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Fuel prices in Spain: week 20 of 2009

11 May – 17 May 2009

Diesel rose by 1.1 cents over the week, to 0.877 €. Petrol 95 rose by 1.1 cents over the week, to 0.979 €. That is the highest petrol 95 price since Nov 2008. A year earlier diesel cost 1.259 €: it is now 38.2 cents cheaper.

Diesel rose most in Las Palmas (+1.8 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 0.787 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 11 MayMon 18 MayChangeWeek average
Diesel0.8660.8771.1 ¢0.876
Petrol 950.9680.9791.1 ¢0.975
Petrol 981.0791.0921.3 ¢1.087

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

0.850.900.9516 Feb6 Apr18 MayPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 18 MayChange
Rose most
Las Palmas0.6001.8 ¢
Illes Balears0.8771.5 ¢
Almería0.8731.1 ¢
Castellón0.8871.1 ¢
Madrid0.8921.0 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 18 MayChange
Rose most
Las Palmas0.7282.0 ¢
Albacete1.0031.6 ¢
Álava0.9751.6 ¢
Badajoz0.9761.6 ¢
Bizkaia0.9751.6 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1080.601 27.6 ¢0.728
bonÀrea300.787 9.0 ¢0.910
Alcampo380.848 2.9 ¢0.956
Carrefour970.856 2.1 ¢0.966
Petronor1830.867 1.0 ¢0.975
Agla500.868 0.9 ¢0.970
Avia850.872 0.5 ¢0.975
Repsol2,4730.877 median0.985
Campsa910.878 median0.983
Shell3040.878 median0.975

* 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$ 56.3315.05.2009 · a week earlier: $ 56.02
Brent, € per litre0.262 €15.05.2009 · a week earlier: 0.262 €
EUR/USD1.351815.05.2009 · a week earlier: 1.3425
Spain in the EU, diesel7 / 2718.05.2009 · Spain 0.877 €, EU average 0.986 € (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.