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Fuel prices in Spain: week 6 of 2011

7 Feb – 13 Feb 2011

Diesel hardly changed over the week and ended at 1.241 €. That is the highest diesel price since Aug 2008. Petrol 95 hardly changed over the week and ended at 1.279 €. A year earlier diesel cost 0.987 €: it is now 25.4 cents dearer.

Diesel rose most in Santa Cruz de Tenerife (+1.2 cents). Diesel fell most in Melilla (−1.8 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 1.131 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 7 FebMon 14 FebChangeWeek average
Diesel1.2401.241no change1.241
Petrol 951.2781.279no change1.279
Petrol 981.3901.390no change1.390

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

1.151.201.251.3015 Nov3 Jan14 FebPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 14 FebChange
Rose most
Santa Cruz de Tenerife0.8561.2 ¢
Tarragona1.2540.9 ¢
Las Palmas0.8550.6 ¢
Cuenca1.2540.5 ¢
Fell most
Melilla0.9501.8 ¢
Ceuta1.0000.8 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 14 FebChange
Rose most
Santa Cruz de Tenerife0.9380.6 ¢
Fell most
Ceuta1.0491.6 ¢
Melilla0.9640.9 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1290.865 37.6 ¢0.943
bonÀrea341.131 11.0 ¢1.180
Alcampo401.210 3.1 ¢1.247
Avia991.227 1.4 ¢1.252
Petronor1991.230 1.1 ¢1.262
Carrefour1021.236 0.5 ¢1.275
Cepsa7191.236 0.5 ¢1.279
Moeve5691.238 median1.276
Valcarce371.239 median1.279
Meroil411.240 median1.278

* 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$ 99.9311.02.2011 · a week earlier: $ 99.43
Brent, € per litre0.465 €11.02.2011 · a week earlier: 0.459 €
EUR/USD1.352411.02.2011 · a week earlier: 1.3631
Spain in the EU, diesel9 / 2714.02.2011 · Spain 1.237 €, EU average 1.334 € (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.