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Fuel prices in Spain: week 4 of 2016

25 Jan – 31 Jan 2016

Diesel rose by 2.6 cents over the week, to 0.945 €. Petrol 95 rose by 1.6 cents over the week, to 1.125 €. A year earlier diesel cost 1.089 €: it is now 14.4 cents cheaper.

Diesel rose most in Ciudad Real (+5.0 cents). Diesel fell most in Las Palmas (−2.0 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 0.807 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 25 JanMon 1 FebChangeWeek average
Diesel0.9190.9452.6 ¢0.930
Petrol 951.1091.1251.6 ¢1.116
Petrol 981.2381.2541.6 ¢1.245
LPG0.5640.560no change0.561

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

1.001.101.202 Nov21 Dec1 FebPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 1 FebChange
Rose most
Ciudad Real0.9795.0 ¢
Salamanca0.9295.0 ¢
Lugo0.9884.9 ¢
Burgos0.9294.5 ¢
Alicante0.9694.0 ¢
Fell most
Las Palmas0.7542.0 ¢
Santa Cruz de Tenerife0.7191.5 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 1 FebChange
Rose most
Salamanca1.0882.9 ¢
Segovia1.0762.7 ¢
Girona1.1392.4 ¢
Bizkaia1.1052.1 ¢
Valladolid1.0902.1 ¢
Fell most
Las Palmas0.8691.0 ¢
Santa Cruz de Tenerife0.8191.0 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1360.748 19.7 ¢0.865
bonÀrea470.807 13.8 ¢1.007
Alcampo500.819 12.6 ¢1.027
Esclatoil370.829 11.6 ¢1.029
Petroprix350.855 9.0 ¢1.044
Ballenoil1800.902 4.3 ¢1.089
Meroil420.906 3.9 ¢1.094
Carrefour1280.909 3.6 ¢1.104
Avia1120.919 2.6 ¢1.099
Plenergy600.919 2.6 ¢1.099

* 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$ 33.1429.01.2016 · a week earlier: $ 30.46
Brent, € per litre0.191 €29.01.2016 · a week earlier: 0.177 €
EUR/USD1.092029.01.2016 · a week earlier: 1.0808
Spain in the EU, diesel6 / 2801.02.2016 · Spain 0.918 €, EU average 1.039 € (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.