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Fuel prices in Spain: week 21 of 2009

18 May – 24 May 2009

Diesel hardly changed over the week and ended at 0.873 €. Petrol 95 rose by 2.5 cents over the week, to 1.004 €. A year earlier diesel cost 1.295 €: it is now 42.2 cents cheaper.

Diesel rose most in Melilla (+2.3 cents). Diesel fell most in Illes Balears (−1.0 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 0.783 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 18 MayMon 25 MayChangeWeek average
Diesel0.8770.873no change0.874
Petrol 950.9791.0042.5 ¢0.995
Petrol 981.0921.1182.6 ¢1.108

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

0.850.900.951.0023 Feb13 Apr25 MayPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 25 MayChange
Rose most
Melilla0.6842.3 ¢
Ceuta0.6412.1 ¢
Santa Cruz de Tenerife0.5991.0 ¢
Fell most
Illes Balears0.8671.0 ¢
Castellón0.8810.6 ¢
Almería0.8680.5 ¢
Madrid0.8870.5 ¢
Málaga0.8680.5 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 25 MayChange
Rose most
Melilla0.7393.1 ¢
Ceuta0.7122.9 ¢
Alicante1.0242.5 ¢
Illes Balears1.0042.5 ¢
Ciudad Real1.0232.5 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1090.599 27.4 ¢0.742
bonÀrea300.783 9.0 ¢0.934
Alcampo380.847 2.6 ¢0.979
Carrefour980.851 2.2 ¢0.982
Petronor1800.867 0.6 ¢0.995
Agla490.868 0.5 ¢0.995
Avia860.868 0.5 ¢0.995
Shell3040.870 median1.006
BP5220.871 median1.012
Campsa900.873 median1.005

* 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$ 58.7022.05.2009 · a week earlier: $ 56.33
Brent, € per litre0.264 €22.05.2009 · a week earlier: 0.262 €
EUR/USD1.397222.05.2009 · a week earlier: 1.3518
Spain in the EU, diesel7 / 2725.05.2009 · Spain 0.875 €, EU average 0.984 € (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.