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Fuel prices in Spain: week 20 of 2013

13 May – 19 May 2013

Diesel rose by 0.7 cents over the week, to 1.331 €. Petrol 95 hardly changed over the week and ended at 1.411 €. A year earlier diesel cost 1.344 €: it is now 1.3 cents cheaper.

Diesel rose most in Navarra (+1.3 cents). Diesel fell most in Las Palmas (−1.0 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 1.239 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 13 MayMon 20 MayChangeWeek average
Diesel1.3241.3310.7 ¢1.339
Petrol 951.4071.411no change1.422
Petrol 981.5231.5280.5 ¢1.539

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

1.301.351.401.451.5018 Feb8 Apr20 MayPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 20 MayChange
Rose most
Navarra1.3071.3 ¢
Tarragona1.3311.2 ¢
Girona1.3301.1 ¢
Lleida1.3251.1 ¢
Barcelona1.3211.0 ¢
Fell most
Las Palmas1.0391.0 ¢
Santa Cruz de Tenerife1.0430.9 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 20 MayChange
Rose most
Ceuta1.1292.0 ¢
Tarragona1.4101.4 ¢
Cantabria1.4341.3 ¢
Castellón1.4191.0 ¢
Zaragoza1.3831.0 ¢
Fell most
Las Palmas1.0811.4 ¢
Santa Cruz de Tenerife1.0791.2 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1391.048 28.3 ¢1.090
bonÀrea381.239 9.2 ¢1.343
Alcampo441.286 4.5 ¢1.372
Avia1091.312 1.9 ¢1.401
Eni391.315 1.6 ¢1.412
Petronor1921.317 1.4 ¢1.393
Shell3491.324 0.7 ¢1.404
Q8701.326 0.5 ¢1.406
Plenergy541.331 median1.409
Valcarce381.332 median1.417

* 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$ 103.8317.05.2013 · a week earlier: $ 101.31
Brent, € per litre0.507 €17.05.2013 · a week earlier: 0.491 €
EUR/USD1.286917.05.2013 · a week earlier: 1.2988
Spain in the EU, diesel8 / 2720.05.2013 · Spain 1.330 €, EU average 1.418 € (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.