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Fuel prices in Spain: week 17 of 2016

25 Apr – 1 May 2016

Diesel rose by 2.0 cents over the week, to 1.029 €. That is the highest diesel price since Dec 2015. Petrol 95 rose by 1.5 cents over the week, to 1.184 €. That is the highest petrol 95 price since Nov 2015. A year earlier diesel cost 1.219 €: it is now 19.0 cents cheaper.

Diesel rose most in Las Palmas (+2.5 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 0.887 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 25 AprMon 2 MayChangeWeek average
Diesel1.0091.0292.0 ¢1.020
Petrol 951.1691.1841.5 ¢1.177
Petrol 981.2981.3091.1 ¢1.306
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

1.001.101 Feb21 Mar2 MayPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 2 MayChange
Rose most
Las Palmas0.7942.5 ¢
Cuenca1.0572.1 ¢
Álava1.0192.0 ¢
Ceuta0.8392.0 ¢
Girona1.0492.0 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 2 MayChange
Rose most
Segovia1.1482.9 ¢
Alicante1.2092.0 ¢
Gipuzkoa1.1792.0 ¢
Ourense1.2192.0 ¢
La Rioja1.1692.0 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1370.790 23.9 ¢0.899
bonÀrea470.887 14.2 ¢1.047
Alcampo500.889 14.0 ¢1.076
Esclatoil370.929 10.0 ¢1.079
Petroprix440.929 10.0 ¢1.089
Carrefour1330.979 5.0 ¢1.159
Meroil420.995 3.4 ¢1.149
Plenergy600.998 3.1 ¢1.159
Agla670.999 3.0 ¢1.164
Avia1130.999 3.0 ¢1.159

* 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$ 45.6429.04.2016 · a week earlier: $ 43.97
Brent, € per litre0.252 €29.04.2016 · a week earlier: 0.246 €
EUR/USD1.140329.04.2016 · a week earlier: 1.1263
Spain in the EU, diesel7 / 2802.05.2016 · Spain 1.004 €, EU average 1.117 € (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.