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Fuel prices in Spain: week 42 of 2012

15 Oct – 21 Oct 2012

Diesel fell by 2.5 cents over the week, to 1.411 €. That is the lowest diesel price since Aug 2012. Petrol 95 fell by 6.4 cents over the week, to 1.439 €. That is the lowest petrol 95 price since Jul 2012. A year earlier diesel cost 1.293 €: it is now 11.8 cents dearer.

Diesel rose most in Santa Cruz de Tenerife (+0.6 cents). Diesel fell most in Illes Balears (−3.4 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 1.318 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 15 OctMon 22 OctChangeWeek average
Diesel1.4361.4112.5 ¢1.433
Petrol 951.5031.4396.4 ¢1.486
Petrol 981.6201.5566.4 ¢1.602

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

1.351.401.451.5023 Jul10 Sep22 OctPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 22 OctChange
Rose most
Santa Cruz de Tenerife1.1250.6 ¢
Las Palmas1.1240.5 ¢
Fell most
Illes Balears1.4233.4 ¢
Soria1.4143.4 ¢
Guadalajara1.4143.2 ¢
Bizkaia1.3643.0 ¢
Ciudad Real1.4173.0 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 22 OctChange
Rose most
Santa Cruz de Tenerife1.1670.5 ¢
Fell most
Soria1.4407.7 ¢
Asturias1.4137.5 ¢
Illes Balears1.4537.5 ¢
Bizkaia1.3857.5 ¢
Cantabria1.4427.5 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1371.132 27.9 ¢1.168
bonÀrea371.318 9.3 ¢1.367
Alcampo441.368 4.3 ¢1.416
Petronor1911.380 3.1 ¢1.413
Avia1061.384 2.7 ¢1.420
Shell3421.402 0.9 ¢1.431
Eni391.404 0.7 ¢1.440
Moeve5871.407 median1.431
Q8701.407 median1.439
Valcarce381.408 median1.440

* 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$ 111.8919.10.2012 · a week earlier: $ 115.17
Brent, € per litre0.540 €19.10.2012 · a week earlier: 0.559 €
EUR/USD1.303519.10.2012 · a week earlier: 1.2970
Spain in the EU, diesel11 / 2722.10.2012 · Spain 1.404 €, EU average 1.519 € (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.