Diesel records a reduction of 5.5 cents per litre, while butane gas drops 15.2 cents per kilo.

The Azorean executive justifies the adjustment in the maximum retail price with the “recent variations in the international market for reference prices of petroleum and energy products”.

As of May 1st, the price of diesel in the Azores will cost 1.434 euros per litre, 5.5 cents less than the previous month.

In April, the price of diesel had already fallen by 1.7 cents per litre, after rising by 10.2 cents since December.

The price of petrol remains at €1.580 per litre for the third consecutive month, after rising 6.6 cents per litre since December.

The price of coloured diesel for agriculture and fishing, defined in another order, also drops by 5.5 cents per litre in May.

The price of butane gas, which began to be updated monthly in January with a new calculation formula, fell by 15.2 cents per kilo in May.