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Fuel prices in Spain: week 31 of 2012

30 Jul – 5 Aug 2012

Diesel fell by 1.5 cents over the week, to 1.365 €. Petrol 95 rose by 1.3 cents over the week, to 1.443 €. A year earlier diesel cost 1.268 €: it is now 9.7 cents dearer.

Diesel rose most in Santa Cruz de Tenerife (+1.2 cents). Diesel fell most in Ceuta (−1.9 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 1.259 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 30 JulMon 6 AugChangeWeek average
Diesel1.3801.3651.5 ¢1.381
Petrol 951.4301.4431.3 ¢1.444
Petrol 981.5471.5581.1 ¢1.559

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

1.301.351.401.457 May25 Jun6 AugPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 6 AugChange
Rose most
Santa Cruz de Tenerife1.0911.2 ¢
Las Palmas1.1000.7 ¢
Fell most
Ceuta1.1491.9 ¢
Guadalajara1.3691.8 ¢
Huelva1.3861.8 ¢
Álava1.3221.7 ¢
Castellón1.3861.6 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 6 AugChange
Rose most
Bizkaia1.4021.5 ¢
Ceuta1.1991.5 ¢
Guadalajara1.4501.5 ¢
Álava1.4001.3 ¢
Asturias1.4281.3 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1361.103 26.2 ¢1.135
bonÀrea361.259 10.6 ¢1.340
Alcampo431.322 4.3 ¢1.389
Petronor1891.343 2.2 ¢1.428
Avia1031.345 2.0 ¢1.418
Eni391.346 1.9 ¢1.439
Shell3471.363 median1.439
Campsa981.364 median1.442
Moeve5921.364 median1.446
Repsol2,7811.365 median1.443

* 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$ 109.5703.08.2012 · a week earlier: $ 106.30
Brent, € per litre0.563 €03.08.2012 · a week earlier: 0.543 €
EUR/USD1.224503.08.2012 · a week earlier: 1.2317
Spain in the EU, diesel8 / 2706.08.2012 · Spain 1.362 €, EU average 1.493 € (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.