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Fuel prices in Spain: week 34 of 2010

23 Aug – 29 Aug 2010

Diesel rose by 1.3 cents over the week, to 1.088 €. Petrol 95 hardly changed over the week and ended at 1.158 €. A year earlier diesel cost 0.962 €: it is now 12.6 cents dearer.

Diesel rose most in Álava (+1.7 cents). Diesel fell most in Melilla (−1.7 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 0.975 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 23 AugMon 30 AugChangeWeek average
Diesel1.0751.0881.3 ¢1.080
Petrol 951.1541.158no change1.153
Petrol 981.2681.2730.5 ¢1.268

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

1.051.101.1531 May19 Jul30 AugPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 30 AugChange
Rose most
Álava1.0741.7 ¢
Illes Balears1.0841.7 ¢
Bizkaia1.0741.7 ¢
A Coruña1.0881.7 ¢
Lugo1.0831.7 ¢
Fell most
Melilla0.9011.7 ¢
Ceuta0.9171.6 ¢
Las Palmas0.7401.3 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 30 AugChange
Rose most
León1.1391.0 ¢
Álava1.1380.9 ¢
Asturias1.1660.9 ¢
Bizkaia1.1380.9 ¢
Burgos1.1380.9 ¢
Fell most
Melilla0.8661.5 ¢
Ceuta0.9541.4 ¢
Las Palmas0.8641.2 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1240.739 34.9 ¢0.855
bonÀrea330.975 11.3 ¢1.064
Alcampo391.067 2.1 ¢1.129
Avia961.074 1.4 ¢1.139
Petronor1931.078 1.0 ¢1.148
Carrefour1021.082 0.6 ¢1.152
Valcarce351.085 median1.159
Campsa1071.088 median1.156
Repsol2,6761.088 median1.157
Cepsa6891.089 median1.160

* 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$ 75.1627.08.2010 · a week earlier: $ 73.48
Brent, € per litre0.372 €27.08.2010 · a week earlier: 0.364 €
EUR/USD1.271327.08.2010 · a week earlier: 1.2711
Spain in the EU, diesel9 / 2730.08.2010 · Spain 1.086 €, EU average 1.174 € (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.