Hour by hour: see how diesel prices in France have fallen in the last week
Interactive graph to show how prices fall at thousands of stations from Thursday's peak of €2.398 per litre
Diesel prices reached a record high on Thursday
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Diesel prices have slightly decreased following a peak of €2.398 per litre on Thursday morning.
Prices were initially expected to drop by up to 10c per litre at larger service stations at the start of the weekend, said government ministers, affecting both petrol and diesel (gazole) prices.
Smaller stations were expected to see prices begin to drop over the weekend or the start of next week.
However, diesel prices have dropped by less than 10c since Thursday's peak, and petrol prices have remained stagnant at around €2.00 - €2.10 per litre.
There is hope that prices will fall further as the week progresses, with prices diesel prices dropping around 2c per litre since the start of the week.
The graphic below shows real-time information on average diesel prices in France.
It takes government information from the prix-carburants.gouv.fr fuel comparison website, assessing prices at more than 9,000 service stations to calculate national averages.
It is updated hourly – you can hover your computer mouse over the graph to see price changes.
A graph for average petrol prices is not available, however these are expected to drop back below €2 per litre today.
