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Fuel prices in Spain: week 28 of 2012

9 Jul – 15 Jul 2012

Diesel rose by 1.4 cents over the week, to 1.346 €. Petrol 95 hardly changed over the week and ended at 1.405 €. A year earlier diesel cost 1.286 €: it is now 6.0 cents dearer.

Diesel rose most in Las Palmas (+2.5 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 1.219 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 9 JulMon 16 JulChangeWeek average
Diesel1.3321.3461.4 ¢1.342
Petrol 951.4041.405no change1.414
Petrol 981.5201.520no change1.529

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

1.301.351.401.451.5016 Apr4 Jun16 JulPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 16 JulChange
Rose most
Las Palmas1.0592.5 ¢
Tarragona1.3551.8 ¢
Almería1.3591.7 ¢
Álava1.3091.7 ¢
La Rioja1.3031.7 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 16 JulChange
Rose most
Las Palmas1.1063.0 ¢
Cuenca1.4191.1 ¢
Tarragona1.4181.1 ¢
Melilla1.1041.0 ¢
Santa Cruz de Tenerife1.0821.0 ¢
Fell most
Huesca1.3450.6 ¢
Granada1.4170.5 ¢
Guadalajara1.4090.5 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1371.074 27.2 ¢1.121
bonÀrea361.219 12.7 ¢1.310
Alcampo431.294 5.2 ¢1.363
Avia1041.316 3.0 ¢1.385
Petronor1891.319 2.7 ¢1.387
Eni391.335 1.1 ¢1.401
Valcarce361.337 0.9 ¢1.412
Shell3461.340 0.6 ¢1.401
Q8691.344 median1.409
Moeve5911.345 median1.405

* 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$ 101.9113.07.2012 · a week earlier: $ 98.50
Brent, € per litre0.526 €13.07.2012 · a week earlier: 0.501 €
EUR/USD1.218513.07.2012 · a week earlier: 1.2377
Spain in the EU, diesel10 / 2716.07.2012 · Spain 1.338 €, EU average 1.460 € (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.