Fuel, gas stations, and energy prices

Google Places fuelOptions for gas stations.

Google Places can expose gas station fuelOptions, last-known fuelPrices, update time, opening hours, EV charge options, reviews, ratings, photos, phone, website, and operational status. Licensing and field-mask pricing are critical.

Commercial Google Places API with field-mask controlled place details and fuelOptions/fuelPrices where available Paid/commercial API; limited free credits may apply by account On demand; weekly for key station enrichment; open-now on user request Open source

Runtime role

Catalog only

Access class

Commercial

Access type

Google Places API with field-mask controlled place details and fuelOptions/fuelPrices where available

Free status

Paid/commercial API; limited free credits may apply by account

Cadence

On demand; weekly for key station enrichment; open-now on user request

Last verified

2026-05-11

Access class note

Usually needs payment, partner approval, or a commercial agreement before production use.

Used in layers

page reference only

Useful fields

station/place name, Google place ID, address, lat/lon, brand/operator where available, opening hours, business status, fuelOptions/fuelPrices where available, fuel price update time, EV charge options, reviews, ratings, photos, phone, website, source ID

Reliability rating

Medium-high for discovery and context; operational reliability depends on endpoint stability.

Runtime truth

Runtime role

Catalog only

Production ready

Not yet

Entity scope

No runtime entity scope yet.

Observation scope

No live observation ingestion yet.

Decision scope

Not wired into active decisions yet.

Runtime note

Profiled in the atlas and public pages, but not yet connected to live graph computation.

How this helps travel recommendations

Adds commercial POI enrichment for station discovery, hours, amenity context, user-facing price hints, and EV or fuel-option context. Join it to DOEB, EPPO, or operator feeds instead of treating Google as the legal source of truth.

Endpoint and API notes

Open the source endpoint or documentation. Return to the Thailand data atlas.

Developer reference

Best endpoint

Use Google Places Details with a tight field mask for fuelOptions, fuelPrices, update time, opening hours, EV charge options, phone, website, photos, reviews, and ratings. Join DOEB separately for license number, registration number, licensee, and legal station status.

Recommended refresh

Refresh weekly and record the publication date separately from fetch time.

Travel scoring role

Comparable / backup source

EPPO, PTT OR SOAP, Bangchak, Caltex, Shell, DOEB, Fuel Now, PTT NGV, OSM/Overpass, Google Places fuelOptions, NOSTRA, Foursquare, brand locators, and commercial HERE/TomTom-style fuel APIs after coverage/licensing checks.

Example request

# Verify the documented fuel endpoint before production use.
curl -L "https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/places/web-service/reference/rest/v1/places" -H "Accept: application/json"

Failure modes

There is no single all-station all-price Thailand fuel API.
EPPO and brand prices are often Bangkok/vicinity or brand-level reference prices, not guaranteed per-station prices.
Fuel Now is availability/status, not price.
DOEB is a legal registry, not opening hours or live inventory.
LPG, NGV, petrol/diesel, aviation fuel, and EV charging use different units and source systems.
Google/NOSTRA/Foursquare/HERE/TomTom data can have strict commercial licensing limits.
OSM station data is free but incomplete and not authoritative for price or active status.
Dashboard markup or public-page layout can change without notice.
Free registration, keys, or rate limits can interrupt automated refresh.

Last checked and source confidence

Last checked: 2026-05-11.

Source confidence: Treat this profile as strongest for the exact role named above. It is weaker when the source is stretched into live availability, legal proof, or traveler-fit decisions it does not directly prove.