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Fuel prices in Spain: week 8 of 2012

20 Feb – 26 Feb 2012

Diesel rose by 0.5 cents over the week, to 1.375 €. Petrol 95 rose by 1.8 cents over the week, to 1.437 €. A year earlier diesel cost 1.271 €: it is now 10.4 cents dearer.

Diesel rose most in Las Palmas (+1.6 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 1.265 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 20 FebMon 27 FebChangeWeek average
Diesel1.3701.3750.5 ¢1.375
Petrol 951.4191.4371.8 ¢1.431
Petrol 981.5371.5521.5 ¢1.548

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

1.301.351.401.4528 Nov16 Jan27 FebPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 27 FebChange
Rose most
Las Palmas0.9761.6 ¢
Santa Cruz de Tenerife0.9761.6 ¢
Ceuta1.1571.0 ¢
Lleida1.3670.8 ¢
Sevilla1.3850.8 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 27 FebChange
Rose most
Lleida1.4252.3 ¢
Málaga1.4462.1 ¢
Murcia1.4401.8 ¢
Castellón1.4691.7 ¢
Albacete1.4401.6 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1350.988 38.7 ¢1.069
bonÀrea351.265 11.0 ¢1.330
Alcampo431.349 2.6 ¢1.403
Avia1021.356 1.9 ¢1.412
Petronor1981.362 1.3 ¢1.419
Valcarce371.369 0.6 ¢1.436
Shell3391.373 median1.432
Moeve5791.375 median1.432
Campsa1061.376 median1.440
Repsol2,7561.376 median1.440

* 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$ 124.8924.02.2012 · a week earlier: $ 120.69
Brent, € per litre0.586 €24.02.2012 · a week earlier: 0.577 €
EUR/USD1.341224.02.2012 · a week earlier: 1.3159
Spain in the EU, diesel9 / 2727.02.2012 · Spain 1.373 €, EU average 1.506 € (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.