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Fuel prices in Spain: week 7 of 2012

13 Feb – 19 Feb 2012

Diesel rose by 1.8 cents over the week, to 1.370 €. That is the highest diesel price since our records began in 2007. Petrol 95 rose by 2.1 cents over the week, to 1.419 €. That is the highest petrol 95 price since our records began in 2007. A year earlier diesel cost 1.251 €: it is now 11.9 cents dearer.

Diesel rose most in Illes Balears (+2.4 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 1.254 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 13 FebMon 20 FebChangeWeek average
Diesel1.3521.3701.8 ¢1.362
Petrol 951.3981.4192.1 ¢1.410
Petrol 981.5131.5372.4 ¢1.526

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

1.301.351.4021 Nov9 Jan20 FebPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 20 FebChange
Rose most
Illes Balears1.3622.4 ¢
Álava1.3572.3 ¢
Bizkaia1.3562.2 ¢
Cantabria1.3562.2 ¢
A Coruña1.3702.2 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 20 FebChange
Rose most
Álava1.3982.7 ¢
Madrid1.4172.6 ¢
Albacete1.4242.5 ¢
Almería1.4252.5 ¢
Asturias1.4242.5 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1350.976 39.4 ¢1.054
bonÀrea351.254 11.6 ¢1.309
Alcampo421.342 2.8 ¢1.380
Avia1021.356 1.4 ¢1.396
Petronor1991.362 0.8 ¢1.402
Moeve5821.368 median1.417
Valcarce381.368 median1.420
Cepsa7181.369 median1.419
Shell3391.369 median1.416
Ballenoil1131.371 median1.419

* 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$ 120.6917.02.2012 · a week earlier: $ 118.13
Brent, € per litre0.577 €17.02.2012 · a week earlier: 0.563 €
EUR/USD1.315917.02.2012 · a week earlier: 1.3189
Spain in the EU, diesel8 / 2720.02.2012 · Spain 1.368 €, EU average 1.502 € (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.