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Fuel prices in Spain: week 49 of 2012

3 Dec – 9 Dec 2012

Diesel fell by 0.9 cents over the week, to 1.349 €. That is the lowest diesel price since Jul 2012. Petrol 95 hardly changed over the week and ended at 1.379 €. A year earlier diesel cost 1.299 €: it is now 5.0 cents dearer.

Diesel fell most in Granada (−1.4 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 1.259 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 3 DecMon 10 DecChangeWeek average
Diesel1.3581.3490.9 ¢1.370
Petrol 951.3801.379no change1.393
Petrol 981.4971.495no change1.509

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

1.351.401.451.5010 Sep29 Oct10 DecPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 10 DecChange
Fell most
Granada1.3141.4 ¢
Illes Balears1.3691.3 ¢
Soria1.3561.2 ¢
Almería1.3151.0 ¢
Barcelona1.3601.0 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 10 DecChange
Rose most
Álava1.3390.5 ¢
Fell most
Ceuta1.1211.0 ¢
Las Palmas1.1060.7 ¢
Navarra1.3530.5 ¢
Santa Cruz de Tenerife1.1040.5 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1361.112 23.7 ¢1.106
bonÀrea371.259 9.0 ¢1.310
Alcampo441.310 3.9 ¢1.341
Petronor1941.322 2.7 ¢1.360
Eni391.327 2.2 ¢1.363
Avia1031.329 2.0 ¢1.361
Shell3451.343 0.6 ¢1.368
Q8701.347 median1.378
Campsa961.348 median1.376
Moeve5871.349 median1.379

* 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$ 107.1607.12.2012 · a week earlier: $ 110.84
Brent, € per litre0.522 €07.12.2012 · a week earlier: 0.537 €
EUR/USD1.290507.12.2012 · a week earlier: 1.2986
Spain in the EU, diesel6 / 2710.12.2012 · Spain 1.346 €, EU average 1.473 € (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.