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Fuel prices in Spain: week 16 of 2009

13 Apr – 19 Apr 2009

Diesel hardly changed over the week and ended at 0.868 €. That is the highest diesel price since Feb 2009. Petrol 95 rose by 0.5 cents over the week, to 0.950 €. A year earlier diesel cost 1.160 €: it is now 29.2 cents cheaper.

Diesel rose most in Navarra (+0.5 cents). Diesel fell most in Ceuta (−1.1 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 0.774 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 13 AprMon 20 AprChangeWeek average
Diesel0.8670.868no change0.867
Petrol 950.9450.9500.5 ¢0.947
Petrol 981.0571.0630.6 ¢1.060

The median of all stations at 00:00 Madrid time; the week runs from Monday to Monday (the prices after Sunday).

Diesel and petrol 95 in Spain, last 12 weeks

0.850.900.9519 Jan9 Mar20 AprPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 20 AprChange
Rose most
Navarra0.8600.5 ¢
Fell most
Ceuta0.6291.1 ¢
Melilla0.6691.1 ¢
Albacete0.8880.5 ¢
Álava0.8600.5 ¢
Badajoz0.8610.5 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 20 AprChange
Rose most
Almería0.9450.6 ¢
Madrid0.9650.6 ¢
Albacete0.9680.5 ¢
Alicante0.9690.5 ¢
Álava0.9400.5 ¢
Fell most
Ceuta0.6680.9 ¢
Melilla0.6800.9 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1090.589 27.9 ¢0.692
bonÀrea300.774 9.4 ¢0.874
Alcampo380.837 3.1 ¢0.919
Avia830.860 0.8 ¢0.943
Petronor1840.860 0.8 ¢0.940
Agla470.863 0.5 ¢0.941
Campsa910.866 median0.950
Carrefour960.866 median0.949
Shell2990.866 median0.947
BP5120.868 median0.952

* Most of its stations are on the Canary Islands, in Ceuta or Melilla, where fuel taxes are lower.

Chains with at least 30 stations selling diesel; median prices at the end of the week, the difference is to the Spanish median.

Oil and the euro that week

Brent, $ per barrel$ 52.0217.04.2009 · a week earlier: $ 52.33
Brent, € per litre0.251 €17.04.2009 · a week earlier: 0.248 €
EUR/USD1.305817.04.2009 · a week earlier: 1.3273
Spain in the EU, diesel10 / 2720.04.2009 · Spain 0.869 €, EU average 0.974 € (1 = cheapest)

Brent and the euro: the last value before each Monday. Pump prices follow crude with a lag of several weeks.

Brent oil price in euros per litre → · Fuel prices in Spain and the EU →

Sources: Spanish Ministry for the Ecological Transition (MITECO), open data; U.S. EIA (Brent); European Central Bank (euro rate); European Commission, Weekly Oil Bulletin (CC BY 4.0). Medians and changes calculated by Litrigo.