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Fuel prices in Spain: week 35 of 2012

27 Aug – 2 Sep 2012

Diesel rose by 1.9 cents over the week, to 1.449 €. That is the highest diesel price since our records began in 2007. Petrol 95 rose by 1.0 cents over the week, to 1.525 €. That is the highest petrol 95 price since our records began in 2007. A year earlier diesel cost 1.268 €: it is now 18.1 cents dearer.

Diesel rose most in Burgos (+2.7 cents). Diesel fell most in Ceuta (−1.1 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 1.342 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 27 AugMon 3 SepChangeWeek average
Diesel1.4301.4491.9 ¢1.437
Petrol 951.5151.5251.0 ¢1.519
Petrol 981.6301.6421.2 ¢1.635

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

1.301.401.504 Jun23 Jul3 SepPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 3 SepChange
Rose most
Burgos1.4682.7 ¢
Córdoba1.4612.6 ¢
Guadalajara1.4602.5 ¢
Navarra1.4172.5 ¢
Zamora1.4662.5 ¢
Fell most
Ceuta1.1831.1 ¢
Melilla1.0991.1 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 3 SepChange
Rose most
Cuenca1.5381.8 ¢
Cantabria1.5451.6 ¢
Las Palmas1.1801.6 ¢
Huelva1.5491.4 ¢
Santa Cruz de Tenerife1.1711.3 ¢
Fell most
Ceuta1.2461.5 ¢
Melilla1.1901.5 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1371.142 30.7 ¢1.180
bonÀrea371.342 10.7 ¢1.445
Alcampo431.390 5.9 ¢1.475
Avia1071.423 2.6 ¢1.500
Petronor1901.427 2.2 ¢1.510
Eni391.436 1.3 ¢1.519
Shell3431.442 0.7 ¢1.519
Campsa981.446 median1.520
Valcarce391.449 median1.523
Q8691.452 median1.527

* 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$ 113.9331.08.2012 · a week earlier: $ 115.76
Brent, € per litre0.568 €31.08.2012 · a week earlier: 0.582 €
EUR/USD1.261131.08.2012 · a week earlier: 1.2507
Spain in the EU, diesel13 / 2703.09.2012 · Spain 1.445 €, EU average 1.536 € (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.