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Fuel prices in Spain: week 19 of 2011

9 May – 15 May 2011

Diesel rose by 0.8 cents over the week, to 1.247 €. Petrol 95 hardly changed over the week and ended at 1.349 €. A year earlier diesel cost 1.095 €: it is now 15.2 cents dearer.

Diesel rose most in Albacete (+1.0 cents). Diesel fell most in Ceuta (−3.0 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 1.156 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 9 MayMon 16 MayChangeWeek average
Diesel1.2391.2470.8 ¢1.246
Petrol 951.3501.349no change1.358
Petrol 981.4641.463no change1.472

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

1.251.301.3514 Feb4 Apr16 MayPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 16 MayChange
Rose most
Albacete1.2581.0 ¢
Alicante1.2441.0 ¢
Almería1.2591.0 ¢
Álava1.2301.0 ¢
Asturias1.2531.0 ¢
Fell most
Ceuta0.9703.0 ¢
Melilla0.9502.9 ¢
Santa Cruz de Tenerife0.8992.3 ¢
Las Palmas0.9190.5 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 16 MayChange
Fell most
Melilla1.0051.9 ¢
Santa Cruz de Tenerife1.0281.1 ¢
Málaga1.3510.5 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1320.898 34.9 ¢1.028
bonÀrea341.156 9.1 ¢1.270
Alcampo391.220 2.7 ¢1.326
Avia1011.230 1.7 ¢1.327
Petronor1971.233 1.4 ¢1.332
Valcarce351.243 median1.348
Plenergy481.244 median1.350
Shell3401.248 median1.349
Carrefour1021.249 median1.351
Cepsa7261.249 median1.349

* 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$ 113.0813.05.2011 · a week earlier: $ 113.69
Brent, € per litre0.498 €13.05.2011 · a week earlier: 0.493 €
EUR/USD1.428013.05.2011 · a week earlier: 1.4501
Spain in the EU, diesel6 / 2716.05.2011 · Spain 1.245 €, EU average 1.361 € (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.