Hydrogen refuelling stations in Spain: the real list

If you are driving a fuel-cell car into Spain, ignore the press releases and look at the price file. The Ministry for the Ecological Transition publishes every product price at every service station once a day, hydrogen has its own product code there, and the whole of Spain shows 2 service stations selling it to the public.

Precio de carburantes en las gasolineras españolas - MITECO, updated daily (datos.gob.es) Ministry price service product list, with Hidrógeno among the products

That figure, not a national ambition, is what a route plan rests on.

The hydrogen stations you can actually use

These are the sites in the ministry's file today, with the price each one reports. They sit in 2 provinces and 2 municipalities. Last snapshot: 18 Oct 2026, 20:00.

Two things stand out. The first is geography: read the list as separate errands rather than a corridor, because the gaps between the points decide whether a route works. The second is price. The cheapest and dearest kilogram right now are 9.900 €/kg and 25.000 €/kg - a gap that only appears in a market with almost no participants. Article 38 of Ley 34/1998 makes petroleum product prices free, so nothing obliges two hydrogen operators to converge.

Ley 34/1998, artículo 38: «Los precios de los productos derivados del petróleo serán libres» (BOE)

The full breakdown, including the median, is on Hydrogen, and each site with its address and opening hours is on Hydrogen.

Why other maps show many more points

Because most hydrogen installations in Spain are not forecourts anyone may use. Real Decreto 919/2006 has long treated «estaciones de servicio para vehículos a gas» as installations supplying «hidrógeno en fase gas para su utilización como carburante para vehículos a motor», but its ITC-ICG 05 splits them in two, «tanto para las de acceso libre como las de acceso restringido»: a restricted-access station is one only a limited number of trained people may use. Much of the Spanish hydrogen that exists sits behind that door: a bus depot, a port, a pilot plant. MITECO's roadmap lists examples - a 350 bar installation inside the Port of Valencia, and one in Tenerife of 25 kg a day at 350 bar.

Real Decreto 919/2006, artículos 2 y 3 e ITC-ICG 05: hidrógeno en fase gas, acceso libre y acceso restringido (BOE) MITECO, Hoja de Ruta del Hidrógeno (2020), anexo de proyectos en curso en España

Pressure is why this matters. The same roadmap puts gaseous hydrogen in vehicles at 350 or 700 bar, while stations work across a 200 to 1,000 bar range. Cars are 700 bar machines; the Spanish installations the roadmap describes dispense at 350 bar, for buses and handling equipment. Being open to the public does not tell you which pressure a site delivers: ask the operator, and take your car's figure from the manufacturer.

MITECO: «presiones dentro de los vehículos de 350 o 700 bar», hidrogeneras «desde 200 a 1.000 bares»

What is planned, and what a plan is worth

Spain does have a stated destination. The Hoja de Ruta del Hidrógeno, published by MITECO in 2020, sets out for 2030 «una red de al menos 100-150 hidrogeneras de acceso público», spread «con una distancia máxima de 250 km entre cada una de las hidrogeneras y la hidrogenera que tenga más próxima», alongside 150-200 fuel-cell buses and 5,000-7,500 fuel-cell goods vehicles.

MITECO, Hoja de Ruta del Hidrógeno: objetivos país a 2030 (movilidad)

European law adds a harder deadline. Article 6 of Regulation (EU) 2023/1804 requires that by 31 December 2030 publicly accessible stations "designed for a minimum cumulative capacity of 1 tonne per day and equipped with at least a 700 bar dispenser" sit no more than 200 km apart along the TEN-T core network, plus one in each urban node.

Regulation (EU) 2023/1804, article 6: 1 t/day, 700 bar, 200 km, one per urban node EUR-Lex summary of Regulation (EU) 2023/1804: hydrogen targets for 31 December 2030 European Commission - 200 km spacing along the TEN-T network, and urban nodes

We do not list announced hidrogeneras unless an official source says they exist and sell to the public. Openings are announced years ahead, some are cancelled, and a station outside the ministry's file is not one you can use next Tuesday.

At the pump: hidrógeno, hidrogenera and the H2 rhombus

The words on a Spanish forecourt are few. The fuel is hidrógeno, billed por kilo rather than by the litre; the station is a hidrogenera; the pump is the surtidor, and to fill up is repostar. On the surtidor, look for the shape before the words: the DGT describes «un círculo para la gasolina, un cuadrado para el gasóleo y un rombo para los combustibles gaseosos (hidrógeno, gas natural comprimido…)», and CEN-CENELEC lists H2 among the gaseous identifiers under EN 16942.

Revista Tráfico (DGT): circle, square and rhombus CEN-CENELEC - European fuel labels: CNG, H2, LNG and LPG under EN 16942

Paying is regulated rather than negotiated. Article 7 of Regulation (EU) 2023/1804 obliges operators of publicly accessible hydrogen points to allow refuelling "on an ad hoc basis" with a payment instrument widely used in the Union - a card reader or a contactless device - and to show the price per kg before the session starts. Points deployed after 13 April 2024 have complied from opening; earlier ones since 14 October 2024.

Regulation (EU) 2023/1804, article 7: ad hoc payment by card and the price per kg shown before refuelling

The hardware is standardised, though not quite as a visiting driver hopes. Real Decreto 639/2016 set the Spanish specifications - ISO 14687-2 for purity, ISO/TS 20100 for supply algorithms and equipment, ISO 17268 for vehicle connectors - transposing Directive 2014/94/EU, which Regulation (EU) 2023/1804 repealed with effect from 13 April 2024. The regulation applies directly and updates the references: EN 17127:2020 for interoperability and the fuelling algorithm, EN 17124:2022 for hydrogen quality, EN ISO 17268:2020 for connectors once certified. The connector follows a common standard; the pressure does not, and that question belongs to your manufacturer and the site's operator.

Real Decreto 639/2016, anexo II, punto 2: ISO 14687-2, ISO/TS 20100 e ISO 17268 (BOE) Regulation (EU) 2023/1804, annex II and article 25: EN 17127, EN 17124, EN ISO 17268, and the repeal of Directive 2014/94/EU

What a kilogram costs and what that means per 100 km

Hydrogen is sold by the kilogram, so the pump price looks alarming until you convert it. The national median right now is 17.450 €/kg.

To compare that with diesel, use the manufacturer's own consumption figure. Toyota España quotes 0,81 kg/100 km for the Mirai and 650 km of range, so 100 km costs roughly 0,81 times the price above. Do the sum against the two extremes on the list: the choice of station matters far more here than with petrol.

Toyota España - Mirai: 0,81 kg/100 km de consumo de hidrógeno

Planning a trip with a fuel-cell car

Three rules, in order of importance.

• Plan station to station, not region to region. A route works or it does not; there is no margin for improvisation. Check the live list on the day you travel and build the itinerary around it.
• Confirm access, pressure and hours with the operator. European law now requires a card payment option at publicly accessible points, but it will not tell you whether a site is acceso libre, what pressure it delivers, or when it opens.
• Have a fallback. If the one station on your route is closed, the nearest alternative may be several hundred kilometres away.

If hydrogen does not work for your trip, the two gaseous fuels with a real Spanish network are covered in CNG and LNG stations in Spain for trucks and camper vans and LPG in Spain is called GLP or autogas: how to find it. For the rest of what you meet on a Spanish forecourt - product names, labels and prepayment rules - see Fuel prices in Spain today and what the pump labels mean.