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Fuel prices in Spain: week 29 of 2012

16 Jul – 22 Jul 2012

Diesel rose by 3.8 cents over the week, to 1.384 €. That is the highest diesel price since May 2012. Petrol 95 rose by 2.9 cents over the week, to 1.434 €. That is the highest petrol 95 price since May 2012. A year earlier diesel cost 1.285 €: it is now 9.9 cents dearer.

Diesel rose most in Burgos (+4.9 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 1.279 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 16 JulMon 23 JulChangeWeek average
Diesel1.3461.3843.8 ¢1.367
Petrol 951.4051.4342.9 ¢1.424
Petrol 981.5201.5492.9 ¢1.540

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

1.301.351.401.4523 Apr11 Jun23 JulPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 23 JulChange
Rose most
Burgos1.4034.9 ¢
León1.4044.9 ¢
Albacete1.3954.8 ¢
Palencia1.4044.8 ¢
Illes Balears1.4184.7 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 23 JulChange
Rose most
Santa Cruz de Tenerife1.1173.5 ¢
Albacete1.4433.4 ¢
Álava1.3923.3 ¢
A Coruña1.4203.3 ¢
Huesca1.3783.3 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1361.087 29.7 ¢1.125
bonÀrea361.279 10.5 ¢1.340
Alcampo431.319 6.5 ¢1.384
Avia1041.356 2.8 ¢1.406
Petronor1891.363 2.1 ¢1.420
Eni391.367 1.7 ¢1.420
Shell3461.373 1.1 ¢1.428
Campsa991.381 median1.430
Valcarce381.381 median1.442
Galp4671.385 median1.439

* 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$ 106.9820.07.2012 · a week earlier: $ 101.91
Brent, € per litre0.552 €20.07.2012 · a week earlier: 0.526 €
EUR/USD1.220020.07.2012 · a week earlier: 1.2185
Spain in the EU, diesel10 / 2723.07.2012 · Spain 1.378 €, EU average 1.487 € (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.