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Fuel prices in Spain: week 6 of 2012

6 Feb – 12 Feb 2012

Diesel rose by 2.5 cents over the week, to 1.352 €. Petrol 95 rose by 1.7 cents over the week, to 1.398 €. A year earlier diesel cost 1.241 €: it is now 11.1 cents dearer.

Diesel rose most in Ceuta (+2.8 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 1.239 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 6 FebMon 13 FebChangeWeek average
Diesel1.3271.3522.5 ¢1.350
Petrol 951.3811.3981.7 ¢1.395
Petrol 981.4961.5131.7 ¢1.510

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

1.301.351.4014 Nov2 Jan13 FebPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 13 FebChange
Rose most
Ceuta1.1472.8 ¢
Melilla1.0652.8 ¢
Albacete1.3622.7 ¢
Alicante1.3902.7 ¢
Almería1.3632.7 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 13 FebChange
Rose most
Albacete1.3991.8 ¢
Almería1.4001.8 ¢
Álava1.3711.8 ¢
Asturias1.3991.8 ¢
Badajoz1.4001.8 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1350.960 39.2 ¢1.042
bonÀrea351.239 11.3 ¢1.297
Alcampo421.330 2.2 ¢1.369
Avia1011.335 1.7 ¢1.371
Petronor1971.340 1.2 ¢1.378
Valcarce371.348 median1.399
Shell3381.349 median1.394
Moeve5841.350 median1.393
Cepsa7171.353 median1.396
Campsa1071.354 median1.399

* 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$ 118.1310.02.2012 · a week earlier: $ 112.56
Brent, € per litre0.563 €10.02.2012 · a week earlier: 0.538 €
EUR/USD1.318910.02.2012 · a week earlier: 1.3160
Spain in the EU, diesel7 / 2713.02.2012 · Spain 1.350 €, EU average 1.486 € (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.