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Fuel prices in Spain: week 5 of 2016

1 Feb – 7 Feb 2016

Diesel hardly changed over the week and ended at 0.949 €. Petrol 95 fell by 2.0 cents over the week, to 1.105 €. A year earlier diesel cost 1.140 €: it is now 19.1 cents cheaper.

Diesel rose most in Cáceres (+1.1 cents). Diesel fell most in Santa Cruz de Tenerife (−2.0 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 0.819 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 1 FebMon 8 FebChangeWeek average
Diesel0.9450.949no change0.947
Petrol 951.1251.1052.0 ¢1.114
Petrol 981.2541.2292.5 ¢1.239
LPG0.5600.5680.8 ¢0.562

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

1.001.101.209 Nov28 Dec8 FebPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 8 FebChange
Rose most
Cáceres0.9651.1 ¢
Almería0.9691.0 ¢
Badajoz0.9591.0 ¢
Cantabria0.9291.0 ¢
Castellón0.9491.0 ¢
Fell most
Santa Cruz de Tenerife0.6992.0 ¢
Las Palmas0.7381.6 ¢
Palencia0.9220.7 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 8 FebChange
Fell most
Girona1.1003.9 ¢
Salamanca1.0493.9 ¢
Bizkaia1.0693.6 ¢
Cantabria1.0693.0 ¢
Ourense1.1293.0 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1370.739 21.0 ¢0.869
bonÀrea470.819 13.0 ¢0.996
Alcampo500.829 12.0 ¢1.020
Esclatoil370.849 10.0 ¢1.029
Petroprix410.855 9.4 ¢1.044
Meroil430.908 4.1 ¢1.085
Carrefour1290.909 4.0 ¢1.089
Ballenoil1800.918 3.1 ¢1.069
Petrocat320.919 3.0 ¢1.093
Shell3640.926 2.3 ¢1.082

* 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$ 32.3505.02.2016 · a week earlier: $ 33.14
Brent, € per litre0.182 €05.02.2016 · a week earlier: 0.191 €
EUR/USD1.120205.02.2016 · a week earlier: 1.0920
Spain in the EU, diesel5 / 2808.02.2016 · Spain 0.930 €, EU average 1.044 € (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.