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Fuel prices in Spain: week 11 of 2010

15 Mar – 21 Mar 2010

Diesel rose by 0.7 cents over the week, to 1.043 €. That is the highest diesel price since Oct 2008. Petrol 95 hardly changed over the week and ended at 1.157 €. That is the highest petrol 95 price since Sep 2008. A year earlier diesel cost 0.835 €: it is now 20.8 cents dearer.

Diesel rose most in Tarragona (+1.0 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 0.968 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 15 MarMon 22 MarChangeWeek average
Diesel1.0361.0430.7 ¢1.041
Petrol 951.1551.157no change1.156
Petrol 981.2681.270no change1.269

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

0.951.001.051.101.1521 Dec8 Feb22 MarPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 22 MarChange
Rose most
Tarragona1.0621.0 ¢
Jaén1.0390.9 ¢
Lleida1.0550.9 ¢
Albacete1.0650.8 ¢
Alicante1.0510.8 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 22 MarChange
Rose most
Melilla0.8701.0 ¢
Santa Cruz de Tenerife0.8591.0 ¢
Ceuta0.9570.9 ¢
Las Palmas0.8640.9 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1260.711 33.2 ¢0.861
bonÀrea310.968 7.5 ¢1.084
Alcampo381.016 2.7 ¢1.128
Carrefour1011.033 1.0 ¢1.143
Agla521.034 0.9 ¢1.146
Avia951.037 0.6 ¢1.145
Petronor1891.038 0.5 ¢1.146
Campsa1021.042 median1.154
Repsol2,5911.043 median1.155
Shell3171.043 median1.157

* 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$ 78.3719.03.2010 · a week earlier: $ 79.38
Brent, € per litre0.364 €19.03.2010 · a week earlier: 0.363 €
EUR/USD1.354819.03.2010 · a week earlier: 1.3765
Spain in the EU, diesel9 / 2722.03.2010 · Spain 1.045 €, EU average 1.140 € (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.