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Fuel prices in Spain: week 34 of 2009

17 Aug – 23 Aug 2009

Diesel hardly changed over the week and ended at 0.969 €. Petrol 95 fell by 0.8 cents over the week, to 1.091 €. A year earlier diesel cost 1.194 €: it is now 22.5 cents cheaper.

Diesel rose most in Melilla (+2.4 cents). Diesel fell most in Ávila (−0.5 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 0.885 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 17 AugMon 24 AugChangeWeek average
Diesel0.9700.969no change0.969
Petrol 951.0991.0910.8 ¢1.096
Petrol 981.2111.2040.7 ¢1.209

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

0.901.001.1025 May13 Jul24 AugPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 24 AugChange
Rose most
Melilla0.8232.4 ¢
Ceuta0.7301.5 ¢
Santa Cruz de Tenerife0.6480.9 ¢
Fell most
Ávila0.9590.5 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 24 AugChange
Rose most
Melilla0.8323.2 ¢
Ceuta0.8161.2 ¢
Fell most
Valladolid1.0741.1 ¢
Almería1.0821.0 ¢
Asturias1.0991.0 ¢
Illes Balears1.0911.0 ¢
Bizkaia1.0711.0 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1190.648 32.1 ¢0.796
bonÀrea300.885 8.4 ¢1.006
Alcampo380.936 3.3 ¢1.061
Avia910.959 1.0 ¢1.081
Carrefour1000.959 1.0 ¢1.079
Agla500.960 0.9 ¢1.085
BP5220.969 median1.099
Cepsa6340.969 median1.091
Petronor1790.969 median1.081
Shell3030.969 median1.091

* 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$ 73.7121.08.2009 · a week earlier: $ 71.33
Brent, € per litre0.324 €21.08.2009 · a week earlier: 0.314 €
EUR/USD1.433021.08.2009 · a week earlier: 1.4294
Spain in the EU, diesel10 / 2724.08.2009 · Spain 0.969 €, EU average 1.054 € (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.