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Fuel prices in Spain: week 33 of 2011

15 Aug – 21 Aug 2011

Diesel hardly changed over the week and ended at 1.240 €. Petrol 95 fell by 0.5 cents over the week, to 1.315 €. A year earlier diesel cost 1.075 €: it is now 16.5 cents dearer.

Diesel rose most in Álava (+0.9 cents). Diesel fell most in Santa Cruz de Tenerife (−1.9 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 1.124 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 15 AugMon 22 AugChangeWeek average
Diesel1.2391.240no change1.242
Petrol 951.3201.3150.5 ¢1.319
Petrol 981.4351.4290.6 ¢1.432

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

1.251.301.3523 May11 Jul22 AugPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 22 AugChange
Rose most
Álava1.2290.9 ¢
Illes Balears1.2370.6 ¢
Soria1.2250.6 ¢
Valladolid1.2250.6 ¢
Asturias1.2470.5 ¢
Fell most
Santa Cruz de Tenerife0.8701.9 ¢
Las Palmas0.8851.7 ¢
Cuenca1.2500.7 ¢
Córdoba1.2480.6 ¢
Salamanca1.2190.5 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 22 AugChange
Rose most
Ceuta1.0790.5 ¢
Melilla1.0010.5 ¢
Fell most
Santa Cruz de Tenerife0.9752.2 ¢
Las Palmas0.9951.4 ¢
Albacete1.3201.0 ¢
Badajoz1.3191.0 ¢
Córdoba1.3191.0 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1320.870 37.0 ¢0.973
bonÀrea341.124 11.6 ¢1.215
Alcampo391.215 2.5 ¢1.288
Avia1011.225 1.5 ¢1.292
Petronor1961.231 0.9 ¢1.300
Valcarce361.234 0.6 ¢1.312
Campsa1061.239 median1.306
Cepsa7221.239 median1.316
Moeve5721.240 median1.315
Plenergy501.240 median1.320

* 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$ 109.3719.08.2011 · a week earlier: $ 108.17
Brent, € per litre0.478 €19.08.2011 · a week earlier: 0.477 €
EUR/USD1.438519.08.2011 · a week earlier: 1.4250
Spain in the EU, diesel7 / 2722.08.2011 · Spain 1.239 €, EU average 1.347 € (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.