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Fuel prices in Spain: week 1 of 2011

3 Jan – 9 Jan 2011

Diesel rose by 0.9 cents over the week, to 1.198 €. That is the highest diesel price since Sep 2008. Petrol 95 rose by 0.6 cents over the week, to 1.269 €. That is the highest petrol 95 price since Jul 2008. A year earlier diesel cost 1.006 €: it is now 19.2 cents dearer.

Diesel rose most in Santa Cruz de Tenerife (+1.7 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 1.089 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 3 JanMon 10 JanChangeWeek average
Diesel1.1891.1980.9 ¢1.190
Petrol 951.2631.2690.6 ¢1.264
Petrol 981.3781.381no change1.378

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

1.101.151.201.2511 Oct29 Nov10 JanPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 10 JanChange
Rose most
Santa Cruz de Tenerife0.8311.7 ¢
Alicante1.2011.5 ¢
Álava1.1871.5 ¢
Bizkaia1.1871.5 ¢
Cantabria1.1871.5 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 10 JanChange
Rose most
Melilla0.9702.4 ¢
Ceuta1.0282.2 ¢
Albacete1.2781.5 ¢
Alicante1.2791.5 ¢
Álava1.2501.5 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1300.839 35.9 ¢0.940
bonÀrea331.089 10.9 ¢1.165
Alcampo401.166 3.2 ¢1.239
Avia971.185 1.3 ¢1.250
Petronor1941.188 1.0 ¢1.255
Cepsa7111.190 0.8 ¢1.268
Moeve5671.190 0.8 ¢1.267
Ballenoil1091.196 median1.270
Carrefour1021.196 median1.265
Q8691.196 median1.263

* 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$ 94.2507.01.2011 · a week earlier: $ 93.23
Brent, € per litre0.457 €07.01.2011 · a week earlier: 0.439 €
EUR/USD1.296107.01.2011 · a week earlier: 1.3362
Spain in the EU, diesel7 / 2710.01.2011 · Spain 1.194 €, EU average 1.297 € (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.