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Fuel prices in Spain: week 18 of 2011

2 May – 8 May 2011

Diesel fell by 5.7 cents over the week, to 1.239 €. That is the lowest diesel price since Feb 2011. Petrol 95 fell by 3.4 cents over the week, to 1.350 €. A year earlier diesel cost 1.103 €: it is now 13.6 cents dearer.

Diesel fell most in Huelva (−6.6 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 1.193 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 2 MayMon 9 MayChangeWeek average
Diesel1.2961.2395.7 ¢1.278
Petrol 951.3841.3503.4 ¢1.376
Petrol 981.4981.4643.4 ¢1.489

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

1.251.301.357 Feb28 Mar9 MayPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 9 MayChange
Fell most
Huelva1.2496.6 ¢
Illes Balears1.2226.4 ¢
Girona1.2486.4 ¢
Gipuzkoa1.2206.3 ¢
Madrid1.2416.3 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 9 MayChange
Rose most
Las Palmas1.0460.7 ¢
Fell most
Illes Balears1.3324.6 ¢
Gipuzkoa1.3224.6 ¢
Álava1.3224.5 ¢
Bizkaia1.3224.5 ¢
Málaga1.3564.5 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1320.924 31.5 ¢1.048
bonÀrea341.193 4.6 ¢1.282
Avia1001.220 1.9 ¢1.326
Alcampo391.222 1.7 ¢1.328
Petronor1991.224 1.5 ¢1.332
Valcarce351.233 0.6 ¢1.349
Moeve5701.237 median1.346
Cepsa7251.238 median1.349
Eni391.239 median1.350
Plenergy481.239 median1.350

* 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$ 113.6906.05.2011 · a week earlier: $ 126.59
Brent, € per litre0.493 €06.05.2011 · a week earlier: 0.538 €
EUR/USD1.450106.05.2011 · a week earlier: 1.4860
Spain in the EU, diesel4 / 2709.05.2011 · Spain 1.242 €, EU average 1.375 € (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.