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Fuel prices in Spain: week 17 of 2010

26 Apr – 2 May 2010

Diesel rose by 1.8 cents over the week, to 1.098 €. That is the highest diesel price since Oct 2008. Petrol 95 rose by 1.4 cents over the week, to 1.187 €. That is the highest petrol 95 price since Sep 2008. A year earlier diesel cost 0.859 €: it is now 23.9 cents dearer.

Diesel rose most in Albacete (+2.3 cents). Diesel fell most in Melilla (−0.8 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 0.987 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 26 AprMon 3 MayChangeWeek average
Diesel1.0801.0981.8 ¢1.092
Petrol 951.1731.1871.4 ¢1.183
Petrol 981.2881.2991.1 ¢1.297

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

1.001.051.101.151.201 Feb22 Mar3 MayPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 3 MayChange
Rose most
Albacete1.1242.3 ¢
Álava1.0962.3 ¢
Badajoz1.0972.3 ¢
Barcelona1.1242.3 ¢
Bizkaia1.0962.3 ¢
Fell most
Melilla0.9150.8 ¢
Ceuta0.9300.7 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 3 MayChange
Rose most
Albacete1.2071.8 ¢
Alicante1.2081.8 ¢
Álava1.1791.8 ¢
Asturias1.2071.8 ¢
Badajoz1.1801.8 ¢
Fell most
Ceuta0.9910.6 ¢
Melilla0.9060.6 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1270.761 33.7 ¢0.901
bonÀrea310.987 11.1 ¢1.093
Alcampo391.074 2.4 ¢1.159
Carrefour1021.088 1.0 ¢1.177
Agla531.092 0.6 ¢1.180
Avia961.096 median1.179
Petronor1961.096 median1.180
Shell3271.097 median1.185
Cepsa7001.100 median1.185
Campsa1091.101 median1.187

* 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$ 86.1930.04.2010 · a week earlier: $ 86.09
Brent, € per litre0.407 €30.04.2010 · a week earlier: 0.407 €
EUR/USD1.331530.04.2010 · a week earlier: 1.3311
Spain in the EU, diesel9 / 2703.05.2010 · Spain 1.100 €, EU average 1.202 € (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.