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Fuel prices in Spain: week 9 of 2012

27 Feb – 4 Mar 2012

Diesel fell by 0.9 cents over the week, to 1.366 €. Petrol 95 hardly changed over the week and ended at 1.440 €. A year earlier diesel cost 1.292 €: it is now 7.4 cents dearer.

Diesel rose most in Burgos (+4.1 cents). Diesel fell most in Illes Balears (−1.8 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 1.259 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 27 FebMon 5 MarChangeWeek average
Diesel1.3751.3660.9 ¢1.373
Petrol 951.4371.440no change1.440
Petrol 981.5521.555no change1.555

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

1.301.351.401.455 Dec23 Jan5 MarPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 5 MarChange
Rose most
Burgos1.3974.1 ¢
León1.3974.1 ¢
Palencia1.3974.1 ¢
Salamanca1.3924.1 ¢
Segovia1.3974.1 ¢
Fell most
Illes Balears1.3481.8 ¢
Málaga1.3691.7 ¢
Albacete1.3681.6 ¢
Alicante1.3961.6 ¢
Almería1.3691.6 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 5 MarChange
Rose most
Zamora1.4695.9 ¢
Burgos1.4695.7 ¢
León1.4695.7 ¢
Palencia1.4695.7 ¢
Salamanca1.4695.7 ¢
Fell most
Málaga1.4410.5 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1340.992 37.4 ¢1.077
bonÀrea351.259 10.7 ¢1.327
Alcampo421.342 2.4 ¢1.408
Avia1001.349 1.7 ¢1.412
Petronor1971.354 1.2 ¢1.432
Eni391.360 0.6 ¢1.440
Moeve5841.364 median1.435
Shell3401.364 median1.438
Campsa1051.365 median1.440
Carrefour1111.368 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$ 125.9302.03.2012 · a week earlier: $ 124.89
Brent, € per litre0.599 €02.03.2012 · a week earlier: 0.586 €
EUR/USD1.321702.03.2012 · a week earlier: 1.3412
Spain in the EU, diesel8 / 2705.03.2012 · Spain 1.365 €, EU average 1.509 € (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.