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Fuel prices in Spain: week 2 of 2016

11 Jan – 17 Jan 2016

Diesel fell by 3.0 cents over the week, to 0.939 €. That is the lowest diesel price since Oct 2009. Petrol 95 fell by 2.4 cents over the week, to 1.115 €. That is the lowest petrol 95 price since Feb 2010. A year earlier diesel cost 1.069 €: it is now 13.0 cents cheaper.

Diesel fell most in Melilla (−4.2 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 0.797 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 11 JanMon 18 JanChangeWeek average
Diesel0.9690.9393.0 ¢0.951
Petrol 951.1391.1152.4 ¢1.126
Petrol 981.2681.2392.9 ¢1.252
LPG0.5740.575no change0.571

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

1.001.101.2019 Oct7 Dec18 JanPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 18 JanChange
Fell most
Melilla0.6444.2 ¢
Ciudad Real0.9494.0 ¢
Palencia0.9094.0 ¢
Salamanca0.8994.0 ¢
Álava0.9193.9 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 18 JanChange
Fell most
Álava1.0794.2 ¢
Melilla0.8054.1 ¢
Asturias1.1333.6 ¢
Córdoba1.1293.6 ¢
Alicante1.1293.0 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1370.783 15.6 ¢0.892
bonÀrea470.797 14.2 ¢0.995
Esclatoil370.829 11.0 ¢1.029
Alcampo500.850 8.9 ¢1.038
Petroprix350.855 8.4 ¢1.044
Carrefour1300.909 3.0 ¢1.099
Meroil430.916 2.3 ¢1.089
Ballenoil1780.919 2.0 ¢1.089
Shell3630.919 2.0 ¢1.089
Q8700.924 1.5 ¢1.098

* 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$ 28.8015.01.2016 · a week earlier: $ 31.67
Brent, € per litre0.166 €15.01.2016 · a week earlier: 0.183 €
EUR/USD1.091415.01.2016 · a week earlier: 1.0861
Spain in the EU, diesel5 / 2818.01.2016 · Spain 0.934 €, EU average 1.054 € (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.