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Fuel prices in Spain: week 33 of 2010

16 Aug – 22 Aug 2010

Diesel fell by 1.7 cents over the week, to 1.075 €. That is the lowest diesel price since Jun 2010. Petrol 95 fell by 1.5 cents over the week, to 1.154 €. That is the lowest petrol 95 price since May 2010. A year earlier diesel cost 0.969 €: it is now 10.6 cents dearer.

Diesel rose most in Melilla (+1.2 cents). Diesel fell most in Tarragona (−2.2 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 0.991 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 16 AugMon 23 AugChangeWeek average
Diesel1.0921.0751.7 ¢1.086
Petrol 951.1691.1541.5 ¢1.163
Petrol 981.2811.2681.3 ¢1.277

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

1.051.101.1524 May12 Jul23 AugPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 23 AugChange
Rose most
Melilla0.9181.2 ¢
Ceuta0.9331.1 ¢
Fell most
Tarragona1.0902.2 ¢
Álava1.0572.0 ¢
Burgos1.0592.0 ¢
Ciudad Real1.0782.0 ¢
Madrid1.0832.0 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 23 AugChange
Fell most
Burgos1.1291.9 ¢
León1.1291.9 ¢
Cádiz1.1581.8 ¢
Pontevedra1.1571.8 ¢
Zaragoza1.1311.8 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1230.740 33.5 ¢0.858
bonÀrea330.991 8.4 ¢1.078
Alcampo391.061 1.4 ¢1.133
Avia961.064 1.1 ¢1.139
Petronor1911.065 1.0 ¢1.139
Campsa1091.071 median1.147
Valcarce351.071 median1.157
Repsol2,6691.074 median1.149
Cepsa6951.075 median1.153
Carrefour1021.076 median1.152

* 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$ 73.4820.08.2010 · a week earlier: $ 75.14
Brent, € per litre0.364 €20.08.2010 · a week earlier: 0.369 €
EUR/USD1.271120.08.2010 · a week earlier: 1.2799
Spain in the EU, diesel9 / 2723.08.2010 · Spain 1.075 €, EU average 1.179 € (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.