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Fuel prices in Spain: week 31 of 2010

2 Aug – 8 Aug 2010

Diesel rose by 2.3 cents over the week, to 1.102 €. Petrol 95 rose by 0.9 cents over the week, to 1.177 €. A year earlier diesel cost 0.974 €: it is now 12.8 cents dearer.

Diesel rose most in La Rioja (+2.9 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 0.989 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 2 AugMon 9 AugChangeWeek average
Diesel1.0791.1022.3 ¢1.094
Petrol 951.1681.1770.9 ¢1.175
Petrol 981.2821.2910.9 ¢1.290

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

1.051.101.151.2010 May28 Jun9 AugPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 9 AugChange
Rose most
La Rioja1.0862.9 ¢
Almería1.1192.5 ¢
Burgos1.0902.5 ¢
Albacete1.1172.4 ¢
Álava1.0892.4 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 9 AugChange
Rose most
Burgos1.1621.3 ¢
Albacete1.1911.2 ¢
Murcia1.1591.0 ¢
Almería1.1910.9 ¢
Álava1.1570.9 ¢
Fell most
Santa Cruz de Tenerife0.8660.8 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1270.743 35.9 ¢0.866
bonÀrea310.989 11.3 ¢1.082
Alcampo391.078 2.4 ¢1.149
Avia971.089 1.3 ¢1.162
Petronor1941.093 0.9 ¢1.167
Carrefour1021.094 0.8 ¢1.172
Valcarce351.099 median1.179
Campsa1101.100 median1.175
Meroil411.102 median1.181
Repsol2,6861.103 median1.176

* 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$ 81.2806.08.2010 · a week earlier: $ 77.50
Brent, € per litre0.388 €06.08.2010 · a week earlier: 0.374 €
EUR/USD1.317606.08.2010 · a week earlier: 1.3028
Spain in the EU, diesel10 / 2709.08.2010 · Spain 1.101 €, EU average 1.186 € (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.