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Fuel prices in Spain: week 51 of 2010

20 Dec – 26 Dec 2010

Diesel rose by 2.0 cents over the week, to 1.190 €. That is the highest diesel price since Sep 2008. Petrol 95 rose by 1.9 cents over the week, to 1.259 €. That is the highest petrol 95 price since Jul 2008. A year earlier diesel cost 0.969 €: it is now 22.1 cents dearer.

Diesel rose most in Huesca (+2.6 cents). Diesel fell most in Melilla (−1.2 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 1.084 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 20 DecMon 27 DecChangeWeek average
Diesel1.1701.1902.0 ¢1.177
Petrol 951.2401.2591.9 ¢1.246
Petrol 981.3531.3711.8 ¢1.360

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

1.101.151.201.2527 Sep15 Nov27 DecPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 27 DecChange
Rose most
Huesca1.1822.6 ¢
Álava1.1822.5 ¢
Illes Balears1.1822.5 ¢
Bizkaia1.1822.5 ¢
A Coruña1.1962.5 ¢
Fell most
Melilla0.9551.2 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 27 DecChange
Rose most
Álava1.2453.0 ¢
Asturias1.2733.0 ¢
Bizkaia1.2453.0 ¢
Cantabria1.2453.0 ¢
A Coruña1.2733.0 ¢
Fell most
Santa Cruz de Tenerife0.9090.6 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1300.814 37.6 ¢0.909
bonÀrea331.084 10.6 ¢1.159
Alcampo401.159 3.1 ¢1.225
Avia981.177 1.3 ¢1.240
Petronor1961.183 0.7 ¢1.246
Carrefour1021.186 median1.254
Cepsa7041.187 median1.256
Moeve5681.190 median1.257
Plenergy461.190 median1.263
Q8681.190 median1.259

* 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$ 93.6323.12.2010 · a week earlier: $ 91.11
Brent, € per litre0.451 €23.12.2010 · a week earlier: 0.432 €
EUR/USD1.309924.12.2010 · a week earlier: 1.3260

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.