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Fuel prices in Spain: week 5 of 2011

31 Jan – 6 Feb 2011

Diesel rose by 3.3 cents over the week, to 1.240 €. That is the highest diesel price since Aug 2008. Petrol 95 rose by 1.3 cents over the week, to 1.278 €. A year earlier diesel cost 0.994 €: it is now 24.6 cents dearer.

Diesel rose most in Alicante (+3.5 cents). Diesel fell most in Las Palmas (−1.0 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 1.117 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 31 JanMon 7 FebChangeWeek average
Diesel1.2071.2403.3 ¢1.224
Petrol 951.2651.2781.3 ¢1.271
Petrol 981.3771.3901.3 ¢1.383

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

1.101.151.201.251.308 Nov27 Dec7 FebPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 7 FebChange
Rose most
Alicante1.2413.5 ¢
Álava1.2273.5 ¢
Badajoz1.2523.5 ¢
Illes Balears1.2273.5 ¢
Bizkaia1.2273.5 ¢
Fell most
Las Palmas0.8491.0 ¢
Ceuta1.0080.9 ¢
Melilla0.9680.9 ¢
Santa Cruz de Tenerife0.8440.8 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 7 FebChange
Rose most
Albacete1.2801.5 ¢
Alicante1.2811.5 ¢
Almería1.2811.5 ¢
Álava1.2521.5 ¢
Asturias1.2801.5 ¢
Fell most
Ceuta1.0651.6 ¢
Melilla0.9731.6 ¢
Las Palmas0.9451.6 ¢
Santa Cruz de Tenerife0.9321.6 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1300.844 39.6 ¢0.932
bonÀrea341.117 12.3 ¢1.181
Alcampo401.208 3.2 ¢1.246
Avia991.227 1.3 ¢1.252
Petronor1971.227 1.3 ¢1.262
Valcarce361.232 0.8 ¢1.279
Carrefour1021.236 median1.274
Cepsa7151.236 median1.277
Meroil421.236 median1.276
Moeve5681.237 median1.276

* 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$ 99.4304.02.2011 · a week earlier: $ 97.06
Brent, € per litre0.459 €04.02.2011 · a week earlier: 0.445 €
EUR/USD1.363104.02.2011 · a week earlier: 1.3710
Spain in the EU, diesel9 / 2707.02.2011 · Spain 1.234 €, EU average 1.325 € (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.