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Fuel prices in Spain: week 17 of 2011

25 Apr – 1 May 2011

Diesel hardly changed over the week and ended at 1.296 €. Petrol 95 rose by 1.4 cents over the week, to 1.384 €. That is the highest petrol 95 price since our records began in 2007. A year earlier diesel cost 1.098 €: it is now 19.8 cents dearer.

Diesel fell most in Melilla (−1.8 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 1.202 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 25 AprMon 2 MayChangeWeek average
Diesel1.2991.296no change1.298
Petrol 951.3701.3841.4 ¢1.377
Petrol 981.4841.4981.4 ¢1.491

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

1.201.251.301.3531 Jan21 Mar2 MayPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 2 MayChange
Fell most
Melilla0.9801.8 ¢
Ceuta1.0401.3 ¢
Las Palmas0.9221.0 ¢
Burgos1.2770.8 ¢
Ciudad Real1.3020.6 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 2 MayChange
Rose most
Illes Balears1.3782.1 ¢
Castellón1.3952.1 ¢
Málaga1.4012.1 ¢
Barcelona1.3931.9 ¢
Cantabria1.3651.9 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1310.922 37.4 ¢1.037
bonÀrea341.202 9.4 ¢1.272
Alcampo391.269 2.7 ¢1.349
Avia1011.280 1.6 ¢1.363
Petronor1961.286 1.0 ¢1.374
Valcarce361.291 0.5 ¢1.379
Moeve5661.294 median1.383
Cepsa7231.295 median1.382
Plenergy481.298 median1.384
Campsa1111.299 median1.389

* 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$ 126.5928.04.2011 · a week earlier: $ 123.64
Brent, € per litre0.538 €28.04.2011 · a week earlier: 0.533 €
EUR/USD1.486029.04.2011 · a week earlier: 1.4584
Spain in the EU, diesel10 / 2702.05.2011 · Spain 1.294 €, EU average 1.404 € (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.