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Fuel prices in Spain: week 32 of 2012

6 Aug – 12 Aug 2012

Diesel rose by 3.5 cents over the week, to 1.400 €. Petrol 95 rose by 3.1 cents over the week, to 1.474 €. A year earlier diesel cost 1.239 €: it is now 16.1 cents dearer.

Diesel rose most in Segovia (+4.6 cents). Diesel fell most in Las Palmas (−0.9 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 1.275 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 6 AugMon 13 AugChangeWeek average
Diesel1.3651.4003.5 ¢1.391
Petrol 951.4431.4743.1 ¢1.466
Petrol 981.5581.5893.1 ¢1.581

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

1.301.351.401.4514 May2 Jul13 AugPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 13 AugChange
Rose most
Segovia1.4154.6 ¢
Gipuzkoa1.3684.1 ¢
Álava1.3624.0 ¢
Illes Balears1.4304.0 ¢
A Coruña1.3764.0 ¢
Fell most
Las Palmas1.0910.9 ¢
Santa Cruz de Tenerife1.0850.6 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 13 AugChange
Rose most
Melilla1.1653.7 ¢
Teruel1.4383.7 ¢
Segovia1.4843.6 ¢
Albacete1.4793.4 ¢
Gipuzkoa1.4403.3 ¢
Fell most
Las Palmas1.1300.5 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1371.091 30.9 ¢1.128
bonÀrea361.275 12.5 ¢1.373
Alcampo431.349 5.1 ¢1.424
Avia1031.375 2.5 ¢1.446
Petronor1881.382 1.8 ¢1.460
Shell3451.389 1.1 ¢1.464
Eni381.394 0.6 ¢1.469
Valcarce391.401 median1.473
Moeve5901.403 median1.474
Campsa971.404 median1.474

* 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$ 113.1310.08.2012 · a week earlier: $ 109.57
Brent, € per litre0.580 €10.08.2012 · a week earlier: 0.563 €
EUR/USD1.226210.08.2012 · a week earlier: 1.2245
Spain in the EU, diesel11 / 2713.08.2012 · Spain 1.395 €, EU average 1.519 € (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.