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BMW 1 Series Petrol · 80 kW (109 hp)

Official (WLTP)L/100 km
Real worldL/100 km
+22%

Measured by the on-board fuel meters of 6,760 cars · 2024 data

Real-world consumption is 22% above official. 472 of the other 618 petrol cars in the data come closer to their official figure.

How much drivers actually use

Half of the cars use between 6.6 and 7.7 L/100 km. The most economical tenth stays under 6.3; the thirstiest tenth uses more than 8.3.

Each bar is a 0.5 L range; its height and the figure above it show what share of cars fall in that range.

L/100 km · Each car’s lifetime average from its fuel meter. Cars with less than 1,000 km are left out.

Is my consumption normal?

L/100 km

Trip computers are often a few percent optimistic. Short trips, winter, motorways and towing raise consumption.

What it costs to fuel

CountryAt officialAt realDifference
EU weighted average 2.01 €/L€1,764€2,147+€383
Austria 1.86 €/L€1,637€1,992+€355
Belgium 1.98 €/L€1,735€2,111+€377
Bulgaria 1.65 €/L€1,447€1,761+€314
Croatia 1.80 €/L€1,582€1,926+€343
Cyprus 1.76 €/L€1,544€1,880+€335
Czechia 1.86 €/L€1,631€1,985+€354
Denmark 2.66 €/L€2,332€2,839+€506
Estonia 1.92 €/L€1,685€2,051+€366
Finland 2.32 €/L€2,035€2,477+€442
France 2.21 €/L€1,941€2,362+€421
Germany 2.21 €/L€1,943€2,365+€422
Greece 2.20 €/L€1,930€2,349+€419
Hungary 1.75 €/L€1,539€1,873+€334
Ireland 1.98 €/L€1,740€2,118+€378
Italy 2.02 €/L€1,773€2,158+€385
Latvia 1.94 €/L€1,705€2,075+€370
Lithuania 1.93 €/L€1,689€2,056+€367
Luxembourg 1.88 €/L€1,646€2,004+€357
Malta 1.34 €/L€1,176€1,431+€255
Netherlands 2.46 €/L€2,160€2,629+€469
Poland 1.57 €/L€1,378€1,677+€299
Portugal 2.11 €/L€1,852€2,253+€402
Romania 1.90 €/L€1,665€2,027+€362
Slovakia 1.85 €/L€1,620€1,972+€352
Slovenia 1.76 €/L€1,545€1,881+€335
Spain 1.79 €/L€1,571€1,912+€341
Sweden 1.69 €/L€1,485€1,807+€322

Fuel prices including taxes from the European Commission Weekly Oil Bulletin of 12 October 2026. Cost = consumption × price × distance. The default distance is an example; change it to yours.

Other BMW 1 Series engines

EnginecarsOfficial (WLTP)Real worldGap
Petrol · 100 kW (136 hp)24,6705.87.2+24%
Petrol · 80 kW (109 hp)6,7605.97.1+22%
Petrol · 131 kW (178 hp)4,9076.37.6+22%
Petrol · 225 kW (306 hp)2,9397.59.8+30%
Petrol · 195 kW (265 hp)2,2267.18.8+24%
Petrol · 221 kW (300 hp)2507.89.9+26%
Diesel · 85 kW (116 hp)15,1974.75.5+19%
Diesel · 110 kW (150 hp)14,5115.06.1+22%
Diesel · 140 kW (190 hp)3,7605.36.3+20%
Hybrid · 115 kW (156 hp)1,3395.57.1+29%
Diesel hybrid · 110 kW (150 hp)6164.45.7+30%

Similar cars from other models

Same powertrain, similar power and weight.

By country

CountrycarsReal world
Germany2,0507.0−1%
Belgium1,5977.0−1%
France1,2907.2+1%
Italy5227.2+1%
Greece5107.4+4%
Portugal3097.1−1%
Netherlands1487.0−2%
Austria1397.0−2%
Poland657.4+4%

Countries with at least 50 cars of this engine. Differences reflect climate, roads and driving habits as well as the car.

By reporting year

carsOfficial (WLTP)Real worldGap
20212865.97.4+25%
20222,1725.97.3+24%
20233,7395.97.2+22%
20246,7605.97.1+22%

The same cars are reported again each year with their lifetime totals, so years are not added together.

About this data

Cars in the data6,760 (2024)
Names in the registration data116I, 116I 5-TU?RER F40 B38, 116I 5-TURER F40 B38, 116, 118I, 116I BMW
Registration years2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Engine size1,499 cm³
Average mass in running order1,406 kg
Average distance on the meter26,854 km

Hybrid includes mild hybrids (48 V) as registered by the manufacturer.

Source: European Environment Agency, real-world CO₂ emissions from cars, 2024 data (CC BY 4.0), based on on-board fuel consumption meters (Regulation (EU) 2019/631, Article 12). Grouping by model and engine, averages and percentiles by RealFuelConsumption. Not affiliated with the EEA or the manufacturer.