FR"],"provinces":["75"],"sortBy":"gasoline95"}` · `{"countries":["ES"],"cities":["Madrid"],"brands":["repsol"]}` · `{"countries":["IT","FR","ES"],"maxResults":100000}` (full dump).

### Output example (one item = one station)

```json
{
  "country": "IT",
  "stationId": "IT-47183",
  "sourceId": "47183",
  "name": "8212",
  "brand": "Tamoil",
  "stationType": "Stradale",
  "address": "ROMAGNA 0 20133",
  "city": "MILANO",
  "province": "MI",
  "region": null,
  "postalCode": "20133",
  "latitude": 45.47795827726888,
  "longitude": 9.223964594897586,
  "prices": [
    {
      "fuel": "Benzina",
      "fuelType": "gasoline95",
      "price": 2.099,
      "currency": "EUR",
      "unit": "l",
      "service": "self",
      "updatedAt": "2026-10-24T12:49:10"
    },
    {
      "fuel": "Gasolio",
      "fuelType": "diesel",
      "price": 2.129,
      "currency": "EUR",
      "unit": "l",
      "service": "self",
      "updatedAt": "2026-10-24T21:39:53"
    }
  ],
  "dataDate": "2026-10-26",
  "source": "MIMIT - Osservatorio prezzi carburanti (prices in force at 8:00 of the previous day)",
  "license": "IODL 2.0",
  "distanceKm": 3.06,
  "price_gasoline95": 2.099,
  "price_gasolinePremium": null,
  "price_diesel": 2.129,
  "price_dieselPremium": null,
  "price_lpg": null,
  "price_cng": null,
  "price_e85": null,
  "price_hvo": null,
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-27T20:35:49.342Z"
}
```

### Data sources, freshness & licences

| Country | Source | Update frequency | Licence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | MIMIT – Osservatorio prezzi carburanti (open data CSV) | daily, prices in force at 08:00 of the previous day | IODL 2.0 |
| France | prix-carburants.gouv.fr via data.economie.gouv.fr | ~10 minutes | Licence Ouverte 2.0 |
| Spain | MITECO Geoportal de gasolineras (REST) | ~every 30 minutes | Reuse under Ley 37/2007 (cite source & update date) |

Every item carries `source`, `license` and `dataDate` so you can attribute correctly. Prices are those reported by station operators to the authorities; always double-check on site. This Actor is not affiliated with or endorsed by any of these administrations.

### Notes

- France does not publish station names or brands – only address, services, opening hours and stock-outs (`outOfStock`).
- Implausible prices (e.g. 1.000 or 9.999 placeholders, >35% away from the national median for that fuel) are dropped by default; set `excludeOutliers: false` to get raw values.
- Italian data is served from a cache refreshed twice a day from MIMIT (the source publishes once a day).
- When `sortBy` is a fuel, stations without that fuel are dropped.
- Italy: the operator (company) name is off by default because small operators may be sole traders; enable `includeOperatorName` if you need it.
- Each station returned is one billable result. Use filters and `maxResults` to control cost.

### Scheduling

Schedule it daily (Italy) or hourly (France/Spain) and connect the dataset to Google Sheets, Make, Zapier, n8n or a webhook to build price alerts and dashboards.

### Issues

Found a problem? Open an issue in the Issues tab – sources are health-checked daily.

# Actor input Schema

## `countries` (type: `array`):

IT = Italy (MIMIT, daily), FR = France (real-time ~10 min), ES = Spain (MITECO, ~every 30 min).

## `cities` (type: `array`):

Exact city/municipality names, case- and accent-insensitive, e.g. Milano, Paris, Madrid.

## `provinces` (type: `array`):

Italy: province code (MI, RM, TO). France: department code (75, 13, 2A) or name. Spain: province name (MADRID, BARCELONA).

## `postalCodePrefixes` (type: `array`):

e.g. 201 (Milan area), 75 (Paris), 28 (Madrid). Italian postcodes are parsed from the address and may be missing for some stations.

## `latitude` (type: `string`):

Center latitude, e.g. 45.4642. Use with longitude and radius.

## `longitude` (type: `string`):

Center longitude, e.g. 9.19.

## `radiusKm` (type: `integer`):

Only stations within this distance of the center.

## `fuelTypes` (type: `array`):

Keep only stations selling at least one of these (normalized across countries).

## `brands` (type: `array`):

e.g. Eni, Q8, Repsol, Cepsa. Italy and Spain only (France publishes no brand).

## `selfServiceOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Drop 'served' prices (Italy publishes both).

## `maxPriceAgeDays` (type: `integer`):

Drop prices not updated within N days (stale reports).

## `sortBy` (type: `string`):

Cheapest first for a fuel type, or nearest first (radius search).

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of stations to output (each station = 1 result).

## `includeOperatorName` (type: `boolean`):

Italian registry lists the station operator; small operators may be sole traders (personal names), so this is off by default.

## `excludeOutliers` (type: `boolean`):

Drop prices that differ more than 35% from the national median for that fuel (typically placeholder values such as 1.000 or 9.999 reported by operators).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "countries": [
    "IT"
  ],
  "selfServiceOnly": false,
  "sortBy": "none",
  "maxResults": 1000,
  "includeOperatorName": false,
  "excludeOutliers": true
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

One item per petrol station and fuel with price, location, brand and update time.

## `summary` (type: `string`):

RUN_SUMMARY record with counts and finish time of the run.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "countries": [
        "IT"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("mattbonfanti/eu-fuel-prices").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "countries": ["IT"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("mattbonfanti/eu-fuel-prices").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "countries": [
    "IT"
  ]
}' |
apify call mattbonfanti/eu-fuel-prices --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,mattbonfanti/eu-fuel-prices"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/hO7b908AAxy4BSDaY/builds/kPtcH0mqRMTjuWxKL/openapi.json