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Fuel prices in Spain: week 20 of 2012

14 May – 20 May 2012

Diesel fell by 0.5 cents over the week, to 1.344 €. That is the lowest diesel price since Feb 2012. Petrol 95 fell by 0.6 cents over the week, to 1.405 €. That is the lowest petrol 95 price since Feb 2012. A year earlier diesel cost 1.242 €: it is now 10.2 cents dearer.

Diesel fell most in Santa Cruz de Tenerife (−1.6 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 1.229 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 14 MayMon 21 MayChangeWeek average
Diesel1.3491.3440.5 ¢1.349
Petrol 951.4111.4050.6 ¢1.409
Petrol 981.5261.5210.5 ¢1.525

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

1.351.401.451.5020 Feb9 Apr21 MayPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 21 MayChange
Fell most
Santa Cruz de Tenerife0.9731.6 ¢
Melilla1.0351.1 ¢
Las Palmas0.9860.9 ¢
Guadalajara1.3690.7 ¢
Albacete1.3710.5 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 21 MayChange
Fell most
Las Palmas1.0911.3 ¢
Zamora1.4281.1 ¢
Huelva1.4001.0 ¢
Valencia1.4271.0 ¢
Badajoz1.4000.9 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1360.973 37.1 ¢1.083
bonÀrea351.229 11.5 ¢1.318
Alcampo431.315 2.9 ¢1.371
Avia1041.320 2.4 ¢1.379
Petronor1981.329 1.5 ¢1.399
Valcarce371.339 0.5 ¢1.414
Campsa1071.340 median1.400
Shell3441.341 median1.400
Agla591.344 median1.404
Eni381.344 median1.402

* 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$ 108.0318.05.2012 · a week earlier: $ 112.50
Brent, € per litre0.534 €18.05.2012 · a week earlier: 0.547 €
EUR/USD1.272118.05.2012 · a week earlier: 1.2944
Spain in the EU, diesel9 / 2721.05.2012 · Spain 1.345 €, EU average 1.475 € (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.