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Fuel prices in Spain: week 41 of 2009

5 Oct – 11 Oct 2009

Diesel rose by 1.1 cents over the week, to 0.934 €. Petrol 95 rose by 1.0 cents over the week, to 1.035 €. A year earlier diesel cost 1.126 €: it is now 19.2 cents cheaper.

Diesel rose most in Bizkaia (+1.6 cents). Diesel fell most in Melilla (−1.1 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 0.845 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 5 OctMon 12 OctChangeWeek average
Diesel0.9230.9341.1 ¢0.930
Petrol 951.0251.0351.0 ¢1.032
Petrol 981.1391.1491.0 ¢1.145

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

0.900.951.001.051.1013 Jul31 Aug12 OctPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 12 OctChange
Rose most
Bizkaia0.9331.6 ¢
Gipuzkoa0.9331.6 ¢
Palencia0.9331.6 ¢
La Rioja0.9331.6 ¢
Salamanca0.9281.6 ¢
Fell most
Melilla0.7811.1 ¢
Ceuta0.7971.0 ¢
Las Palmas0.6180.5 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 12 OctChange
Rose most
Bizkaia1.0301.6 ¢
Cáceres1.0311.6 ¢
Gipuzkoa1.0301.6 ¢
Granada1.0311.6 ¢
Lugo1.0581.6 ¢
Fell most
Melilla0.7682.1 ¢
Ceuta0.8552.0 ¢
Las Palmas0.7571.1 ¢
Santa Cruz de Tenerife0.7510.7 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1180.618 31.6 ¢0.751
bonÀrea310.845 8.9 ¢0.953
Alcampo370.904 3.0 ¢1.012
Carrefour1000.905 2.9 ¢1.006
Agla510.924 1.0 ¢1.025
Avia930.927 0.7 ¢1.024
Cepsa6500.933 median1.033
Petronor1830.933 median1.030
Shell3080.933 median1.034
Campsa940.934 median1.031

* 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$ 69.4509.10.2009 · a week earlier: $ 66.50
Brent, € per litre0.296 €09.10.2009 · a week earlier: 0.288 €
EUR/USD1.475009.10.2009 · a week earlier: 1.4537
Spain in the EU, diesel8 / 2712.10.2009 · Spain 0.935 €, EU average 1.014 € (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.