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Fuel prices in Spain: week 40 of 2012

1 Oct – 7 Oct 2012

Diesel rose by 0.7 cents over the week, to 1.427 €. Petrol 95 rose by 0.5 cents over the week, to 1.484 €. A year earlier diesel cost 1.270 €: it is now 15.7 cents dearer.

Diesel rose most in Ceuta (+1.0 cents). Diesel fell most in Las Palmas (−1.9 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 1.319 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 1 OctMon 8 OctChangeWeek average
Diesel1.4201.4270.7 ¢1.435
Petrol 951.4791.4840.5 ¢1.492
Petrol 981.5971.599no change1.609

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

1.351.401.451.509 Jul27 Aug8 OctPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 8 OctChange
Rose most
Ceuta1.1591.0 ¢
Melilla1.0751.0 ¢
Soria1.4360.9 ¢
Illes Balears1.4490.8 ¢
Bizkaia1.3900.7 ¢
Fell most
Las Palmas1.1101.9 ¢
Santa Cruz de Tenerife1.1071.2 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 8 OctChange
Rose most
Melilla1.1352.5 ¢
Ceuta1.1911.5 ¢
Bizkaia1.4450.7 ¢
Tarragona1.4910.7 ¢
Fell most
Santa Cruz de Tenerife1.1352.3 ¢
Las Palmas1.1481.3 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1371.120 30.7 ¢1.148
bonÀrea371.319 10.8 ¢1.400
Alcampo441.386 4.1 ¢1.444
Avia1061.398 2.9 ¢1.459
Petronor1911.398 2.9 ¢1.463
Eni391.416 1.1 ¢1.481
Shell3441.419 0.8 ¢1.473
Valcarce381.419 0.8 ¢1.487
Q8691.425 median1.478
Moeve5891.426 median1.476

* 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$ 112.1705.10.2012 · a week earlier: $ 111.36
Brent, € per litre0.543 €05.10.2012 · a week earlier: 0.542 €
EUR/USD1.300205.10.2012 · a week earlier: 1.2930
Spain in the EU, diesel11 / 2708.10.2012 · Spain 1.418 €, EU average 1.524 € (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.