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  3. Week 17, 2012

Fuel prices in Spain: week 17 of 2012

23 Apr – 29 Apr 2012

Diesel hardly changed over the week and ended at 1.372 €. Petrol 95 fell by 1.5 cents over the week, to 1.455 €. A year earlier diesel cost 1.296 €: it is now 7.6 cents dearer.

Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 1.274 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 23 AprMon 30 AprChangeWeek average
Diesel1.3721.372no change1.372
Petrol 951.4701.4551.5 ¢1.463
Petrol 981.5851.5701.5 ¢1.578

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

1.351.401.451.5030 Jan19 Mar30 AprPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

No province changed by half a cent or more.

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 30 AprChange
Fell most
Ceuta1.2093.5 ¢
Melilla1.1672.1 ¢
Bizkaia1.4231.9 ¢
Las Palmas1.1181.9 ¢
Salamanca1.4781.9 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1360.999 37.3 ¢1.115
bonÀrea361.274 9.8 ¢1.398
Alcampo431.342 3.0 ¢1.429
Avia1031.350 2.2 ¢1.437
Petronor1971.362 1.0 ¢1.449
Eni391.368 median1.454
Moeve5841.368 median1.454
Shell3431.369 median1.454
Cepsa7201.371 median1.459
Valcarce371.372 median1.460

* 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$ 119.3027.04.2012 · a week earlier: $ 118.08
Brent, € per litre0.567 €27.04.2012 · a week earlier: 0.563 €
EUR/USD1.322927.04.2012 · a week earlier: 1.3192
Spain in the EU, diesel7 / 2730.04.2012 · Spain 1.372 €, EU average 1.504 € (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.