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Fuel prices in Spain: week 21 of 2011

23 May – 29 May 2011

Diesel rose by 2.2 cents over the week, to 1.264 €. Petrol 95 rose by 2.5 cents over the week, to 1.355 €. A year earlier diesel cost 1.064 €: it is now 20.0 cents dearer.

Diesel rose most in Álava (+2.7 cents). Diesel fell most in Santa Cruz de Tenerife (−0.5 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 1.152 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 23 MayMon 30 MayChangeWeek average
Diesel1.2421.2642.2 ¢1.252
Petrol 951.3301.3552.5 ¢1.343
Petrol 981.4451.4692.4 ¢1.457

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

1.251.301.3528 Feb18 Apr30 MayPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 30 MayChange
Rose most
Álava1.2552.7 ¢
Illes Balears1.2552.7 ¢
Guadalajara1.2772.7 ¢
Albacete1.2782.5 ¢
Alicante1.2642.5 ¢
Fell most
Santa Cruz de Tenerife0.8920.5 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 30 MayChange
Rose most
Álava1.3373.2 ¢
Albacete1.3603.0 ¢
Asturias1.3603.0 ¢
Illes Balears1.3423.0 ¢
Bizkaia1.3323.0 ¢
Fell most
Santa Cruz de Tenerife1.0011.5 ¢
Las Palmas1.0161.2 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1290.892 37.2 ¢0.999
bonÀrea341.152 11.2 ¢1.255
Alcampo391.238 2.6 ¢1.320
Avia1001.250 1.4 ¢1.332
Petronor1971.255 0.9 ¢1.337
Valcarce361.258 0.6 ¢1.354
Meroil411.260 median1.352
Shell3411.260 median1.352
Galp4661.264 median1.359
Plenergy481.264 median1.358

* 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$ 114.8527.05.2011 · a week earlier: $ 111.25
Brent, € per litre0.506 €27.05.2011 · a week earlier: 0.491 €
EUR/USD1.426527.05.2011 · a week earlier: 1.4237
Spain in the EU, diesel10 / 2730.05.2011 · Spain 1.260 €, EU average 1.356 € (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.