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Fuel prices in Spain: week 48 of 2010

29 Nov – 5 Dec 2010

Diesel rose by 1.9 cents over the week, to 1.151 €. That is the highest diesel price since Oct 2008. Petrol 95 rose by 2.3 cents over the week, to 1.235 €. That is the highest petrol 95 price since Jul 2008. A year earlier diesel cost 0.964 €: it is now 18.7 cents dearer.

Diesel rose most in Zamora (+2.7 cents). Diesel fell most in Melilla (−2.0 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 1.036 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 29 NovMon 6 DecChangeWeek average
Diesel1.1321.1511.9 ¢1.143
Petrol 951.2121.2352.3 ¢1.225
Petrol 981.3271.3492.2 ¢1.340

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

1.101.151.201.256 Sep25 Oct6 DecPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 6 DecChange
Rose most
Zamora1.1382.7 ¢
Illes Balears1.1442.3 ¢
Lleida1.1502.1 ¢
Navarra1.1322.1 ¢
Murcia1.1392.0 ¢
Fell most
Melilla0.9222.0 ¢
Ceuta0.9371.8 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 6 DecChange
Rose most
Zamora1.2182.8 ¢
Burgos1.2182.7 ¢
Toledo1.2462.6 ¢
Albacete1.2462.4 ¢
Alicante1.2472.4 ¢
Fell most
Ceuta0.9701.5 ¢
Melilla0.8841.5 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1300.781 37.0 ¢0.893
bonÀrea321.036 11.5 ¢1.118
Alcampo401.127 2.4 ¢1.208
Avia981.135 1.6 ¢1.218
Petronor1971.138 1.3 ¢1.219
Carrefour1021.147 median1.229
Plenergy471.148 median1.237
Meroil411.149 median1.229
Q8691.149 median1.234
Shell3331.149 median1.233

* 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$ 90.6503.12.2010 · a week earlier: $ 84.78
Brent, € per litre0.430 €03.12.2010 · a week earlier: 0.403 €
EUR/USD1.324603.12.2010 · a week earlier: 1.3225
Spain in the EU, diesel8 / 2706.12.2010 · Spain 1.147 €, EU average 1.238 € (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.