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Fuel prices in Spain: week 41 of 2010

11 Oct – 17 Oct 2010

Diesel fell by 1.0 cents over the week, to 1.096 €. Petrol 95 hardly changed over the week and ended at 1.181 €. A year earlier diesel cost 0.957 €: it is now 13.9 cents dearer.

Diesel rose most in Ceuta (+1.0 cents). Diesel fell most in Albacete (−1.0 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 0.988 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 11 OctMon 18 OctChangeWeek average
Diesel1.1061.0961.0 ¢1.105
Petrol 951.1771.181no change1.180
Petrol 981.2901.2960.6 ¢1.294

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

1.101.1519 Jul6 Sep18 OctPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 18 OctChange
Rose most
Ceuta0.9191.0 ¢
Melilla0.9041.0 ¢
Las Palmas0.7480.7 ¢
Fell most
Albacete1.1101.0 ¢
Alicante1.0961.0 ¢
Almería1.1111.0 ¢
Álava1.0821.0 ¢
Asturias1.1051.0 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 18 OctChange
Rose most
Las Palmas0.8631.5 ¢
Santa Cruz de Tenerife0.8591.2 ¢
Ceuta0.9441.1 ¢
Melilla0.8561.1 ¢
Burgos1.1580.5 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1270.748 34.8 ¢0.866
bonÀrea330.988 10.8 ¢1.065
Alcampo391.079 1.7 ¢1.149
Petronor1971.083 1.3 ¢1.160
Avia971.085 1.1 ¢1.158
Carrefour1021.091 0.5 ¢1.175
Campsa1111.096 median1.186
Cepsa7051.096 median1.184
Valcarce361.096 median1.186
Moeve5621.097 median1.183

* 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$ 81.9415.10.2010 · a week earlier: $ 83.88
Brent, € per litre0.366 €15.10.2010 · a week earlier: 0.380 €
EUR/USD1.408915.10.2010 · a week earlier: 1.3874
Spain in the EU, diesel9 / 2718.10.2010 · Spain 1.096 €, EU average 1.188 € (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.