posto de baixo custo
Published 8 November 2026, 19:36
posto de baixo custo — low-cost filling station
A filling station with no shop, no coffee and no attendant: just a pump and a payment machine. These are usually pumps at supermarkets (Intermarché, Continente, Auchan, Pingo Doce) and small self-service chains. A litre there costs 10–20 cents less than at a branded station, and the same amount again less than on the motorway. The fuel meets the same standard; what sets the branded chains apart is the additive package they put in theirs.
Where you come across it. Conversations about where it is cheapest to fill up; a station type on the government price comparison site.
An unmanned pump places a hold on your card for more than you actually buy and does not release it straight away — an unpleasant surprise if your account is nearly empty.
Official website: precoscombustiveis.dgeg.gov.pt