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Fuel prices in Spain: week 19 of 2012

7 May – 13 May 2012

Diesel fell by 2.5 cents over the week, to 1.349 €. Petrol 95 fell by 2.4 cents over the week, to 1.411 €. That is the lowest petrol 95 price since Feb 2012. A year earlier diesel cost 1.247 €: it is now 10.2 cents dearer.

Diesel fell most in Soria (−2.7 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 1.252 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 7 MayMon 14 MayChangeWeek average
Diesel1.3741.3492.5 ¢1.359
Petrol 951.4351.4112.4 ¢1.422
Petrol 981.5491.5262.3 ¢1.537

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

1.351.401.451.5013 Feb2 Apr14 MayPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 14 MayChange
Fell most
Soria1.3692.7 ¢
Álava1.3202.6 ¢
Illes Balears1.3822.6 ¢
Gipuzkoa1.3202.6 ¢
Teruel1.3202.6 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 14 MayChange
Fell most
Melilla1.1084.1 ¢
Álava1.3762.6 ¢
Gipuzkoa1.3762.6 ¢
Teruel1.3762.6 ¢
Ceuta1.1602.5 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1370.993 35.6 ¢1.092
bonÀrea351.252 9.7 ¢1.340
Alcampo431.319 3.0 ¢1.376
Avia1041.328 2.1 ¢1.389
Petronor1971.334 1.5 ¢1.404
Eni391.340 0.9 ¢1.409
Campsa1071.345 median1.405
Shell3451.345 median1.407
Moeve5861.348 median1.410
Agla611.349 median1.409

* 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$ 112.5011.05.2012 · a week earlier: $ 111.66
Brent, € per litre0.547 €11.05.2012 · a week earlier: 0.535 €
EUR/USD1.294411.05.2012 · a week earlier: 1.3132
Spain in the EU, diesel8 / 2714.05.2012 · Spain 1.350 €, EU average 1.485 € (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.