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Fuel prices in Spain: week 52 of 2011

26 Dec – 1 Jan 2012

Diesel rose by 1.1 cents over the week, to 1.315 €. Petrol 95 rose by 1.2 cents over the week, to 1.339 €. That is the highest petrol 95 price since Oct 2011. A year earlier diesel cost 1.189 €: it is now 12.6 cents dearer.

Diesel rose most in Tarragona (+1.7 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 1.198 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 26 DecMon 2 JanChangeWeek average
Diesel1.3041.3151.1 ¢1.306
Petrol 951.3271.3391.2 ¢1.332
Petrol 981.4431.4561.3 ¢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

1.251.301.353 Oct21 Nov2 JanPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 2 JanChange
Rose most
Tarragona1.3251.7 ¢
Sevilla1.3281.4 ¢
Cantabria1.3021.3 ¢
Valencia1.3151.3 ¢
Asturias1.3211.2 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 2 JanChange
Rose most
Tarragona1.3441.6 ¢
Lleida1.3261.2 ¢
Navarra1.3091.2 ¢
Burgos1.3161.1 ¢
Alicante1.3451.0 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1350.929 38.6 ¢0.997
bonÀrea351.198 11.7 ¢1.226
Alcampo421.280 3.5 ¢1.298
Avia981.302 1.3 ¢1.316
Petronor1941.308 0.7 ¢1.322
Cepsa7121.315 median1.342
Moeve5781.315 median1.340
Plenergy521.315 median1.344
Shell3401.315 median1.336
Valcarce371.315 median1.341

* 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$ 108.0930.12.2011 · a week earlier: $ 109.28
Brent, € per litre0.525 €30.12.2011 · a week earlier: 0.526 €
EUR/USD1.293930.12.2011 · a week earlier: 1.3057

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.