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Fuel prices in Spain: week 3 of 2012

16 Jan – 22 Jan 2012

Diesel fell by 2.8 cents over the week, to 1.335 €. Petrol 95 rose by 0.5 cents over the week, to 1.376 €. A year earlier diesel cost 1.212 €: it is now 12.3 cents dearer.

Diesel rose most in Las Palmas (+3.0 cents). Diesel fell most in Álava (−3.6 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 1.229 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 16 JanMon 23 JanChangeWeek average
Diesel1.3631.3352.8 ¢1.358
Petrol 951.3711.3760.5 ¢1.377
Petrol 981.4861.490no change1.493

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

1.301.3524 Oct12 Dec23 JanPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 23 JanChange
Rose most
Las Palmas0.9683.0 ¢
Santa Cruz de Tenerife0.9662.6 ¢
Fell most
Álava1.3143.6 ¢
Illes Balears1.3203.3 ¢
Madrid1.3343.3 ¢
Cuenca1.3353.1 ¢
Albacete1.3423.0 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 23 JanChange
Rose most
Santa Cruz de Tenerife1.0271.8 ¢
Las Palmas1.0281.7 ¢
Málaga1.3810.9 ¢
Bizkaia1.3500.7 ¢
Córdoba1.3790.7 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1340.974 36.1 ¢1.033
bonÀrea351.229 10.6 ¢1.267
Avia1011.318 1.7 ¢1.348
Alcampo421.319 1.6 ¢1.346
Petronor1971.322 1.3 ¢1.356
Valcarce361.328 0.7 ¢1.372
Moeve5781.331 median1.369
Cepsa7091.334 median1.372
Eni391.334 median1.377
Campsa1071.337 median1.376

* 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$ 108.5020.01.2012 · a week earlier: $ 109.88
Brent, € per litre0.529 €20.01.2012 · a week earlier: 0.541 €
EUR/USD1.290220.01.2012 · a week earlier: 1.2771
Spain in the EU, diesel7 / 2723.01.2012 · Spain 1.335 €, EU average 1.476 € (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.