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Fuel prices in Spain: week 20 of 2015

11 May – 17 May 2015

Diesel hardly changed over the week and ended at 1.219 €. Petrol 95 rose by 0.5 cents over the week, to 1.324 €. A year earlier diesel cost 1.339 €: it is now 12.0 cents cheaper.

Diesel rose most in Badajoz (+1.0 cents). Diesel fell most in Cuenca (−1.0 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 1.089 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 11 MayMon 18 MayChangeWeek average
Diesel1.2191.219no change1.218
Petrol 951.3191.3240.5 ¢1.321
Petrol 981.4421.4480.6 ¢1.445
LPG0.6780.678no change0.678

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

1.151.201.251.3016 Feb6 Apr18 MayPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 18 MayChange
Rose most
Badajoz1.2291.0 ¢
Cáceres1.2291.0 ¢
Huesca1.1891.0 ¢
Pontevedra1.2591.0 ¢
Teruel1.1991.0 ¢
Fell most
Cuenca1.2291.0 ¢
Guadalajara1.2291.0 ¢
Málaga1.2291.0 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 18 MayChange
Rose most
Badajoz1.3291.5 ¢
Albacete1.3391.0 ¢
Asturias1.3491.0 ¢
Bizkaia1.3091.0 ¢
Burgos1.3101.0 ¢
Fell most
Guadalajara1.3290.8 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1370.965 25.4 ¢1.035
bonÀrea451.089 13.0 ¢1.224
Alcampo481.128 9.1 ¢1.237
Esclatoil351.149 7.0 ¢1.279
Eroski301.150 6.9 ¢1.252
Q8681.194 2.5 ¢1.302
Petrocat331.196 2.3 ¢1.299
Meroil411.198 2.1 ¢1.304
Avia1111.199 2.0 ¢1.299
Carrefour1271.199 2.0 ¢1.309

* 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$ 64.6915.05.2015 · a week earlier: $ 63.82
Brent, € per litre0.359 €15.05.2015 · a week earlier: 0.358 €
EUR/USD1.132815.05.2015 · a week earlier: 1.1221
Spain in the EU, diesel9 / 2818.05.2015 · Spain 1.203 €, EU average 1.312 € (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.