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Fuel prices in Spain: week 43 of 2012

22 Oct – 28 Oct 2012

Diesel fell by 1.9 cents over the week, to 1.392 €. That is the lowest diesel price since Aug 2012. Petrol 95 fell by 4.3 cents over the week, to 1.396 €. That is the lowest petrol 95 price since Jul 2012. A year earlier diesel cost 1.298 €: it is now 9.4 cents dearer.

Diesel rose most in Santa Cruz de Tenerife (+1.3 cents). Diesel fell most in Huelva (−2.5 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 1.288 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 22 OctMon 29 OctChangeWeek average
Diesel1.4111.3921.9 ¢1.417
Petrol 951.4391.3964.3 ¢1.430
Petrol 981.5561.5124.4 ¢1.547

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

1.351.401.451.5030 Jul17 Sep29 OctPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 29 OctChange
Rose most
Santa Cruz de Tenerife1.1381.3 ¢
Las Palmas1.1361.2 ¢
Fell most
Huelva1.4052.5 ¢
Álava1.3472.4 ¢
Tarragona1.3942.3 ¢
Albacete1.4002.0 ¢
Barcelona1.4002.0 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 29 OctChange
Fell most
Álava1.3435.2 ¢
Huelva1.4024.8 ¢
Gipuzkoa1.3444.7 ¢
Almería1.4004.6 ¢
Barcelona1.3994.6 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1361.139 25.3 ¢1.165
bonÀrea371.288 10.4 ¢1.331
Alcampo441.353 3.9 ¢1.365
Petronor1891.362 3.0 ¢1.371
Avia1061.371 2.1 ¢1.386
Eni391.371 2.1 ¢1.381
Shell3431.387 0.5 ¢1.386
Ballenoil1211.388 median1.393
Moeve5871.389 median1.387
Q8701.389 median1.395

* 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$ 108.9026.10.2012 · a week earlier: $ 111.89
Brent, € per litre0.531 €26.10.2012 · a week earlier: 0.540 €
EUR/USD1.290826.10.2012 · a week earlier: 1.3035
Spain in the EU, diesel11 / 2729.10.2012 · Spain 1.386 €, EU average 1.507 € (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.