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Fuel prices in Spain: week 37 of 2012

10 Sep – 16 Sep 2012

Diesel fell by 0.9 cents over the week, to 1.440 €. Petrol 95 fell by 1.8 cents over the week, to 1.507 €. A year earlier diesel cost 1.278 €: it is now 16.2 cents dearer.

Diesel fell most in Illes Balears (−1.3 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 1.329 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 10 SepMon 17 SepChangeWeek average
Diesel1.4491.4400.9 ¢1.448
Petrol 951.5251.5071.8 ¢1.523
Petrol 981.6411.6231.8 ¢1.639

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

1.301.401.5018 Jun6 Aug17 SepPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 17 SepChange
Fell most
Illes Balears1.4581.3 ¢
Teruel1.3941.3 ¢
Zamora1.4461.3 ¢
Albacete1.4481.2 ¢
Almería1.4521.2 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 17 SepChange
Fell most
Málaga1.5132.6 ¢
Ceuta1.2162.5 ¢
Ourense1.4842.5 ¢
Segovia1.5092.5 ¢
Asturias1.4832.2 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1361.134 30.6 ¢1.173
bonÀrea371.329 11.1 ¢1.429
Alcampo431.397 4.3 ¢1.469
Petronor1871.412 2.8 ¢1.483
Avia1061.416 2.4 ¢1.489
Eni391.422 1.8 ¢1.493
Shell3431.429 1.1 ¢1.503
Valcarce371.432 0.8 ¢1.509
Moeve5941.436 median1.498
Q8691.436 median1.508

* 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$ 117.4814.09.2012 · a week earlier: $ 113.64
Brent, € per litre0.564 €14.09.2012 · a week earlier: 0.563 €
EUR/USD1.309514.09.2012 · a week earlier: 1.2706
Spain in the EU, diesel11 / 2717.09.2012 · Spain 1.432 €, EU average 1.533 € (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.