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Fuel prices in Spain: week 43 of 2009

19 Oct – 25 Oct 2009

Diesel rose by 1.2 cents over the week, to 0.969 €. That is the highest diesel price since Aug 2009. Petrol 95 rose by 1.4 cents over the week, to 1.067 €. A year earlier diesel cost 1.049 €: it is now 8.0 cents cheaper.

Diesel rose most in Cádiz (+1.6 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 0.892 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 19 OctMon 26 OctChangeWeek average
Diesel0.9570.9691.2 ¢0.965
Petrol 951.0531.0671.4 ¢1.062
Petrol 981.1671.1801.3 ¢1.176

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

0.951.001.051.1027 Jul14 Sep26 OctPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 26 OctChange
Rose most
Cádiz0.9621.6 ¢
Navarra0.9591.5 ¢
Tarragona0.9891.4 ¢
Lleida0.9791.3 ¢
Cuenca0.9911.2 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 26 OctChange
Rose most
Cádiz1.0581.6 ¢
Toledo1.0851.4 ¢
Almería1.0591.3 ¢
Madrid1.0781.3 ¢
Albacete1.0851.2 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1190.643 32.6 ¢0.772
bonÀrea310.892 7.7 ¢0.993
Alcampo380.944 2.5 ¢1.039
Carrefour1000.952 1.7 ¢1.048
Agla520.962 0.7 ¢1.056
Avia930.963 0.6 ¢1.057
Petronor1780.963 0.6 ¢1.057
Campsa940.964 0.5 ¢1.060
Shell3170.964 0.5 ¢1.060
Cepsa6460.969 median1.069

* 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$ 77.7223.10.2009 · a week earlier: $ 74.58
Brent, € per litre0.325 €23.10.2009 · a week earlier: 0.315 €
EUR/USD1.502023.10.2009 · a week earlier: 1.4869
Spain in the EU, diesel11 / 2726.10.2009 · Spain 0.970 €, EU average 1.049 € (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.