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Fuel prices in Spain: week 5 of 2012

30 Jan – 5 Feb 2012

Diesel rose by 0.5 cents over the week, to 1.327 €. Petrol 95 rose by 0.5 cents over the week, to 1.381 €. A year earlier diesel cost 1.240 €: it is now 8.7 cents dearer.

Diesel rose most in Illes Balears (+1.0 cents). Diesel fell most in Las Palmas (−1.4 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 1.219 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 30 JanMon 6 FebChangeWeek average
Diesel1.3221.3270.5 ¢1.328
Petrol 951.3761.3810.5 ¢1.388
Petrol 981.4911.4960.5 ¢1.504

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

1.301.357 Nov26 Dec6 FebPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 6 FebChange
Rose most
Illes Balears1.3171.0 ¢
Bizkaia1.3090.7 ¢
Castellón1.3650.7 ¢
Cuenca1.3320.7 ¢
Madrid1.3290.7 ¢
Fell most
Las Palmas0.9521.4 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 6 FebChange
Rose most
Bizkaia1.3591.1 ¢
Castellón1.4151.1 ¢
Girona1.3871.1 ¢
Málaga1.3881.1 ¢
Ceuta1.1551.0 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1350.950 37.7 ¢1.038
bonÀrea351.219 10.8 ¢1.280
Alcampo421.306 2.1 ¢1.353
Avia1011.307 2.0 ¢1.353
Petronor1951.313 1.4 ¢1.361
Valcarce361.320 0.7 ¢1.381
Campsa1061.327 median1.381
Moeve5841.327 median1.378
Shell3391.327 median1.380
Cepsa7201.329 median1.381

* 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$ 112.5603.02.2012 · a week earlier: $ 110.50
Brent, € per litre0.538 €03.02.2012 · a week earlier: 0.529 €
EUR/USD1.316003.02.2012 · a week earlier: 1.3145
Spain in the EU, diesel6 / 2706.02.2012 · Spain 1.326 €, EU average 1.469 € (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.