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Fuel prices in Spain: week 21 of 2012

21 May – 27 May 2012

Diesel fell by 1.5 cents over the week, to 1.329 €. That is the lowest diesel price since Feb 2012. Petrol 95 hardly changed over the week and ended at 1.406 €. A year earlier diesel cost 1.264 €: it is now 6.5 cents dearer.

Diesel fell most in Illes Balears (−2.1 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 1.229 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 21 MayMon 28 MayChangeWeek average
Diesel1.3441.3291.5 ¢1.335
Petrol 951.4051.406no change1.405
Petrol 981.5211.522no change1.522

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

1.351.401.451.5027 Feb16 Apr28 MayPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 28 MayChange
Fell most
Illes Balears1.3612.1 ¢
Cáceres1.3252.0 ¢
Cuenca1.3521.9 ¢
Soria1.3491.8 ¢
Toledo1.3511.8 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 28 MayChange
Rose most
Albacete1.4320.5 ¢
Almería1.4050.5 ¢
Álava1.3760.5 ¢
Asturias1.4040.5 ¢
Badajoz1.4050.5 ¢
Fell most
Las Palmas1.0830.8 ¢
Ceuta1.1500.5 ¢
Melilla1.0940.5 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1340.966 36.3 ¢1.080
bonÀrea351.229 10.0 ¢1.318
Alcampo431.288 4.1 ¢1.365
Avia1021.306 2.3 ¢1.382
Petronor1941.314 1.5 ¢1.404
Moeve5821.324 0.5 ¢1.406
Campsa1061.326 median1.405
Shell3421.327 median1.404
Agla591.329 median1.404
Ballenoil1141.329 median1.406

* 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$ 107.8625.05.2012 · a week earlier: $ 108.03
Brent, € per litre0.541 €25.05.2012 · a week earlier: 0.534 €
EUR/USD1.254625.05.2012 · a week earlier: 1.2721
Spain in the EU, diesel8 / 2728.05.2012 · Spain 1.330 €, EU average 1.470 € (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.