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Fuel prices in Spain: week 3 of 2016

18 Jan – 24 Jan 2016

Diesel fell by 2.0 cents over the week, to 0.919 €. That is the lowest diesel price since Jul 2009. Petrol 95 fell by 0.6 cents over the week, to 1.109 €. A year earlier diesel cost 1.075 €: it is now 15.6 cents cheaper.

Diesel fell most in Alicante (−3.0 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 0.788 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 18 JanMon 25 JanChangeWeek average
Diesel0.9390.9192.0 ¢0.928
Petrol 951.1151.1090.6 ¢1.109
Petrol 981.2391.238no change1.237
LPG0.5750.5641.1 ¢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

1.001.101.2026 Oct14 Dec25 JanPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 25 JanChange
Fell most
Alicante0.9293.0 ¢
Badajoz0.9193.0 ¢
Bizkaia0.8993.0 ¢
A Coruña0.9393.0 ¢
Cádiz0.9193.0 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 25 JanChange
Rose most
Cuenca1.1390.9 ¢
Álava1.0850.6 ¢
Fell most
Almería1.1341.4 ¢
Las Palmas0.8791.3 ¢
Ávila1.0591.1 ¢
Albacete1.1191.0 ¢
Badajoz1.1091.0 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1370.774 14.5 ¢0.879
bonÀrea470.788 13.1 ¢0.989
Alcampo500.827 9.2 ¢1.014
Esclatoil370.829 9.0 ¢1.029
Petroprix350.855 6.4 ¢1.044
Carrefour1330.879 4.0 ¢1.089
Petrocat330.888 3.1 ¢1.099
Meroil430.895 2.4 ¢1.079
Avia1130.899 2.0 ¢1.079
Ballenoil1780.899 2.0 ¢1.079

* 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$ 30.4622.01.2016 · a week earlier: $ 28.80
Brent, € per litre0.177 €22.01.2016 · a week earlier: 0.166 €
EUR/USD1.080822.01.2016 · a week earlier: 1.0914
Spain in the EU, diesel5 / 2825.01.2016 · Spain 0.909 €, EU average 1.037 € (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.