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Fuel prices in Spain: week 10 of 2012

5 Mar – 11 Mar 2012

Diesel rose by 2.7 cents over the week, to 1.393 €. That is the highest diesel price since our records began in 2007. Petrol 95 rose by 1.5 cents over the week, to 1.455 €. That is the highest petrol 95 price since our records began in 2007. A year earlier diesel cost 1.295 €: it is now 9.8 cents dearer.

Diesel rose most in Bizkaia (+3.5 cents). Diesel fell most in Ceuta (−0.5 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 1.262 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 5 MarMon 12 MarChangeWeek average
Diesel1.3661.3932.7 ¢1.379
Petrol 951.4401.4551.5 ¢1.451
Petrol 981.5551.5701.5 ¢1.567

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

1.301.351.401.4512 Dec30 Jan12 MarPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 12 MarChange
Rose most
Bizkaia1.3753.5 ¢
Ciudad Real1.4033.5 ¢
A Coruña1.3893.5 ¢
León1.4323.5 ¢
Málaga1.4043.5 ¢
Fell most
Ceuta1.1570.5 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 12 MarChange
Rose most
Murcia1.4551.6 ¢
Albacete1.4551.5 ¢
Álava1.4271.5 ¢
Asturias1.4551.5 ¢
Badajoz1.4561.5 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1340.986 40.7 ¢1.076
bonÀrea351.262 13.1 ¢1.343
Alcampo431.358 3.5 ¢1.417
Avia1001.375 1.8 ¢1.427
Meroil401.384 0.9 ¢1.449
Q8691.385 0.8 ¢1.452
Petronor1971.388 0.5 ¢1.447
Shell3391.389 median1.451
Valcarce371.389 median1.455
Agla581.390 median1.454

* 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$ 128.0809.03.2012 · a week earlier: $ 125.93
Brent, € per litre0.611 €09.03.2012 · a week earlier: 0.599 €
EUR/USD1.319109.03.2012 · a week earlier: 1.3217
Spain in the EU, diesel8 / 2712.03.2012 · Spain 1.391 €, EU average 1.515 € (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.