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Fuel prices in Spain: week 36 of 2012

3 Sep – 9 Sep 2012

Diesel hardly changed over the week and ended at 1.449 €. Petrol 95 hardly changed over the week and ended at 1.525 €. A year earlier diesel cost 1.279 €: it is now 17.0 cents dearer.

Diesel rose most in Albacete (+0.6 cents). Diesel fell most in Málaga (−1.5 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 1.344 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 3 SepMon 10 SepChangeWeek average
Diesel1.4491.449no change1.451
Petrol 951.5251.525no change1.525
Petrol 981.6421.641no change1.642

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

1.301.401.5011 Jun30 Jul10 SepPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 10 SepChange
Rose most
Albacete1.4600.6 ¢
Ciudad Real1.4590.5 ¢
La Rioja1.4040.5 ¢
Fell most
Málaga1.4651.5 ¢
Illes Balears1.4711.0 ¢
Gipuzkoa1.4070.9 ¢
Huelva1.4640.9 ¢
Castellón1.4640.8 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 10 SepChange
Rose most
Huesca1.4730.6 ¢
Fell most
Illes Balears1.5451.4 ¢
Cantabria1.5341.1 ¢
Gipuzkoa1.4771.1 ¢
Huelva1.5381.1 ¢
Málaga1.5391.1 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1381.141 30.8 ¢1.174
bonÀrea371.344 10.5 ¢1.450
Alcampo421.400 4.9 ¢1.473
Avia1071.417 3.2 ¢1.504
Petronor1891.425 2.4 ¢1.505
Eni391.434 1.5 ¢1.519
Shell3431.440 0.9 ¢1.518
Valcarce381.444 0.5 ¢1.526
Moeve5931.445 median1.521
Q8691.445 median1.522

* 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$ 113.6407.09.2012 · a week earlier: $ 113.93
Brent, € per litre0.563 €07.09.2012 · a week earlier: 0.568 €
EUR/USD1.270607.09.2012 · a week earlier: 1.2611
Spain in the EU, diesel11 / 2710.09.2012 · Spain 1.441 €, EU average 1.545 € (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.