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Fuel prices in Spain: week 1 of 2012

2 Jan – 8 Jan 2012

Diesel rose by 2.7 cents over the week, to 1.342 €. That is the highest diesel price since our records began in 2007. Petrol 95 rose by 2.6 cents over the week, to 1.365 €. That is the highest petrol 95 price since Sep 2011. A year earlier diesel cost 1.198 €: it is now 14.4 cents dearer.

Diesel rose most in Almería (+3.4 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 1.219 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 2 JanMon 9 JanChangeWeek average
Diesel1.3151.3422.7 ¢1.326
Petrol 951.3391.3652.6 ¢1.351
Petrol 981.4561.4822.6 ¢1.467

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

1.301.3510 Oct28 Nov9 JanPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 9 JanChange
Rose most
Almería1.3583.4 ¢
Ceuta1.1283.3 ¢
Illes Balears1.3343.2 ¢
Córdoba1.3543.2 ¢
Asturias1.3492.8 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 9 JanChange
Rose most
Melilla1.0653.7 ¢
Navarra1.3382.9 ¢
Ceuta1.1262.8 ¢
Murcia1.3682.8 ¢
Albacete1.3712.7 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1330.937 40.5 ¢1.008
bonÀrea351.219 12.3 ¢1.250
Alcampo421.304 3.8 ¢1.322
Avia1011.328 1.4 ¢1.343
Petronor1941.335 0.7 ¢1.349
Shell3381.338 median1.359
Galp4631.339 median1.368
Valcarce371.339 median1.364
Cepsa7111.340 median1.366
Meroil381.340 median1.360

* 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$ 111.9606.01.2012 · a week earlier: $ 108.09
Brent, € per litre0.551 €06.01.2012 · a week earlier: 0.525 €
EUR/USD1.277606.01.2012 · a week earlier: 1.2939
Spain in the EU, diesel8 / 2709.01.2012 · Spain 1.336 €, EU average 1.464 € (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.