The nearest autogas pump to Málaga airport is 1.6 kilometres from the terminal in a straight line, open 24 hours, so a car running on LPG can land and fill up before it reaches the city. Drive inland and the picture falls apart. Only 34 of the province’s 310 filling stations sell liquefied petroleum gas, they cover 12 municipalities out of 103, and the nearest pump to Ronda is 33 kilometres away.
Where can you refuel LPG in Málaga province? At 34 stations across 12 municipalities: 10 in the city of Málaga, 3 each in Estepona, Fuengirola, Marbella, Mijas, Torremolinos and Vélez-Málaga, 2 in Antequera and 1 each in Benalmádena, Casares, Fuente de Piedra and Pizarra. Nineteen open around the clock.
That pattern has a shape worth memorising before planning any route: autogas here follows the coast and the motorways. The 34 pumps line up along the A-7 and the A-45, and the interior shows up only at Antequera, Fuente de Piedra and Pizarra. All 34 are open to the general public, with no membership card or fleet restriction, and on 6 September 2026 a litre ran from 0.879 to 1.169 euros.
How far the nearest pump is from where you are going
Distances decide this, not the total. These are straight-line distances from places a visitor actually drives to, worked out from the coordinates in the Ministry’s own daily fuel file, and mountain roads make the real figure considerably longer.
| Destination | Straight-line distance | Nearest pump |
|---|---|---|
| Fuente de Piedra | 0.7 kilometres | Agla, Fuente de Piedra |
| Málaga airport | 1.6 kilometres | Coloso, Málaga |
| El Torcal de Antequera | 8.8 kilometres | Repsol, Antequera |
| Archidona | 12.3 kilometres | Shell, Antequera |
| Cómpeta | 13.8 kilometres | Distreax-22, Vélez-Málaga |
| Nerja | 18.4 kilometres | Repsol, Vélez-Málaga |
| El Chorro and the Caminito del Rey | 18.8 kilometres | Agla, Pizarra |
| Ronda | 33.1 kilometres | Repsol, Estepona |
Leaving the airport, that first pump sits on the Coín road, on the city side of the MA-21, so it costs no detour on the way into Málaga; the routes in and out of the terminal are set out in airport to the city centre. For anyone who decides the mountain legs are not worth the tank, a single EMT bus ride in the city costs 1.40 euros and a ten-journey card 5 euros.
The rule that follows is simple. Coastal days and anything along the A-92 are fine; mountain days start with a full tank. Anyone heading for Ronda or the Sierra de las Nieves fills up before the climb, and the Caminito del Rey has Pizarra conveniently on the way.
Where the 34 pumps are
Ten of the 34 sit inside the city of Málaga, which is more than the whole of the western Costa del Sol put together. The rest cluster in six coastal towns with three each, and the interior contributes four pumps in total.
| Municipality | Pumps | Which brands |
|---|---|---|
| Málaga | 10 pumps | Repsol, BP, Cepsa, Coloso, Vladoil |
| Vélez-Málaga | 3 pumps | Repsol, Distreax-22, Fejama 2022 |
| Torremolinos | 3 pumps | Repsol, Coloso, Shell |
| Mijas | 3 pumps | BP, Galp |
| Marbella | 3 pumps | Repsol, Galp |
| Fuengirola | 3 pumps | Repsol, BP, MLC |
| Estepona | 3 pumps | Repsol, Shell |
| Antequera | 2 pumps | Repsol, Shell |
| Pizarra | 1 pump | Agla |
| Fuente de Piedra | 1 pump | Agla |
| Casares | 1 pump | E.S. Secadero |
| Benalmádena | 1 pump | Shell |
Repsol runs 13 of the 34 and Shell another 4, so those two brands cover half the network between them. The remaining 17 are split among BP, Galp, Coloso, Agla, Cepsa and four independents.
Which ones never close
Nineteen of the 34 open every day, 24 hours a day, and that group covers 8 of the 10 city pumps, both Repsol sites in Marbella, both BP sites in Mijas, two of the three in Torremolinos, Pizarra and the Calle El Efebo station in Antequera.
Outside the Málaga-Marbella axis only 2 keep permanent hours: Vélez-Málaga on Avenida de Andalucía and Fuengirola on the N-340. No booking or notice is needed at any of the 34, since all of them sell to the general public over the counter, so the only variable in a day is opening time.
