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Fuel prices in Spain: week 50 of 2012

10 Dec – 16 Dec 2012

Diesel fell by 0.5 cents over the week, to 1.344 €. That is the lowest diesel price since Jul 2012. Petrol 95 hardly changed over the week and ended at 1.378 €. A year earlier diesel cost 1.287 €: it is now 5.7 cents dearer.

Diesel rose most in Granada (+0.5 cents). Diesel fell most in Las Palmas (−1.6 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 1.239 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 10 DecMon 17 DecChangeWeek average
Diesel1.3491.3440.5 ¢1.355
Petrol 951.3791.378no change1.387
Petrol 981.4951.493no change1.504

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

1.351.401.451.5017 Sep5 Nov17 DecPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 17 DecChange
Rose most
Granada1.3190.5 ¢
Fell most
Las Palmas1.0961.6 ¢
Santa Cruz de Tenerife1.0991.3 ¢
Álava1.3051.2 ¢
Ceuta1.1081.1 ¢
Huelva1.3630.7 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 17 DecChange
Fell most
Santa Cruz de Tenerife1.0931.1 ¢
Las Palmas1.0961.0 ¢
Álava1.3330.6 ¢
Ceuta1.1150.6 ¢
Soria1.3870.5 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1341.098 24.6 ¢1.096
bonÀrea371.239 10.5 ¢1.315
Alcampo441.308 3.6 ¢1.343
Petronor1911.322 2.2 ¢1.359
Eni391.325 1.9 ¢1.361
Avia1031.328 1.6 ¢1.357
Shell3441.336 0.8 ¢1.369
Q8701.338 0.6 ¢1.373
Moeve5861.340 median1.376
Ballenoil1201.342 median1.374

* 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$ 109.2814.12.2012 · a week earlier: $ 107.16
Brent, € per litre0.525 €14.12.2012 · a week earlier: 0.522 €
EUR/USD1.308114.12.2012 · a week earlier: 1.2905
Spain in the EU, diesel5 / 2717.12.2012 · Spain 1.341 €, EU average 1.458 € (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.