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Fuel prices in Spain: week 3 of 2010

18 Jan – 24 Jan 2010

Diesel fell by 0.7 cents over the week, to 0.995 €. Petrol 95 hardly changed over the week and ended at 1.098 €. A year earlier diesel cost 0.874 €: it is now 12.1 cents dearer.

Diesel rose most in Melilla (+0.8 cents). Diesel fell most in Santa Cruz de Tenerife (−1.3 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 0.908 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 18 JanMon 25 JanChangeWeek average
Diesel1.0020.9950.7 ¢0.998
Petrol 951.1021.098no change1.100
Petrol 981.2151.211no change1.214

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

0.951.001.051.1026 Oct14 Dec25 JanPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 25 JanChange
Rose most
Melilla0.8490.8 ¢
Ceuta0.8670.7 ¢
Fell most
Santa Cruz de Tenerife0.6691.3 ¢
Ourense0.9990.8 ¢
Alicante1.0030.6 ¢
Cáceres0.9900.6 ¢
Jaén0.9900.6 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 25 JanChange
Rose most
Melilla0.8380.8 ¢
Ceuta0.9260.7 ¢
Fell most
Santa Cruz de Tenerife0.8110.7 ¢
Albacete1.1140.5 ¢
Alicante1.1150.5 ¢
Álava1.0860.5 ¢
Asturias1.1140.5 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1170.669 32.6 ¢0.808
bonÀrea310.908 8.7 ¢1.021
Alcampo380.978 1.7 ¢1.079
Carrefour1010.984 1.1 ¢1.087
Avia970.985 1.0 ¢1.086
Petronor1800.986 0.9 ¢1.087
Agla530.989 0.6 ¢1.090
Campsa960.991 median1.093
Repsol2,5510.993 median1.096
Shell3110.996 median1.097

* 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$ 72.7322.01.2010 · a week earlier: $ 76.85
Brent, € per litre0.324 €22.01.2010 · a week earlier: 0.336 €
EUR/USD1.413522.01.2010 · a week earlier: 1.4374
Spain in the EU, diesel9 / 2725.01.2010 · Spain 0.996 €, EU average 1.090 € (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.