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Fuel prices in Spain: week 45 of 2012

5 Nov – 11 Nov 2012

Diesel fell by 1.8 cents over the week, to 1.355 €. That is the lowest diesel price since Jul 2012. Petrol 95 fell by 1.7 cents over the week, to 1.369 €. That is the lowest petrol 95 price since Jul 2012. A year earlier diesel cost 1.318 €: it is now 3.7 cents dearer.

Diesel fell most in Castellón (−4.1 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 1.275 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 5 NovMon 12 NovChangeWeek average
Diesel1.3731.3551.8 ¢1.378
Petrol 951.3861.3691.7 ¢1.388
Petrol 981.5021.4851.7 ¢1.505

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

1.351.401.451.5013 Aug1 Oct12 NovPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 12 NovChange
Fell most
Castellón1.3194.1 ¢
Bizkaia1.3092.2 ¢
Ceuta1.1232.0 ¢
Lleida1.3422.0 ¢
Melilla1.0422.0 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 12 NovChange
Fell most
Castellón1.3343.5 ¢
Bizkaia1.3192.3 ¢
Cantabria1.3772.3 ¢
Lleida1.3572.2 ¢
Almería1.3262.1 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1351.106 24.9 ¢1.096
bonÀrea371.275 8.0 ¢1.320
Alcampo441.318 3.7 ¢1.334
Petronor1911.325 3.0 ¢1.347
Avia1061.340 1.5 ¢1.349
Moeve5881.348 0.7 ¢1.363
Q8711.349 0.6 ¢1.367
Shell3411.349 0.6 ¢1.362
Ballenoil1211.352 median1.368
Cepsa7261.352 median1.368

* 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$ 108.6109.11.2012 · a week earlier: $ 106.79
Brent, € per litre0.538 €09.11.2012 · a week earlier: 0.523 €
EUR/USD1.269409.11.2012 · a week earlier: 1.2850
Spain in the EU, diesel7 / 2712.11.2012 · Spain 1.351 €, EU average 1.492 € (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.