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Fuel prices in Spain: week 31 of 2009

27 Jul – 2 Aug 2009

Diesel rose by 1.6 cents over the week, to 0.945 €. Petrol 95 rose by 2.9 cents over the week, to 1.073 €. A year earlier diesel cost 1.261 €: it is now 31.6 cents cheaper.

Diesel rose most in Las Palmas (+2.0 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 0.871 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 27 JulMon 3 AugChangeWeek average
Diesel0.9290.9451.6 ¢0.940
Petrol 951.0441.0732.9 ¢1.060
Petrol 981.1581.1872.9 ¢1.173

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

0.901.001.104 May22 Jun3 AugPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 3 AugChange
Rose most
Las Palmas0.6262.0 ¢
Cáceres0.9421.8 ¢
Burgos0.9401.6 ¢
Ciudad Real0.9651.6 ¢
Cádiz0.9371.6 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 3 AugChange
Rose most
Albacete1.0943.5 ¢
Álava1.0663.5 ¢
Asturias1.0943.5 ¢
Bizkaia1.0663.5 ¢
A Coruña1.0943.5 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1180.632 31.3 ¢0.778
bonÀrea300.871 7.4 ¢1.005
Alcampo380.914 3.1 ¢1.036
Carrefour1000.921 2.4 ¢1.048
Avia920.937 0.8 ¢1.061
Agla490.938 0.7 ¢1.058
Petronor1780.942 median1.076
Shell3050.943 median1.067
BP5400.944 median1.068
Cepsa6400.947 median1.066

* 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$ 70.0831.07.2009 · a week earlier: $ 68.82
Brent, € per litre0.312 €31.07.2009 · a week earlier: 0.304 €
EUR/USD1.413831.07.2009 · a week earlier: 1.4227
Spain in the EU, diesel9 / 2703.08.2009 · Spain 0.945 €, EU average 1.039 € (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.