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Fuel prices in Spain: week 16 of 2012

16 Apr – 22 Apr 2012

Diesel hardly changed over the week and ended at 1.372 €. Petrol 95 fell by 2.7 cents over the week, to 1.470 €. A year earlier diesel cost 1.299 €: it is now 7.3 cents dearer.

Diesel fell most in Melilla (−1.2 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 1.279 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 16 AprMon 23 AprChangeWeek average
Diesel1.3751.372no change1.376
Petrol 951.4971.4702.7 ¢1.488
Petrol 981.6101.5852.5 ¢1.603

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

1.351.401.451.5023 Jan12 Mar23 AprPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 23 AprChange
Fell most
Melilla1.0631.2 ¢
Cuenca1.3690.6 ¢
Cádiz1.3710.6 ¢
Ceuta1.1470.5 ¢
Navarra1.3430.5 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 23 AprChange
Rose most
Las Palmas1.1371.1 ¢
Fell most
Cantabria1.4393.0 ¢
León1.4943.0 ¢
Sevilla1.4692.8 ¢
Albacete1.4642.7 ¢
Alicante1.4932.7 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1360.995 37.7 ¢1.129
bonÀrea361.279 9.3 ¢1.429
Alcampo431.342 3.0 ¢1.443
Avia1001.353 1.9 ¢1.454
Petronor1971.362 1.0 ¢1.464
Eni391.368 median1.469
Moeve5871.368 median1.469
Shell3441.369 median1.468
Cepsa7151.370 median1.473
Valcarce371.372 median1.486

* 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$ 118.0820.04.2012 · a week earlier: $ 120.62
Brent, € per litre0.563 €20.04.2012 · a week earlier: 0.577 €
EUR/USD1.319220.04.2012 · a week earlier: 1.3148
Spain in the EU, diesel8 / 2723.04.2012 · Spain 1.373 €, EU average 1.514 € (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.