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Fuel prices in Spain: week 8 of 2016

22 Feb – 28 Feb 2016

Diesel hardly changed over the week and ended at 0.949 €. Petrol 95 hardly changed over the week and ended at 1.079 €. A year earlier diesel cost 1.189 €: it is now 24.0 cents cheaper.

Diesel fell most in Soria (−1.3 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 0.828 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 22 FebMon 29 FebChangeWeek average
Diesel0.9490.949no change0.948
Petrol 951.0791.079no change1.078
Petrol 981.2081.208no change1.204
LPG0.5670.567no change0.565

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

1.001.1030 Nov18 Jan29 FebPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 29 FebChange
Fell most
Soria0.9261.3 ¢
Badajoz0.9491.0 ¢
Burgos0.9191.0 ¢
León0.9191.0 ¢
Palencia0.9191.0 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 29 FebChange
Rose most
Córdoba1.1091.0 ¢
Salamanca1.0391.0 ¢
Zaragoza1.0791.0 ¢
Albacete1.0990.9 ¢
Álava1.0590.9 ¢
Fell most
Las Palmas0.8461.3 ¢
Cuenca1.0991.0 ¢
Palencia1.0191.0 ¢
Santa Cruz de Tenerife0.7891.0 ¢
Zamora1.0391.0 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1380.738 21.1 ¢0.844
bonÀrea470.828 12.1 ¢0.968
Alcampo500.829 12.0 ¢0.982
Petroprix420.855 9.4 ¢1.022
Esclatoil370.859 9.0 ¢1.029
Carrefour1310.909 4.0 ¢1.059
Meroil410.909 4.0 ¢1.053
Petrocat320.909 4.0 ¢1.068
Ballenoil1820.919 3.0 ¢1.056
Plenergy590.924 2.5 ¢1.062

* 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$ 35.7626.02.2016 · a week earlier: $ 31.66
Brent, € per litre0.204 €26.02.2016 · a week earlier: 0.179 €
EUR/USD1.100626.02.2016 · a week earlier: 1.1096
Spain in the EU, diesel7 / 2829.02.2016 · Spain 0.930 €, EU average 1.045 € (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.