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Fuel prices in Spain: week 1 of 2010

4 Jan – 10 Jan 2010

Diesel rose by 1.9 cents over the week, to 1.006 €. That is the highest diesel price since Nov 2008. Petrol 95 rose by 2.0 cents over the week, to 1.106 €. That is the highest petrol 95 price since Aug 2009. A year earlier diesel cost 0.879 €: it is now 12.7 cents dearer.

Diesel rose most in Tarragona (+2.7 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 0.911 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 4 JanMon 11 JanChangeWeek average
Diesel0.9871.0061.9 ¢1.001
Petrol 951.0861.1062.0 ¢1.100
Petrol 981.1991.2192.0 ¢1.213

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

0.951.001.051.1012 Oct30 Nov11 JanPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 11 JanChange
Rose most
Tarragona1.0322.7 ¢
Navarra0.9992.6 ¢
Zamora1.0052.6 ¢
Asturias1.0282.4 ¢
Toledo1.0292.4 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 11 JanChange
Rose most
Santa Cruz de Tenerife0.8042.3 ¢
Ciudad Real1.1262.1 ¢
Las Palmas0.8132.1 ¢
Madrid1.1191.9 ¢
Navarra1.0981.9 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1190.680 32.6 ¢0.813
bonÀrea310.911 9.5 ¢1.021
Alcampo380.984 2.2 ¢1.078
Carrefour1000.986 2.0 ¢1.084
Agla510.999 0.7 ¢1.099
Avia961.005 median1.098
Cepsa6511.005 median1.109
Petronor1801.005 median1.099
Campsa951.006 median1.104
Shell3121.006 median1.101

* 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$ 80.0608.01.2010 · a week earlier: $ 77.91
Brent, € per litre0.353 €08.01.2010 · a week earlier: 0.340 €
EUR/USD1.427308.01.2010 · a week earlier: 1.4406
Spain in the EU, diesel9 / 2711.01.2010 · Spain 1.009 €, EU average 1.098 € (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.