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Fuel prices in Spain: week 39 of 2012

24 Sep – 30 Sep 2012

Diesel hardly changed over the week and ended at 1.420 €. Petrol 95 rose by 1.2 cents over the week, to 1.479 €. A year earlier diesel cost 1.263 €: it is now 15.7 cents dearer.

Diesel rose most in Albacete (+0.8 cents). Diesel fell most in Lleida (−1.0 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 1.299 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 24 SepMon 1 OctChangeWeek average
Diesel1.4191.420no change1.427
Petrol 951.4671.4791.2 ¢1.478
Petrol 981.5841.5971.3 ¢1.595

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

1.301.401.502 Jul20 Aug1 OctPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 1 OctChange
Rose most
Albacete1.4360.8 ¢
Bizkaia1.3830.8 ¢
Cantabria1.4400.8 ¢
Ciudad Real1.4360.8 ¢
A Coruña1.3970.8 ¢
Fell most
Lleida1.4081.0 ¢
Santa Cruz de Tenerife1.1190.8 ¢
Las Palmas1.1290.5 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 1 OctChange
Rose most
Asturias1.4662.4 ¢
Bizkaia1.4382.4 ¢
Cantabria1.4952.4 ¢
Granada1.4952.4 ¢
Madrid1.4582.4 ¢
Fell most
Las Palmas1.1612.5 ¢
Santa Cruz de Tenerife1.1581.8 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1371.129 29.1 ¢1.161
bonÀrea371.299 12.1 ¢1.396
Alcampo441.372 4.8 ¢1.424
Avia1071.393 2.7 ¢1.459
Petronor1911.399 2.1 ¢1.466
Eni391.407 1.3 ¢1.476
Shell3431.413 0.7 ¢1.470
Moeve5911.415 0.5 ¢1.473
Q8691.416 median1.474
Valcarce371.417 median1.479

* 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$ 111.3628.09.2012 · a week earlier: $ 111.27
Brent, € per litre0.542 €28.09.2012 · a week earlier: 0.539 €
EUR/USD1.293028.09.2012 · a week earlier: 1.2988
Spain in the EU, diesel11 / 2701.10.2012 · Spain 1.415 €, EU average 1.515 € (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.