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Fuel prices in Spain: week 41 of 2012

8 Oct – 14 Oct 2012

Diesel rose by 0.9 cents over the week, to 1.436 €. Petrol 95 rose by 1.9 cents over the week, to 1.503 €. A year earlier diesel cost 1.281 €: it is now 15.5 cents dearer.

Diesel rose most in Álava (+1.5 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 1.329 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 8 OctMon 15 OctChangeWeek average
Diesel1.4271.4360.9 ¢1.440
Petrol 951.4841.5031.9 ¢1.504
Petrol 981.5991.6202.1 ¢1.621

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

1.351.401.451.5016 Jul3 Sep15 OctPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 15 OctChange
Rose most
Álava1.3971.5 ¢
Guadalajara1.4461.4 ¢
León1.4501.4 ¢
Cuenca1.4471.3 ¢
Melilla1.0881.3 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 15 OctChange
Rose most
Ceuta1.2213.0 ¢
Melilla1.1653.0 ¢
Albacete1.5152.7 ¢
Santa Cruz de Tenerife1.1622.7 ¢
Soria1.5172.6 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1371.123 31.3 ¢1.167
bonÀrea371.329 10.7 ¢1.420
Alcampo441.386 5.0 ¢1.457
Avia1061.406 3.0 ¢1.478
Petronor1891.408 2.8 ¢1.488
Shell3421.424 1.2 ¢1.497
Valcarce381.431 0.5 ¢1.508
Q8691.432 median1.499
Eni391.434 median1.508
Moeve5881.435 median1.499

* 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$ 115.1712.10.2012 · a week earlier: $ 112.17
Brent, € per litre0.559 €12.10.2012 · a week earlier: 0.543 €
EUR/USD1.297012.10.2012 · a week earlier: 1.3002
Spain in the EU, diesel12 / 2715.10.2012 · Spain 1.428 €, 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.