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Fuel prices in Spain: week 40 of 2010

4 Oct – 10 Oct 2010

Diesel rose by 1.4 cents over the week, to 1.106 €. Petrol 95 rose by 1.8 cents over the week, to 1.177 €. A year earlier diesel cost 0.934 €: it is now 17.2 cents dearer.

Diesel rose most in Albacete (+1.6 cents). Diesel fell most in Ceuta (−1.5 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 0.988 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 4 OctMon 11 OctChangeWeek average
Diesel1.0921.1061.4 ¢1.103
Petrol 951.1591.1771.8 ¢1.168
Petrol 981.2721.2901.8 ¢1.281

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

1.101.1512 Jul30 Aug11 OctPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 11 OctChange
Rose most
Albacete1.1201.6 ¢
Alicante1.1061.6 ¢
Almería1.1211.6 ¢
Álava1.0921.6 ¢
Asturias1.1151.6 ¢
Fell most
Ceuta0.9091.5 ¢
Melilla0.8941.5 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 11 OctChange
Rose most
Albacete1.1862.6 ¢
Alicante1.1872.6 ¢
Almería1.1872.6 ¢
Álava1.1582.6 ¢
Asturias1.1862.6 ¢
Fell most
Melilla0.8452.6 ¢
Ceuta0.9332.5 ¢
Las Palmas0.8481.5 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1270.742 36.4 ¢0.848
bonÀrea330.988 11.8 ¢1.065
Alcampo391.082 2.4 ¢1.146
Carrefour1021.086 2.0 ¢1.150
Avia971.092 1.4 ¢1.158
Petronor1951.093 1.3 ¢1.159
Cepsa7051.105 median1.172
Campsa1111.106 median1.183
Repsol2,7201.106 median1.183
Valcarce361.106 median1.179

* 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$ 83.8808.10.2010 · a week earlier: $ 82.69
Brent, € per litre0.380 €08.10.2010 · a week earlier: 0.379 €
EUR/USD1.387408.10.2010 · a week earlier: 1.3726
Spain in the EU, diesel9 / 2711.10.2010 · Spain 1.103 €, EU average 1.187 € (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.