Spain
Weekly prices
Week 20, 2011

Fuel prices in Spain: week 20 of 2011

Name: Fuel prices in Spain, week 20 of 2011 (16 May – 22 May 2011)
Creator: Litrigo

16 May – 22 May 2011

Diesel fell by 0.5 cents over the week, to 1.242 €. Petrol 95 fell by 1.9 cents over the week, to 1.330 €. A year earlier diesel cost 1.069 €: it is now 17.3 cents dearer.

Diesel fell most in Melilla (−2.4 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 1.132 €.

Median prices across Spain

Fuel	Mon 16 May	Mon 23 May	Change	Week average
Diesel	1.24⁷	1.24²	0.5 ¢	1.24⁶
Petrol 95	1.34⁹	1.33⁰	1.9 ¢	1.33⁸
Petrol 98	1.46³	1.44⁵	1.8 ¢	1.45²

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 23 May	Change
Fell most
Melilla	0.92⁶	2.4 ¢
Las Palmas	0.89⁷	2.2 ¢
Ceuta	0.95¹	1.9 ¢
Guadalajara	1.25⁰	0.8 ¢
Albacete	1.25³	0.5 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

Province	Mon 23 May	Change
Rose most
Ceuta	1.08⁵	1.4 ¢
Melilla	1.01⁵	1.0 ¢
Fell most
Zamora	1.30⁷	2.1 ¢
Albacete	1.33⁰	2.0 ¢
Alicante	1.33¹	2.0 ¢
Asturias	1.33⁰	2.0 ¢
Illes Balears	1.31²	2.0 ¢

The cheapest large chains

Chain	Stations	Diesel	Petrol 95
Disa^*	132	0.89⁷ 34.5 ¢	1.01⁶
bonÀrea	34	1.13² 11.0 ¢	1.22⁰
Alcampo	39	1.21⁹ 2.3 ¢	1.29⁷
Avia	100	1.22⁵ 1.7 ¢	1.30⁷
Petronor	196	1.22⁹ 1.3 ¢	1.31²
Valcarce	35	1.23⁹ median	1.33⁰
Cepsa	720	1.24¹ median	1.33⁰
Moeve	569	1.24² median	1.32⁹
Plenergy	48	1.24² median	1.33⁰
Campsa	110	1.24⁴ median	1.33⁰

* 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$ 111.2520.05.2011 · a week earlier: $ 113.08

Brent, € per litre0.491 €20.05.2011 · a week earlier: 0.498 €

EUR/USD1.423720.05.2011 · a week earlier: 1.4280

Spain in the EU, diesel6 / 2723.05.2011 · Spain 1.240 €, EU average 1.365 € (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.