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Fuel prices in Spain: week 4 of 2012

23 Jan – 29 Jan 2012

Diesel fell by 1.3 cents over the week, to 1.322 €. Petrol 95 hardly changed over the week and ended at 1.376 €. A year earlier diesel cost 1.207 €: it is now 11.5 cents dearer.

Diesel fell most in Melilla (−2.5 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 1.219 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 23 JanMon 30 JanChangeWeek average
Diesel1.3351.3221.3 ¢1.333
Petrol 951.3761.376no change1.379
Petrol 981.4901.491no 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

1.301.3531 Oct19 Dec30 JanPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 30 JanChange
Fell most
Melilla1.0372.5 ¢
Salamanca1.2971.7 ¢
Málaga1.3311.6 ¢
Bizkaia1.3021.4 ¢
Santa Cruz de Tenerife0.9521.4 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

No province changed by half a cent or more.

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1330.952 37.0 ¢1.032
bonÀrea351.219 10.3 ¢1.275
Alcampo421.300 2.2 ¢1.346
Avia1011.302 2.0 ¢1.348
Petronor1971.311 1.1 ¢1.358
Valcarce361.316 0.6 ¢1.371
Moeve5811.318 median1.369
Cepsa7111.321 median1.371
Campsa1041.322 median1.376
Eni381.322 median1.377

* 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$ 110.5027.01.2012 · a week earlier: $ 108.50
Brent, € per litre0.529 €27.01.2012 · a week earlier: 0.529 €
EUR/USD1.314527.01.2012 · a week earlier: 1.2902
Spain in the EU, diesel4 / 2730.01.2012 · Spain 1.322 €, EU average 1.466 € (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.