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Fuel prices in Spain: week 14 of 2012

2 Apr – 8 Apr 2012

Diesel hardly changed over the week and ended at 1.391 €. Petrol 95 rose by 2.5 cents over the week, to 1.523 €. That is the highest petrol 95 price since our records began in 2007. A year earlier diesel cost 1.310 €: it is now 8.1 cents dearer.

Diesel rose most in Ceuta (+0.5 cents). Diesel fell most in Las Palmas (−1.0 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 1.295 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 2 AprMon 9 AprChangeWeek average
Diesel1.3921.391no change1.390
Petrol 951.4981.5232.5 ¢1.514
Petrol 981.6131.6402.7 ¢1.629

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

1.351.401.451.509 Jan27 Feb9 AprPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 9 AprChange
Rose most
Ceuta1.1640.5 ¢
Fell most
Las Palmas0.9961.0 ¢
Santa Cruz de Tenerife0.9930.7 ¢
Melilla1.0730.5 ¢
Ávila1.4200.5 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 9 AprChange
Rose most
Teruel1.5043.1 ¢
Málaga1.5313.0 ¢
Álava1.4982.8 ¢
Illes Balears1.5142.8 ¢
Bizkaia1.4982.8 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1350.993 39.8 ¢1.124
bonÀrea361.295 9.6 ¢1.433
Alcampo411.349 4.2 ¢1.468
Avia1021.368 2.3 ¢1.494
Petronor1961.380 1.1 ¢1.516
Eni381.388 median1.524
Valcarce351.389 median1.526
Campsa1041.390 median1.523
Moeve5851.390 median1.521
Agla581.391 median1.509

* 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$ 123.5805.04.2012 · a week earlier: $ 123.41
Brent, € per litre0.595 €05.04.2012 · a week earlier: 0.581 €
EUR/USD1.306805.04.2012 · a week earlier: 1.3356

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.