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Fuel prices in Spain: week 12 of 2010

22 Mar – 28 Mar 2010

Diesel rose by 0.7 cents over the week, to 1.050 €. That is the highest diesel price since Oct 2008. Petrol 95 rose by 0.9 cents over the week, to 1.166 €. That is the highest petrol 95 price since Sep 2008. A year earlier diesel cost 0.855 €: it is now 19.5 cents dearer.

Diesel rose most in Alicante (+1.2 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 0.968 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 22 MarMon 29 MarChangeWeek average
Diesel1.0431.0500.7 ¢1.047
Petrol 951.1571.1660.9 ¢1.162
Petrol 981.2701.2790.9 ¢1.276

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

1.001.051.101.1528 Dec15 Feb29 MarPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 29 MarChange
Rose most
Alicante1.0631.2 ¢
Álava1.0491.2 ¢
Badajoz1.0501.2 ¢
Bizkaia1.0491.2 ¢
Cantabria1.0491.2 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 29 MarChange
Rose most
Albacete1.1881.5 ¢
Almería1.1611.5 ¢
Álava1.1601.5 ¢
Asturias1.1881.5 ¢
Badajoz1.1611.5 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1260.722 32.8 ¢0.871
bonÀrea310.968 8.2 ¢1.084
Alcampo381.025 2.5 ¢1.139
Agla521.043 0.7 ¢1.159
Carrefour1011.043 0.7 ¢1.156
Avia971.046 median1.160
Shell3221.049 median1.161
Cepsa6731.050 median1.165
Petronor1911.050 median1.161
Campsa1041.052 median1.167

* 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$ 77.9826.03.2010 · a week earlier: $ 78.37
Brent, € per litre0.367 €26.03.2010 · a week earlier: 0.364 €
EUR/USD1.335326.03.2010 · a week earlier: 1.3548
Spain in the EU, diesel9 / 2729.03.2010 · Spain 1.053 €, EU average 1.152 € (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.