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Fuel prices in Spain: week 50 of 2011

12 Dec – 18 Dec 2011

Diesel fell by 1.2 cents over the week, to 1.287 €. That is the lowest diesel price since Oct 2011. Petrol 95 hardly changed over the week and ended at 1.301 €. A year earlier diesel cost 1.170 €: it is now 11.7 cents dearer.

Diesel fell most in Álava (−2.1 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 1.197 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 12 DecMon 19 DecChangeWeek average
Diesel1.2991.2871.2 ¢1.303
Petrol 951.3011.301no change1.311
Petrol 981.4161.416no change1.428

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

1.251.301.3519 Sep7 Nov19 DecPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 19 DecChange
Fell most
Álava1.2672.1 ¢
Huelva1.2962.1 ¢
Zamora1.2701.6 ¢
Albacete1.2951.5 ¢
Almería1.2961.5 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 19 DecChange
Rose most
Melilla1.0251.5 ¢
Ceuta1.0801.0 ¢
Las Palmas0.9810.5 ¢
Fell most
Álava1.2730.6 ¢
Teruel1.2730.6 ¢
Huelva1.3020.5 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1260.927 36.0 ¢0.987
bonÀrea351.197 9.0 ¢1.205
Alcampo401.266 2.1 ¢1.274
Avia1011.272 1.5 ¢1.275
Petronor1941.273 1.4 ¢1.282
Valcarce351.281 0.6 ¢1.300
Plenergy501.285 median1.301
Campsa1071.286 median1.301
Cepsa7121.286 median1.299
Repsol2,7501.286 median1.301

* 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$ 104.0016.12.2011 · a week earlier: $ 107.91
Brent, € per litre0.501 €16.12.2011 · a week earlier: 0.507 €
EUR/USD1.306416.12.2011 · a week earlier: 1.3384
Spain in the EU, diesel7 / 2719.12.2011 · Spain 1.285 €, EU average 1.426 € (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.