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Fuel prices in Spain: week 40 of 2011

3 Oct – 9 Oct 2011

Diesel rose by 0.7 cents over the week, to 1.270 €. Petrol 95 rose by 0.5 cents over the week, to 1.321 €. A year earlier diesel cost 1.106 €: it is now 16.4 cents dearer.

Diesel rose most in Illes Balears (+1.1 cents). Diesel fell most in Melilla (−1.6 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 1.164 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 3 OctMon 10 OctChangeWeek average
Diesel1.2631.2700.7 ¢1.268
Petrol 951.3161.3210.5 ¢1.313
Petrol 981.4291.4350.6 ¢1.427

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

1.251.301.3511 Jul29 Aug10 OctPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 10 OctChange
Rose most
Illes Balears1.2621.1 ¢
Albacete1.2841.0 ¢
Alicante1.2701.0 ¢
Almería1.2851.0 ¢
Asturias1.2791.0 ¢
Fell most
Melilla0.9791.6 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 10 OctChange
Rose most
Castellón1.3291.1 ¢
Illes Balears1.3081.0 ¢
Ceuta1.0951.0 ¢
Madrid1.3191.0 ¢
Teruel1.2981.0 ¢
Fell most
Las Palmas0.9881.4 ¢
Santa Cruz de Tenerife0.9840.5 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1340.898 37.2 ¢0.984
bonÀrea351.164 10.6 ¢1.227
Alcampo391.246 2.4 ¢1.286
Avia1011.256 1.4 ¢1.296
Petronor1941.262 0.8 ¢1.306
Galp4691.270 median1.324
Plenergy511.270 median1.324
Valcarce381.270 median1.320
Shell3391.271 median1.318
Cepsa7191.273 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$ 106.5607.10.2011 · a week earlier: $ 105.42
Brent, € per litre0.499 €07.10.2011 · a week earlier: 0.491 €
EUR/USD1.343407.10.2011 · a week earlier: 1.3503
Spain in the EU, diesel8 / 2710.10.2011 · Spain 1.269 €, EU average 1.375 € (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.