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Fuel prices in Spain: week 16 of 2013

15 Apr – 21 Apr 2013

Diesel fell by 3.0 cents over the week, to 1.315 €. That is the lowest diesel price since Jul 2012. Petrol 95 fell by 2.3 cents over the week, to 1.406 €. That is the lowest petrol 95 price since Jan 2013. A year earlier diesel cost 1.372 €: it is now 5.7 cents cheaper.

Diesel fell most in Bizkaia (−4.0 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 1.210 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 15 AprMon 22 AprChangeWeek average
Diesel1.3451.3153.0 ¢1.335
Petrol 951.4291.4062.3 ¢1.422
Petrol 981.5451.5232.2 ¢1.537

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

1.301.351.401.451.5021 Jan11 Mar22 AprPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 22 AprChange
Fell most
Bizkaia1.2794.0 ¢
Girona1.3044.0 ¢
Huesca1.2744.0 ¢
La Rioja1.2734.0 ¢
Álava1.2693.9 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 22 AprChange
Fell most
Las Palmas1.1023.9 ¢
Teruel1.3693.7 ¢
Navarra1.3683.1 ¢
Melilla1.0493.0 ¢
Santa Cruz de Tenerife1.0993.0 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1391.072 24.3 ¢1.099
bonÀrea371.210 10.5 ¢1.319
Alcampo441.277 3.8 ¢1.369
Avia1111.296 1.9 ¢1.390
Eni391.297 1.8 ¢1.399
Petronor1941.304 1.1 ¢1.389
Q8701.307 0.8 ¢1.402
Shell3481.309 0.6 ¢1.396
Petrocat351.314 median1.429
Ballenoil1241.315 median1.404

* 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$ 98.9419.04.2013 · a week earlier: $ 100.58
Brent, € per litre0.475 €19.04.2013 · a week earlier: 0.485 €
EUR/USD1.311519.04.2013 · a week earlier: 1.3052
Spain in the EU, diesel5 / 2722.04.2013 · Spain 1.311 €, EU average 1.408 € (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.