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Fuel prices in Spain: week 18 of 2012

30 Apr – 6 May 2012

Diesel hardly changed over the week and ended at 1.374 €. Petrol 95 fell by 2.0 cents over the week, to 1.435 €. That is the lowest petrol 95 price since Feb 2012. A year earlier diesel cost 1.239 €: it is now 13.5 cents dearer.

Diesel rose most in Illes Balears (+5.8 cents). Diesel fell most in Ceuta (−0.7 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 1.279 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 30 AprMon 7 MayChangeWeek average
Diesel1.3721.374no change1.380
Petrol 951.4551.4352.0 ¢1.451
Petrol 981.5701.5492.1 ¢1.566

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

1.351.401.451.506 Feb26 Mar7 MayPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 7 MayChange
Rose most
Illes Balears1.4085.8 ¢
Toledo1.3982.7 ¢
Cuenca1.3962.6 ¢
Albacete1.4012.5 ¢
Ciudad Real1.4012.5 ¢
Fell most
Ceuta1.1400.7 ¢
Navarra1.3350.7 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 7 MayChange
Rose most
Illes Balears1.4633.2 ¢
Fell most
Cantabria1.3963.1 ¢
Córdoba1.4253.0 ¢
Jaén1.4263.0 ¢
Granada1.4292.8 ¢
Málaga1.4282.8 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1360.999 37.5 ¢1.108
bonÀrea351.279 9.5 ¢1.389
Alcampo431.344 3.0 ¢1.399
Avia1031.353 2.1 ¢1.411
Petronor1951.359 1.5 ¢1.424
Eni391.365 0.9 ¢1.429
Shell3421.369 0.5 ¢1.429
Campsa1071.370 median1.425
Agla611.372 median1.435
Moeve5861.372 median1.431

* 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$ 111.6604.05.2012 · a week earlier: $ 119.30
Brent, € per litre0.535 €04.05.2012 · a week earlier: 0.567 €
EUR/USD1.313204.05.2012 · a week earlier: 1.3229
Spain in the EU, diesel9 / 2707.05.2012 · Spain 1.374 €, EU average 1.509 € (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.