Spain
Weekly prices
Week 12, 2011

Fuel prices in Spain: week 12 of 2011

Name: Fuel prices in Spain, week 12 of 2011 (21 Mar – 27 Mar 2011)
Creator: Litrigo

21 Mar – 27 Mar 2011

Diesel fell by 0.7 cents over the week, to 1.289 €. Petrol 95 rose by 2.6 cents over the week, to 1.336 €. A year earlier diesel cost 1.050 €: it is now 23.9 cents dearer.

Diesel fell most in Albacete (−1.0 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 1.197 €.

Median prices across Spain

Fuel	Mon 21 Mar	Mon 28 Mar	Change	Week average
Diesel	1.29⁶	1.28⁹	0.7 ¢	1.29⁵
Petrol 95	1.31⁰	1.33⁶	2.6 ¢	1.32⁰
Petrol 98	1.42³	1.44⁹	2.6 ¢	1.43³

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

DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

Province	Mon 28 Mar	Change
Fell most
Albacete	1.30⁰	1.0 ¢
Alicante	1.28⁶	1.0 ¢
Álava	1.27²	1.0 ¢
Badajoz	1.29⁷	1.0 ¢
Illes Balears	1.27²	1.0 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

Province	Mon 28 Mar	Change
Rose most
Albacete	1.34⁵	3.5 ¢
Álava	1.31⁷	3.5 ¢
Asturias	1.34⁵	3.5 ¢
Barcelona	1.34⁵	3.5 ¢
Bizkaia	1.31⁷	3.5 ¢
Fell most
Santa Cruz de Tenerife	0.98⁰	1.5 ¢

The cheapest large chains

Chain	Stations	Diesel	Petrol 95
Disa^*	128	0.91¹ 37.8 ¢	0.97⁸
bonÀrea	34	1.19⁷ 9.2 ¢	1.22⁹
Alcampo	39	1.26² 2.7 ¢	1.29⁹
Avia	96	1.27² 1.7 ¢	1.31⁷
Petronor	196	1.27⁶ 1.3 ¢	1.32⁵
Carrefour	102	1.28⁶ median	1.33⁵
Valcarce	36	1.28⁶ median	1.33⁶
Campsa	111	1.29⁰ median	1.34⁵
Cepsa	717	1.29⁰ median	1.33³
Moeve	570	1.29⁰ median	1.33⁴

* 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$ 115.4525.03.2011 · a week earlier: $ 114.13

Brent, € per litre0.514 €25.03.2011 · a week earlier: 0.508 €

EUR/USD1.411525.03.2011 · a week earlier: 1.4130

Spain in the EU, diesel11 / 2728.03.2011 · Spain 1.287 €, EU average 1.385 € (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.