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Fuel prices in Spain: week 33 of 2012

13 Aug – 19 Aug 2012

Diesel rose by 2.7 cents over the week, to 1.427 €. That is the highest diesel price since our records began in 2007. Petrol 95 rose by 4.3 cents over the week, to 1.517 €. That is the highest petrol 95 price since Apr 2012. A year earlier diesel cost 1.240 €: it is now 18.7 cents dearer.

Diesel rose most in Albacete (+3.0 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 1.294 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 13 AugMon 20 AugChangeWeek average
Diesel1.4001.4272.7 ¢1.417
Petrol 951.4741.5174.3 ¢1.496
Petrol 981.5891.6344.5 ¢1.613

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

1.301.401.5021 May9 Jul20 AugPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 20 AugChange
Rose most
Albacete1.4373.0 ¢
Guadalajara1.4362.8 ¢
Jaén1.4382.8 ¢
La Rioja1.3802.8 ¢
Teruel1.3902.8 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 20 AugChange
Rose most
Albacete1.5284.9 ¢
Illes Balears1.5554.8 ¢
Guadalajara1.5274.8 ¢
Salamanca1.5334.8 ¢
Álava1.4774.6 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1371.100 32.7 ¢1.140
bonÀrea361.294 13.3 ¢1.402
Alcampo431.372 5.5 ¢1.457
Avia1071.399 2.8 ¢1.489
Petronor1891.407 2.0 ¢1.505
Eni381.414 1.3 ¢1.505
Shell3451.416 1.1 ¢1.507
Valcarce391.422 0.5 ¢1.515
Q8691.427 median1.523
Moeve5891.429 median1.520

* 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$ 115.2017.08.2012 · a week earlier: $ 113.13
Brent, € per litre0.587 €17.08.2012 · a week earlier: 0.580 €
EUR/USD1.233717.08.2012 · a week earlier: 1.2262
Spain in the EU, diesel11 / 2720.08.2012 · Spain 1.420 €, EU average 1.543 € (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.