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Fuel prices in Spain: week 34 of 2012

20 Aug – 26 Aug 2012

Diesel hardly changed over the week and ended at 1.430 €. Petrol 95 hardly changed over the week and ended at 1.515 €. A year earlier diesel cost 1.245 €: it is now 18.5 cents dearer.

Diesel rose most in Melilla (+3.0 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 1.319 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 20 AugMon 27 AugChangeWeek average
Diesel1.4271.430no change1.433
Petrol 951.5171.515no change1.522
Petrol 981.6341.630no change1.638

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

1.301.401.5028 May16 Jul27 AugPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 27 AugChange
Rose most
Melilla1.1103.0 ¢
Santa Cruz de Tenerife1.1192.7 ¢
Las Palmas1.1262.6 ¢
Murcia1.3990.7 ¢
Almería1.4450.6 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 27 AugChange
Rose most
Melilla1.2054.0 ¢
Santa Cruz de Tenerife1.1582.4 ¢
Las Palmas1.1642.2 ¢
Ceuta1.2610.5 ¢
Córdoba1.5250.5 ¢
Fell most
Álava1.4720.5 ¢
Illes Balears1.5500.5 ¢
Bizkaia1.4720.5 ¢
Cantabria1.5290.5 ¢
A Coruña1.5000.5 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1371.127 30.3 ¢1.162
bonÀrea371.319 11.1 ¢1.426
Alcampo431.379 5.1 ¢1.469
Avia1081.399 3.1 ¢1.490
Petronor1881.409 2.1 ¢1.500
Eni391.418 1.2 ¢1.509
Shell3441.419 1.1 ¢1.510
Valcarce381.428 median1.514
Campsa981.430 median1.514
Moeve5911.430 median1.518

* 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$ 115.7624.08.2012 · a week earlier: $ 115.20
Brent, € per litre0.582 €24.08.2012 · a week earlier: 0.587 €
EUR/USD1.250724.08.2012 · a week earlier: 1.2337
Spain in the EU, diesel10 / 2727.08.2012 · Spain 1.423 €, EU average 1.548 € (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.