Petrol stations in Montenegro: prices and when to fill up

In autumn 2026 petrol costs about €1.75 a litre and diesel €1.90–1.95. A 50-litre tank comes to €85–100. The state sets the price once a week, and it is the same at every station.

Beyond that, petrol stations are one of the rare topics in Montenegro where everything is simple. The chains are European, the pumps are familiar and the language barrier is zero: the numbers on the board read the same in any language.

There are exactly two things worth knowing in advance: where stations are scarce, and why the tank has to come back full.

What a litre costs

In autumn 2026 petrol costs about €1.75 a litre and diesel €1.90–1.95: diesel is the dearer of the two here. The state sets the price once a week and every station charges the same, so there is no point shopping around.

A 50-litre tank comes to €85–100. A week of driving around the country with a few mountain trips takes one to one and a half tanks.

How to pay

Cards work almost everywhere: Visa and MasterCard go through without questions. Cash is useful at small stations inland, though even there a terminal is usual.

At some stations an attendant serves you: they hold the nozzle and take payment. That is not a scam or a paid extra — it is simply how it is done.

Where to fill up in advance

Along the coast there is a station every few kilometres — dozens between Herceg Novi and Bar. You will never have a problem.

In the mountains and the north there are noticeably fewer, and they do not all open around the clock. Fill up before heading:

• north — to the Tara canyon, Žabljak and Durmitor;
• up to Lovćen and Njeguši if you go via Cetinje;
• around Lake Skadar — the road runs empty in places.

The rule is simple: if the navigation shows more than an hour of mountain road, filling up beforehand costs less than the worry halfway.

Full tank out, full tank back

This is the standard condition at nearly every rental company in the country: the car comes with a full tank and is expected back full.

What that means in practice:

• Fill up on the way to the airport, not the day before you hand it over. There are stations near the Tivat and Podgorica terminals.
• Keep the receipt — you are sometimes asked to show it at return.
• Hand the car back short and the difference is charged at the company’s own rate, which is always higher than the pump.

Check the terms for the particular car before you book — they are on the car rental page.

Electric cars

Chargers exist but the network is still thin and concentrated on the coast and in Podgorica. That is enough for a coastal route; for the north, plan ahead and do not count on a charger in a mountain village.

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Prices checked in September 2026; they are revised weekly. More about the roads: driving rules and parking. Where to drive: Montenegro by car in 5 days.