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BMW X3 Petrol · 185 kW (252 hp)

Official (WLTP)L/100 km
Real worldL/100 km
+18%

Measured by the on-board fuel meters of 342 cars · 2024 data

Real-world consumption is 18% above official. 346 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 8.9 and 10.0 L/100 km. The most economical tenth stays under 8.4; the thirstiest tenth uses more than 10.7.

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€2,430€2,858+€428
Austria 1.86 €/L€2,255€2,652+€397
Belgium 1.98 €/L€2,390€2,811+€421
Bulgaria 1.65 €/L€1,994€2,345+€351
Croatia 1.80 €/L€2,180€2,564+€384
Cyprus 1.76 €/L€2,128€2,503+€375
Czechia 1.86 €/L€2,248€2,643+€396
Denmark 2.66 €/L€3,214€3,780+€566
Estonia 1.92 €/L€2,321€2,730+€409
Finland 2.32 €/L€2,804€3,298+€494
France 2.21 €/L€2,674€3,145+€471
Germany 2.21 €/L€2,677€3,148+€472
Greece 2.20 €/L€2,659€3,127+€468
Hungary 1.75 €/L€2,121€2,494+€374
Ireland 1.98 €/L€2,397€2,820+€422
Italy 2.02 €/L€2,443€2,874+€430
Latvia 1.94 €/L€2,349€2,763+€414
Lithuania 1.93 €/L€2,327€2,737+€410
Luxembourg 1.88 €/L€2,268€2,668+€400
Malta 1.34 €/L€1,620€1,905+€285
Netherlands 2.46 €/L€2,977€3,501+€524
Poland 1.57 €/L€1,898€2,233+€334
Portugal 2.11 €/L€2,551€3,000+€449
Romania 1.90 €/L€2,295€2,699+€404
Slovakia 1.85 €/L€2,232€2,625+€393
Slovenia 1.76 €/L€2,129€2,504+€375
Spain 1.79 €/L€2,164€2,545+€381
Sweden 1.69 €/L€2,046€2,406+€360

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 X3 engines

Similar cars from other models

Same powertrain, similar power and weight.

By country

CountrycarsReal world
Germany1879.4−1%
Poland679.7+2%

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
20225228.19.7+19%
20235058.19.6+19%
20243428.19.5+18%

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

About this data

Cars in the data342 (2024)
Names in the registration dataX3 XDRIVE30I
Registration years2021, 2022
Engine size1,998 cm³
Average mass in running order1,830 kg
Average distance on the meter49,209 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.