Spain
Weekly prices
Week 41, 2011

Fuel prices in Spain: week 41 of 2011

Name: Fuel prices in Spain, week 41 of 2011 (10 Oct – 16 Oct 2011)
Creator: Litrigo

10 Oct – 16 Oct 2011

Diesel rose by 1.1 cents over the week, to 1.281 €. Petrol 95 rose by 1.4 cents over the week, to 1.335 €. A year earlier diesel cost 1.096 €: it is now 18.5 cents dearer.

Diesel rose most in Ceuta (+2.0 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 1.164 €.

Median prices across Spain

Fuel	Mon 10 Oct	Mon 17 Oct	Change	Week average
Diesel	1.27⁰	1.28¹	1.1 ¢	1.28¹
Petrol 95	1.32¹	1.33⁵	1.4 ¢	1.33⁸
Petrol 98	1.43⁵	1.45⁰	1.5 ¢	1.45²

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

DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

Province	Mon 17 Oct	Change
Rose most
Ceuta	1.09⁰	2.0 ¢
Melilla	0.99⁷	1.8 ¢
Málaga	1.30⁰	1.5 ¢
Illes Balears	1.27⁶	1.4 ¢
Castellón	1.28⁴	1.4 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

Province	Mon 17 Oct	Change
Rose most
Melilla	1.05⁰	3.0 ¢
Ceuta	1.11⁵	2.0 ¢
Bizkaia	1.31³	1.7 ¢
Gipuzkoa	1.31³	1.7 ¢
Jaén	1.34²	1.7 ¢

The cheapest large chains

Chain	Stations	Diesel	Petrol 95
Disa^*	135	0.90² 37.9 ¢	0.99⁷
bonÀrea	35	1.16⁴ 11.7 ¢	1.22⁷
Alcampo	39	1.25⁶ 2.5 ¢	1.30⁰
Avia	102	1.26⁶ 1.5 ¢	1.31²
Petronor	194	1.27² 0.9 ¢	1.31⁷
Valcarce	37	1.28⁰ median	1.33⁵
Plenergy	49	1.28³ median	1.33⁹
Campsa	106	1.28⁴ median	1.33⁵
Cepsa	718	1.28⁴ median	1.33⁵
Moeve	579	1.28⁴ median	1.33²

* 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$ 114.3314.10.2011 · a week earlier: $ 106.56

Brent, € per litre0.521 €14.10.2011 · a week earlier: 0.499 €

EUR/USD1.380714.10.2011 · a week earlier: 1.3434

Spain in the EU, diesel9 / 2717.10.2011 · Spain 1.279 €, EU average 1.385 € (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.