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Fuel prices in Spain: week 18 of 2013

29 Apr – 5 May 2013

Diesel hardly changed over the week and ended at 1.309 €. That is the lowest diesel price since Jul 2012. Petrol 95 fell by 0.5 cents over the week, to 1.399 €. That is the lowest petrol 95 price since Dec 2012. A year earlier diesel cost 1.374 €: it is now 6.5 cents cheaper.

Diesel fell most in Las Palmas (−1.4 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 1.219 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 29 AprMon 6 MayChangeWeek average
Diesel1.3111.309no change1.325
Petrol 951.4041.3990.5 ¢1.415
Petrol 981.5211.5160.5 ¢1.531

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

1.301.351.401.451.504 Feb25 Mar6 MayPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 6 MayChange
Fell most
Las Palmas1.0351.4 ¢
Santa Cruz de Tenerife1.0441.1 ¢
Zaragoza1.2781.1 ¢
Bizkaia1.2691.0 ¢
Jaén1.3210.9 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 6 MayChange
Rose most
Teruel1.3850.8 ¢
Fell most
Gipuzkoa1.3621.8 ¢
La Rioja1.3571.2 ¢
Murcia1.3891.0 ¢
Asturias1.4120.8 ¢
Badajoz1.4090.8 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1381.044 26.5 ¢1.093
bonÀrea381.219 9.0 ¢1.330
Alcampo441.270 3.9 ¢1.360
Eni391.294 1.5 ¢1.391
Avia1111.298 1.1 ¢1.386
Petronor1921.299 1.0 ¢1.382
Shell3461.299 1.0 ¢1.396
Q8701.300 0.9 ¢1.388
Petrocat351.304 0.5 ¢1.419
Valcarce391.309 median1.406

* 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$ 104.6003.05.2013 · a week earlier: $ 102.39
Brent, € per litre0.502 €03.05.2013 · a week earlier: 0.495 €
EUR/USD1.311403.05.2013 · a week earlier: 1.2999
Spain in the EU, diesel5 / 2706.05.2013 · Spain 1.305 €, EU average 1.396 € (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.