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Fuel prices in Spain: week 51 of 2012

17 Dec – 23 Dec 2012

Diesel hardly changed over the week and ended at 1.346 €. Petrol 95 hardly changed over the week and ended at 1.382 €. A year earlier diesel cost 1.304 €: it is now 4.2 cents dearer.

Diesel rose most in Bizkaia (+1.3 cents). Diesel fell most in Las Palmas (−2.3 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 1.249 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 17 DecMon 24 DecChangeWeek average
Diesel1.3441.346no change1.355
Petrol 951.3781.382no change1.390
Petrol 981.4931.4990.6 ¢1.506

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

1.351.401.451.5024 Sep12 Nov24 DecPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 24 DecChange
Rose most
Bizkaia1.3181.3 ¢
Granada1.3321.3 ¢
Castellón1.3291.0 ¢
Almería1.3230.8 ¢
Murcia1.3470.7 ¢
Fell most
Las Palmas1.0732.3 ¢
Santa Cruz de Tenerife1.0801.9 ¢
Ceuta1.1030.5 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 24 DecChange
Rose most
Granada1.3632.2 ¢
Bizkaia1.3491.6 ¢
Almería1.3581.4 ¢
Castellón1.3621.3 ¢
Cádiz1.3990.8 ¢
Fell most
Las Palmas1.0861.0 ¢
Santa Cruz de Tenerife1.0860.7 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1361.076 27.0 ¢1.086
bonÀrea371.249 9.7 ¢1.325
Alcampo441.308 3.8 ¢1.340
Petronor1921.327 1.9 ¢1.364
Eni391.328 1.8 ¢1.367
Avia1011.330 1.6 ¢1.361
Q8701.334 1.2 ¢1.373
Valcarce371.339 0.7 ¢1.388
Campsa961.343 median1.376
Ballenoil1221.344 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$ 109.1321.12.2012 · a week earlier: $ 109.28
Brent, € per litre0.520 €21.12.2012 · a week earlier: 0.525 €
EUR/USD1.320921.12.2012 · a week earlier: 1.3081

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.