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Fuel prices in Spain: week 34 of 2011

22 Aug – 28 Aug 2011

Diesel rose by 0.5 cents over the week, to 1.245 €. Petrol 95 rose by 0.7 cents over the week, to 1.322 €. A year earlier diesel cost 1.088 €: it is now 15.7 cents dearer.

Diesel rose most in Ceuta (+1.5 cents). Diesel fell most in Las Palmas (−1.2 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 1.124 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 22 AugMon 29 AugChangeWeek average
Diesel1.2401.2450.5 ¢1.243
Petrol 951.3151.3220.7 ¢1.318
Petrol 981.4291.4370.8 ¢1.433

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

1.251.301.3530 May18 Jul29 AugPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 29 AugChange
Rose most
Ceuta1.0351.5 ¢
Salamanca1.2280.9 ¢
Ávila1.2330.9 ¢
Castellón1.2510.8 ¢
Gipuzkoa1.2390.8 ¢
Fell most
Las Palmas0.8731.2 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 29 AugChange
Rose most
Illes Balears1.3181.3 ¢
Asturias1.3261.1 ¢
Bizkaia1.2981.1 ¢
Ceuta1.0901.1 ¢
A Coruña1.3261.1 ¢
Fell most
Las Palmas0.9801.5 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1320.877 36.8 ¢0.981
bonÀrea351.124 12.1 ¢1.215
Alcampo391.219 2.6 ¢1.289
Avia981.229 1.6 ¢1.299
Petronor1971.237 0.8 ¢1.308
Valcarce361.243 median1.320
Campsa1071.244 median1.317
Cepsa7131.246 median1.325
Plenergy491.246 median1.326
Moeve5711.247 median1.324

* 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$ 112.2926.08.2011 · a week earlier: $ 109.37
Brent, € per litre0.490 €26.08.2011 · a week earlier: 0.478 €
EUR/USD1.440226.08.2011 · a week earlier: 1.4385
Spain in the EU, diesel8 / 2729.08.2011 · Spain 1.243 €, EU average 1.348 € (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.