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Fuel prices in Spain: week 51 of 2011

19 Dec – 25 Dec 2011

Diesel rose by 1.7 cents over the week, to 1.304 €. Petrol 95 rose by 2.6 cents over the week, to 1.327 €. A year earlier diesel cost 1.190 €: it is now 11.4 cents dearer.

Diesel rose most in Álava (+2.5 cents). Diesel fell most in Melilla (−1.6 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 1.188 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 19 DecMon 26 DecChangeWeek average
Diesel1.2871.3041.7 ¢1.293
Petrol 951.3011.3272.6 ¢1.311
Petrol 981.4161.4432.7 ¢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

1.251.301.3526 Sep14 Nov26 DecPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 26 DecChange
Rose most
Álava1.2922.5 ¢
Illes Balears1.2982.4 ¢
Albacete1.3182.3 ¢
Barcelona1.3182.3 ¢
Burgos1.2902.3 ¢
Fell most
Melilla1.0091.6 ¢
Santa Cruz de Tenerife0.9220.5 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 26 DecChange
Rose most
Álava1.3093.6 ¢
Teruel1.3093.6 ¢
Albacete1.3363.5 ¢
Almería1.3373.5 ¢
Asturias1.3363.5 ¢
Fell most
Melilla1.0200.5 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1290.922 38.2 ¢0.986
bonÀrea351.188 11.6 ¢1.210
Alcampo421.260 4.4 ¢1.283
Avia1001.290 1.4 ¢1.308
Petronor1941.296 0.8 ¢1.314
Shell3381.299 0.5 ¢1.317
Meroil391.302 median1.309
Plenergy511.302 median1.329
Valcarce351.303 median1.330
BP5911.304 median1.333

* 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$ 109.2823.12.2011 · a week earlier: $ 104.00
Brent, € per litre0.526 €23.12.2011 · a week earlier: 0.501 €
EUR/USD1.305723.12.2011 · a week earlier: 1.3064

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.