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Fuel prices in Spain: week 32 of 2009

3 Aug – 9 Aug 2009

Diesel rose by 2.9 cents over the week, to 0.974 €. That is the highest diesel price since Nov 2008. Petrol 95 rose by 2.4 cents over the week, to 1.097 €. A year earlier diesel cost 1.210 €: it is now 23.6 cents cheaper.

Diesel rose most in Burgos (+2.9 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 0.871 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 3 AugMon 10 AugChangeWeek average
Diesel0.9450.9742.9 ¢0.962
Petrol 951.0731.0972.4 ¢1.093
Petrol 981.1871.2102.3 ¢1.207

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

0.901.001.1011 May29 Jun10 AugPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 10 AugChange
Rose most
Burgos0.9692.9 ¢
Albacete0.9922.7 ¢
Alicante0.9792.7 ¢
Álava0.9642.7 ¢
Badajoz0.9652.7 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 10 AugChange
Rose most
Málaga1.0963.3 ¢
Almería1.0903.1 ¢
Burgos1.0923.1 ¢
Cádiz1.0873.1 ¢
Granada1.0903.1 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1190.639 33.5 ¢0.796
bonÀrea300.871 10.3 ¢1.006
Alcampo380.938 3.6 ¢1.066
Carrefour1000.948 2.6 ¢1.077
Agla500.958 1.6 ¢1.087
Avia910.964 1.0 ¢1.093
Shell3090.969 0.5 ¢1.097
Q8690.972 median1.109
BP5430.974 median1.101
Cepsa6480.974 median1.097

* 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$ 74.2107.08.2009 · a week earlier: $ 70.08
Brent, € per litre0.325 €07.08.2009 · a week earlier: 0.312 €
EUR/USD1.435707.08.2009 · a week earlier: 1.4138
Spain in the EU, diesel10 / 2710.08.2009 · Spain 0.970 €, EU average 1.050 € (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.