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Fuel prices in Spain: week 31 of 2011

1 Aug – 7 Aug 2011

Diesel fell by 1.5 cents over the week, to 1.268 €. Petrol 95 fell by 1.8 cents over the week, to 1.340 €. A year earlier diesel cost 1.102 €: it is now 16.6 cents dearer.

Diesel fell most in Álava (−2.2 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 1.167 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 1 AugMon 8 AugChangeWeek average
Diesel1.2831.2681.5 ¢1.284
Petrol 951.3581.3401.8 ¢1.361
Petrol 981.4721.4522.0 ¢1.476

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

1.251.301.359 May27 Jun8 AugPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 8 AugChange
Fell most
Álava1.2502.2 ¢
Illes Balears1.2602.0 ¢
Lleida1.2572.0 ¢
Soria1.2492.0 ¢
Zamora1.2501.9 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 8 AugChange
Fell most
Álava1.3122.6 ¢
Illes Balears1.3272.5 ¢
Teruel1.3152.4 ¢
Cáceres1.3432.3 ¢
Soria1.3092.3 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1330.903 36.5 ¢1.009
bonÀrea351.167 10.1 ¢1.246
Alcampo391.249 1.9 ¢1.319
Avia1001.255 1.3 ¢1.322
Petronor1981.259 0.9 ¢1.325
Valcarce361.261 0.7 ¢1.332
Campsa1041.264 median1.331
Cepsa7221.268 median1.339
Moeve5681.268 median1.338
Plenergy501.268 median1.344

* 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$ 106.9205.08.2011 · a week earlier: $ 115.93
Brent, € per litre0.475 €05.08.2011 · a week earlier: 0.511 €
EUR/USD1.415505.08.2011 · a week earlier: 1.4260
Spain in the EU, diesel7 / 2708.08.2011 · Spain 1.268 €, EU average 1.372 € (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.