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Fuel prices in Spain: week 42 of 2011

17 Oct – 23 Oct 2011

Diesel rose by 1.2 cents over the week, to 1.293 €. Petrol 95 fell by 2.0 cents over the week, to 1.315 €. A year earlier diesel cost 1.096 €: it is now 19.7 cents dearer.

Diesel rose most in Álava (+1.7 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 1.186 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 17 OctMon 24 OctChangeWeek average
Diesel1.2811.2931.2 ¢1.297
Petrol 951.3351.3152.0 ¢1.335
Petrol 981.4501.4302.0 ¢1.449

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

1.251.301.3525 Jul12 Sep24 OctPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 24 OctChange
Rose most
Álava1.2831.7 ¢
Girona1.3081.4 ¢
Granada1.3091.4 ¢
Albacete1.3061.2 ¢
Alicante1.2921.2 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 24 OctChange
Rose most
Las Palmas1.0041.3 ¢
Santa Cruz de Tenerife0.9991.3 ¢
Melilla1.0550.5 ¢
Fell most
Bizkaia1.2872.6 ¢
Málaga1.3162.6 ¢
León1.2872.5 ¢
Ourense1.3152.4 ¢
Toledo1.3162.4 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1340.917 37.6 ¢1.012
bonÀrea351.186 10.7 ¢1.229
Alcampo391.269 2.4 ¢1.299
Avia1011.278 1.5 ¢1.300
Petronor1931.284 0.9 ¢1.302
Valcarce371.290 median1.315
Cepsa7181.293 median1.317
Moeve5771.293 median1.315
Plenergy491.294 median1.319
Shell3381.294 median1.316

* 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$ 111.6021.10.2011 · a week earlier: $ 114.33
Brent, € per litre0.509 €21.10.2011 · a week earlier: 0.521 €
EUR/USD1.379821.10.2011 · a week earlier: 1.3807
Spain in the EU, diesel9 / 2724.10.2011 · Spain 1.292 €, EU average 1.398 € (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.