The exception worth noting is the only station in the province with shortened Sunday hours. Distreax-22, on Calle Ignacio Zuloaga in Vélez-Málaga, runs 06:30 to 22:00 Monday to Friday, 07:00 to 21:00 on Saturday and 09:00 to 18:00 on Sunday. In the Axarquía that matters, because it is one of only three options in the whole comarca.
What a litre cost on 6 September 2026
Prices here expire by design, because the Ministry file refreshes daily and each station sets its own. What can be published with a date attached is the snapshot: a litre of LPG ran from 0.879 euros to 1.169 euros, with the median at 1.098.
The spread is the durable part of that, and it comes to nearly 29 cents between cheapest and dearest. One example on a single avenue makes the point.
| Station | Address | Price that day |
|---|---|---|
| Repsol | A-45 km 141, Málaga | 1.169 euros |
| Repsol | Avenida Manuel Fraga Iribarne 9, Torremolinos | 1.098 euros |
| Coloso | Avenida Manuel Fraga Iribarne 17, Torremolinos | 0.889 euros |
| Coloso | Carretera de Coín km 54, Málaga | 0.879 euros |
Two pumps on the same Torremolinos avenue, 8 door numbers apart, differ by 0.209 euros a litre. On a 40-litre tank that is more than 8 euros a fill, which is worth the thirty seconds it takes to check.
What else fits in the tank
Alternative fuels other than autogas are barely served in Málaga province, which is worth knowing before shipping a car south. Compressed natural gas exists at exactly one site: the Naturgy station in the Parque Empresarial Este in Antequera, open 24 hours, priced at 1.739 euros that day.
Liquefied natural gas is available at 2 stations and hydrogen at none of the 310 in the file. For comparison, 304 of the 310 sell 95 petrol and 307 sell diesel, so a conventional car is never more than a few minutes from a pump anywhere in the province.
Why none of this applies to a hire car
Rental fleets on the Costa del Sol run on petrol and diesel, so a driver picking up a car at the airport will not meet an LPG pump at all. This map is for people bringing their own converted vehicle down, or living here.
For a hire car the binding constraint is a different one entirely: the emissions sticker and the low emission zone, whose third phase is set for 30 November 2026. That is covered in hiring a car in Málaga and in the low emission zone, and how to manage without a car at all is in getting around Málaga.
Two practical notes for anyone driving down from northern Europe. Because all 34 pumps sell to the general public, there is no card, club or fleet account to arrange before arriving. And tap water is drinkable across the province, so the only thing worth stocking before a mountain leg is the tank itself; meals, on the other hand, run on Spanish hours, set out in Málaga meal times.
An electric car meets a far denser map than a converted one. Type 2 covers 275 of the 385 sockets in the city and CCS another 77, with the speed and opening hours broken down in charging an electric car in Málaga.
On petrol or diesel the map is a different one and so is the question, since 304 forecourts sell it and price is what decides: 25.05 euros a tank separate the cheapest station in the province from the dearest.
Frequently asked questions about LPG in Málaga
Can you refuel LPG near Málaga airport?
Yes. The closest autogas pump is the Coloso station on the Coín road, 1.6 kilometres from the airport in a straight line, and it is open 24 hours a day. Eight more of the ten pumps inside the city boundary also run around the clock.
How many LPG stations are there in Málaga province?
Thirty-four out of 310 filling stations, which is a little over one in ten. They sit in 12 municipalities of the 103 in the province, with 10 in the city of Málaga and three each in Estepona, Fuengirola, Marbella, Mijas, Torremolinos and Vélez-Málaga.
Is there LPG in Ronda or the Serranía?
No. Not one municipality in the Serranía has an autogas pump, and the nearest to Ronda is in Estepona, some 33 kilometres away in a straight line and considerably more on mountain roads. Fill up on the coast before heading up.
Do hire cars in Málaga run on LPG?
Effectively no. Costa del Sol rental fleets run on petrol and diesel, so this map matters to drivers bringing their own converted car. For a hire car the binding constraint is the emissions sticker and the low emission zone, not the fuel.
Can you refuel hydrogen or CNG in Málaga province?
Hydrogen, nowhere: not one of the 310 stations sells it. Compressed natural gas is available at a single site, the Naturgy station in the Parque Empresarial Este in Antequera, open 24 hours, and liquefied natural gas at two.
Before you set off
Autogas covers the coast from Estepona to Vélez-Málaga and skips 91 municipalities. Leave the coast with a full tank and every mountain day works.