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Fuel prices in Spain: week 12 of 2012

19 Mar – 25 Mar 2012

Diesel fell by 1.1 cents over the week, to 1.390 €. Petrol 95 hardly changed over the week and ended at 1.480 €. A year earlier diesel cost 1.289 €: it is now 10.1 cents dearer.

Diesel rose most in Las Palmas (+1.8 cents). Diesel fell most in Illes Balears (−1.6 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 1.284 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 19 MarMon 26 MarChangeWeek average
Diesel1.4011.3901.1 ¢1.401
Petrol 951.4801.480no change1.485
Petrol 981.5951.595no change1.600

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

1.301.351.401.4526 Dec13 Feb26 MarPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 26 MarChange
Rose most
Las Palmas1.0041.8 ¢
Santa Cruz de Tenerife1.0041.8 ¢
Melilla1.0900.5 ¢
Fell most
Illes Balears1.3691.6 ¢
Albacete1.3911.5 ¢
Alicante1.4191.5 ¢
Álava1.3631.5 ¢
Asturias1.3861.5 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 26 MarChange
Rose most
Santa Cruz de Tenerife1.0992.2 ¢
Las Palmas1.0992.1 ¢
Melilla1.1671.5 ¢
Ceuta1.2241.0 ¢
Burgos1.5090.5 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1341.016 37.4 ¢1.111
bonÀrea351.284 10.6 ¢1.369
Alcampo431.364 2.6 ¢1.448
Avia1011.376 1.4 ¢1.458
Petronor1981.377 1.3 ¢1.473
Eni391.384 0.6 ¢1.480
Campsa1031.388 median1.480
Moeve5841.389 median1.476
Shell3401.389 median1.479
Meroil411.390 median1.479

* 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$ 125.2123.03.2012 · a week earlier: $ 125.09
Brent, € per litre0.595 €23.03.2012 · a week earlier: 0.600 €
EUR/USD1.324223.03.2012 · a week earlier: 1.3116
Spain in the EU, diesel8 / 2726.03.2012 · Spain 1.389 €, EU average 1.525 € (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.