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Fuel prices in Spain: week 52 of 2012

24 Dec – 30 Dec 2012

Diesel rose by 1.7 cents over the week, to 1.363 €. Petrol 95 rose by 1.7 cents over the week, to 1.399 €. A year earlier diesel cost 1.315 €: it is now 4.8 cents dearer.

Diesel rose most in Castellón (+3.1 cents). Diesel fell most in Santa Cruz de Tenerife (−0.8 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 1.259 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 24 DecMon 31 DecChangeWeek average
Diesel1.3461.3631.7 ¢1.354
Petrol 951.3821.3991.7 ¢1.389
Petrol 981.4991.5151.6 ¢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

1.351.401.451.501 Oct19 Nov31 DecPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 31 DecChange
Rose most
Castellón1.3603.1 ¢
Granada1.3592.7 ¢
Álava1.3342.6 ¢
A Coruña1.3482.6 ¢
Gipuzkoa1.3342.6 ¢
Fell most
Santa Cruz de Tenerife1.0720.8 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 31 DecChange
Rose most
Castellón1.3892.7 ¢
Granada1.3902.7 ¢
Almería1.3842.6 ¢
Illes Balears1.4312.4 ¢
A Coruña1.3912.4 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1371.078 28.5 ¢1.091
bonÀrea371.259 10.4 ¢1.330
Alcampo431.310 5.3 ¢1.348
Avia1011.339 2.4 ¢1.374
Petronor1921.350 1.3 ¢1.388
Eni391.354 0.9 ¢1.392
Q8701.358 0.5 ¢1.390
Plenergy541.360 median1.398
Campsa951.362 median1.396
BP5981.363 median1.399

* 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$ 110.0528.12.2012 · a week earlier: $ 109.13
Brent, € per litre0.525 €28.12.2012 · a week earlier: 0.520 €
EUR/USD1.318328.12.2012 · a week earlier: 1.3209

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.