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Fuel prices in Spain: week 15 of 2016

11 Apr – 17 Apr 2016

Diesel rose by 4.0 cents over the week, to 0.999 €. That is the highest diesel price since Dec 2015. Petrol 95 rose by 3.0 cents over the week, to 1.169 €. That is the highest petrol 95 price since Dec 2015. A year earlier diesel cost 1.209 €: it is now 21.0 cents cheaper.

Diesel rose most in Albacete (+5.0 cents). Diesel fell most in Las Palmas (−1.0 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 0.858 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 11 AprMon 18 AprChangeWeek average
Diesel0.9590.9994.0 ¢0.981
Petrol 951.1391.1693.0 ¢1.159
Petrol 981.2691.2993.0 ¢1.289
LPG0.5930.593no change0.593

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

1.001.1018 Jan7 Mar18 AprPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 18 AprChange
Rose most
Albacete1.0295.0 ¢
Ciudad Real1.0195.0 ¢
Córdoba1.0195.0 ¢
Palencia0.9795.0 ¢
Pontevedra1.0395.0 ¢
Fell most
Las Palmas0.7691.0 ¢
Santa Cruz de Tenerife0.7191.0 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 18 AprChange
Rose most
Salamanca1.1395.0 ¢
Álava1.1654.6 ¢
Guadalajara1.1944.5 ¢
Pontevedra1.2194.1 ¢
Albacete1.1894.0 ¢
Fell most
Las Palmas0.8840.8 ¢
Santa Cruz de Tenerife0.8190.5 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1380.769 23.0 ¢0.884
bonÀrea470.858 14.1 ¢1.034
Alcampo500.881 11.8 ¢1.056
Petroprix440.899 10.0 ¢1.075
Esclatoil370.909 9.0 ¢1.079
Carrefour1300.956 4.3 ¢1.139
Meroil430.959 4.0 ¢1.129
Plenergy600.959 4.0 ¢1.139
Ballenoil1860.964 3.5 ¢1.139
Avia1130.978 2.1 ¢1.144

* 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$ 41.3215.04.2016 · a week earlier: $ 40.71
Brent, € per litre0.230 €15.04.2016 · a week earlier: 0.225 €
EUR/USD1.128415.04.2016 · a week earlier: 1.1363
Spain in the EU, diesel7 / 2818.04.2016 · Spain 0.971 €, EU average 1.087 € (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.