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Fuel prices in Spain: week 49 of 2010

6 Dec – 12 Dec 2010

Diesel rose by 1.8 cents over the week, to 1.169 €. That is the highest diesel price since Sep 2008. Petrol 95 rose by 1.3 cents over the week, to 1.248 €. A year earlier diesel cost 0.956 €: it is now 21.3 cents dearer.

Diesel rose most in Las Palmas (+2.3 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 1.036 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 6 DecMon 13 DecChangeWeek average
Diesel1.1511.1691.8 ¢1.161
Petrol 951.2351.2481.3 ¢1.245
Petrol 981.3491.3601.1 ¢1.359

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

1.101.151.201.2513 Sep1 Nov13 DecPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 13 DecChange
Rose most
Las Palmas0.7952.3 ¢
Melilla0.9442.2 ¢
Tarragona1.1792.2 ¢
Ceuta0.9572.0 ¢
Santa Cruz de Tenerife0.7812.0 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 13 DecChange
Rose most
Santa Cruz de Tenerife0.9022.5 ¢
Las Palmas0.9082.1 ¢
Melilla0.9042.0 ¢
Ceuta0.9891.9 ¢
Navarra1.2251.9 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1290.801 36.8 ¢0.917
bonÀrea331.036 13.3 ¢1.118
Alcampo401.139 3.0 ¢1.216
Avia981.154 1.5 ¢1.226
Petronor1961.158 1.1 ¢1.226
Carrefour1021.166 median1.244
Valcarce361.168 median1.252
Cepsa7091.169 median1.247
Plenergy471.169 median1.253
Q8681.169 median1.253

* 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$ 89.5410.12.2010 · a week earlier: $ 90.65
Brent, € per litre0.425 €10.12.2010 · a week earlier: 0.430 €
EUR/USD1.324410.12.2010 · a week earlier: 1.3246
Spain in the EU, diesel9 / 2713.12.2010 · Spain 1.165 €, EU average 1.256 € (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.