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Fuel prices in Spain: week 1 of 2016

4 Jan – 10 Jan 2016

Diesel fell by 1.0 cents over the week, to 0.969 €. That is the lowest diesel price since Dec 2009. Petrol 95 fell by 0.9 cents over the week, to 1.139 €. That is the lowest petrol 95 price since Jan 2015. A year earlier diesel cost 1.079 €: it is now 11.0 cents cheaper.

Diesel fell most in Illes Balears (−2.0 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 0.836 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 4 JanMon 11 JanChangeWeek average
Diesel0.9790.9691.0 ¢0.975
Petrol 951.1481.1390.9 ¢1.146
Petrol 981.2741.2680.6 ¢1.273
LPG0.5640.5741.0 ¢0.566

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

1.001.101.2012 Oct30 Nov11 JanPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 11 JanChange
Fell most
Illes Balears0.9992.0 ¢
Valladolid0.9441.6 ¢
Cádiz0.9741.5 ¢
Granada0.9691.4 ¢
Murcia0.9651.4 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 11 JanChange
Rose most
La Rioja1.1191.0 ¢
Navarra1.1190.9 ¢
Fell most
Álava1.1211.3 ¢
Valladolid1.1091.1 ¢
Albacete1.1491.0 ¢
Barcelona1.1391.0 ¢
Castellón1.1491.0 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1380.795 17.4 ¢0.894
bonÀrea470.836 13.3 ¢1.022
Alcampo500.870 9.9 ¢1.056
Esclatoil370.879 9.0 ¢1.069
Petroprix350.899 7.0 ¢1.089
Meroil410.936 3.3 ¢1.109
Carrefour1310.939 3.0 ¢1.129
Shell3590.948 2.1 ¢1.119
Ballenoil1770.949 2.0 ¢1.115
Avia1090.951 1.8 ¢1.119

* 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$ 31.6708.01.2016 · a week earlier: $ 36.61
Brent, € per litre0.183 €08.01.2016 · a week earlier: 0.212 €
EUR/USD1.086108.01.2016 · a week earlier: 1.0887
Spain in the EU, diesel6 / 2811.01.2016 · Spain 0.958 €, EU average 1.081 € (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.