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Fuel prices in Spain: week 21 of 2013

20 May – 26 May 2013

Diesel rose by 1.8 cents over the week, to 1.349 €. Petrol 95 rose by 2.8 cents over the week, to 1.439 €. A year earlier diesel cost 1.329 €: it is now 2.0 cents dearer.

Diesel rose most in Álava (+3.3 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 1.229 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 20 MayMon 27 MayChangeWeek average
Diesel1.3311.3491.8 ¢1.357
Petrol 951.4111.4392.8 ¢1.444
Petrol 981.5281.5542.6 ¢1.562

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

1.301.351.401.451.5025 Feb15 Apr27 MayPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 27 MayChange
Rose most
Álava1.3103.3 ¢
Murcia1.3552.4 ¢
Castellón1.3792.3 ¢
Tarragona1.3542.3 ¢
Asturias1.3592.2 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 27 MayChange
Rose most
La Rioja1.4083.7 ¢
Albacete1.4533.2 ¢
Asturias1.4543.2 ¢
Burgos1.4543.2 ¢
Ciudad Real1.4503.2 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1381.053 29.6 ¢1.102
bonÀrea371.229 12.0 ¢1.343
Alcampo441.302 4.7 ¢1.390
Avia1101.329 2.0 ¢1.420
Eni391.336 1.3 ¢1.435
Petronor1921.338 1.1 ¢1.425
Shell3471.342 0.7 ¢1.433
Meroil421.344 0.5 ¢1.442
Q8701.344 0.5 ¢1.429
Plenergy531.349 median1.436

* 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$ 101.2424.05.2013 · a week earlier: $ 103.83
Brent, € per litre0.492 €24.05.2013 · a week earlier: 0.507 €
EUR/USD1.293924.05.2013 · a week earlier: 1.2869
Spain in the EU, diesel11 / 2727.05.2013 · Spain 1.349 €, EU average 1.417 € (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.