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Fuel prices in Spain: week 11 of 2016

14 Mar – 20 Mar 2016

Diesel hardly changed over the week and ended at 0.999 €. Petrol 95 hardly changed over the week and ended at 1.132 €. That is the highest petrol 95 price since Jan 2016. A year earlier diesel cost 1.169 €: it is now 17.0 cents cheaper.

Diesel rose most in Las Palmas (+2.0 cents). Diesel fell most in Palencia (−2.0 cents). Among the large chains, Alcampo had the cheapest diesel at 0.874 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 14 MarMon 21 MarChangeWeek average
Diesel0.9990.999no change0.998
Petrol 951.1291.132no change1.129
Petrol 981.2591.259no change1.259
LPG0.5780.578no change0.577

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

1.001.1021 Dec8 Feb21 MarPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 21 MarChange
Rose most
Las Palmas0.7692.0 ¢
Santa Cruz de Tenerife0.7180.9 ¢
Ávila0.9670.8 ¢
Girona1.0090.7 ¢
Fell most
Palencia0.9592.0 ¢
Albacete1.0091.0 ¢
Badajoz0.9991.0 ¢
Cantabria0.9791.0 ¢
Ciudad Real1.0091.0 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 21 MarChange
Rose most
Las Palmas0.8741.5 ¢
Valencia1.1391.3 ¢
Madrid1.1230.9 ¢
Navarra1.1090.9 ¢
Badajoz1.1360.7 ¢
Fell most
Salamanca1.0792.0 ¢
Álava1.0991.0 ¢
Lugo1.1591.0 ¢
Pontevedra1.1591.0 ¢
Jaén1.1500.9 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1370.769 23.0 ¢0.868
Alcampo500.874 12.5 ¢1.038
bonÀrea470.877 12.2 ¢1.019
Petroprix440.899 10.0 ¢1.054
Esclatoil370.909 9.0 ¢1.049
Carrefour1290.958 4.1 ¢1.119
Meroil420.965 3.4 ¢1.099
Avia1110.969 3.0 ¢1.104
Ballenoil1840.969 3.0 ¢1.104
Plenergy580.976 2.3 ¢1.109

* 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$ 39.2618.03.2016 · a week earlier: $ 39.41
Brent, € per litre0.219 €18.03.2016 · a week earlier: 0.224 €
EUR/USD1.127918.03.2016 · a week earlier: 1.1090
Spain in the EU, diesel7 / 2821.03.2016 · Spain 0.978 €, EU average 1.089 € (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.