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Fuel prices in Spain: week 52 of 2009

21 Dec – 27 Dec 2009

Diesel rose by 1.5 cents over the week, to 0.969 €. Petrol 95 rose by 1.7 cents over the week, to 1.068 €. A year earlier diesel cost 0.846 €: it is now 12.3 cents dearer.

Diesel rose most in Almería (+2.1 cents). Diesel fell most in Melilla (−1.5 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 0.886 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 21 DecMon 28 DecChangeWeek average
Diesel0.9540.9691.5 ¢0.963
Petrol 951.0511.0681.7 ¢1.059
Petrol 981.1651.1811.6 ¢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

0.951.001.0528 Sep16 Nov28 DecPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 28 DecChange
Rose most
Almería0.9692.1 ¢
Alicante0.9822.0 ¢
Álava0.9682.0 ¢
Illes Balears0.9682.0 ¢
Bizkaia0.9682.0 ¢
Fell most
Melilla0.8001.5 ¢
Ceuta0.8221.3 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 28 DecChange
Rose most
Albacete1.0922.7 ¢
Álava1.0642.7 ¢
Asturias1.0922.7 ¢
Bizkaia1.0642.7 ¢
Cantabria1.0642.7 ¢
Fell most
Melilla0.7891.9 ¢
Ceuta0.8811.7 ¢
Las Palmas0.7790.9 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1190.642 32.7 ¢0.776
bonÀrea310.886 8.3 ¢0.991
Alcampo380.942 2.7 ¢1.039
Carrefour1000.954 1.5 ¢1.051
Agla500.960 0.9 ¢1.064
Cepsa6510.965 median1.064
Avia950.967 median1.064
Shell3040.967 median1.064
Petronor1770.968 median1.065
Campsa970.969 median1.065

* 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$ 75.1524.12.2009 · a week earlier: $ 71.87
Brent, € per litre0.328 €24.12.2009 · a week earlier: 0.315 €
EUR/USD1.439824.12.2009 · a week earlier: 1.4337

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.