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Fuel prices in Spain: week 8 of 2011

21 Feb – 27 Feb 2011

Diesel rose by 2.0 cents over the week, to 1.271 €. That is the highest diesel price since Aug 2008. Petrol 95 rose by 2.4 cents over the week, to 1.316 €. That is the highest petrol 95 price since our records began in 2007. A year earlier diesel cost 1.011 €: it is now 26.0 cents dearer.

Diesel rose most in Zamora (+2.4 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 1.159 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 21 FebMon 28 FebChangeWeek average
Diesel1.2511.2712.0 ¢1.262
Petrol 951.2921.3162.4 ¢1.304
Petrol 981.4041.4292.5 ¢1.418

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

1.151.201.251.3029 Nov17 Jan28 FebPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 28 FebChange
Rose most
Zamora1.2562.4 ¢
Lleida1.2722.3 ¢
Cuenca1.2822.2 ¢
Navarra1.2492.2 ¢
Tarragona1.2802.2 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 28 FebChange
Rose most
Albacete1.3202.5 ¢
Almería1.3212.5 ¢
Álava1.2922.5 ¢
Asturias1.3202.5 ¢
Badajoz1.3212.5 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1270.875 39.6 ¢0.967
bonÀrea341.159 11.2 ¢1.213
Alcampo401.240 3.1 ¢1.282
Avia1001.257 1.4 ¢1.292
Petronor1951.259 1.2 ¢1.295
Carrefour1021.266 0.5 ¢1.313
Valcarce361.269 median1.319
Meroil421.270 median1.310
Plenergy481.270 median1.319
Shell3311.270 median1.311

* 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$ 111.4725.02.2011 · a week earlier: $ 102.20
Brent, € per litre0.509 €25.02.2011 · a week earlier: 0.472 €
EUR/USD1.376225.02.2011 · a week earlier: 1.3627
Spain in the EU, diesel9 / 2728.02.2011 · Spain 1.267 €, EU average 1.358 € (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.