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Fuel prices in Spain: week 18 of 2016

2 May – 8 May 2016

Diesel fell by 1.0 cents over the week, to 1.019 €. Petrol 95 fell by 1.5 cents over the week, to 1.169 €. A year earlier diesel cost 1.219 €: it is now 20.0 cents cheaper.

Diesel rose most in Las Palmas (+1.3 cents). Diesel fell most in Soria (−2.9 cents). Among the large chains, Alcampo had the cheapest diesel at 0.896 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 2 MayMon 9 MayChangeWeek average
Diesel1.0291.0191.0 ¢1.023
Petrol 951.1841.1691.5 ¢1.175
Petrol 981.3091.2981.1 ¢1.303
LPG0.5930.5990.6 ¢0.596

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

1.001.108 Feb28 Mar9 MayPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 9 MayChange
Rose most
Las Palmas0.8071.3 ¢
Santa Cruz de Tenerife0.7450.6 ¢
Fell most
Soria0.9892.9 ¢
Girona1.0292.0 ¢
Cuenca1.0391.8 ¢
Ciudad Real1.0391.7 ¢
Málaga1.0301.7 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 9 MayChange
Rose most
Las Palmas0.9091.0 ¢
Santa Cruz de Tenerife0.8460.7 ¢
Fell most
La Rioja1.1442.5 ¢
Ciudad Real1.1752.4 ¢
Albacete1.1792.0 ¢
Álava1.1392.0 ¢
Badajoz1.1692.0 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1380.796 22.3 ¢0.906
Alcampo500.896 12.3 ¢1.076
bonÀrea470.896 12.3 ¢1.047
Esclatoil370.929 9.0 ¢1.079
Petroprix440.929 9.0 ¢1.089
Carrefour1320.974 4.5 ¢1.149
Ballenoil1880.989 3.0 ¢1.139
Meroil430.995 2.4 ¢1.149
Shell3730.998 2.1 ¢1.149
Avia1120.999 2.0 ¢1.152

* 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$ 44.6006.05.2016 · a week earlier: $ 45.64
Brent, € per litre0.245 €06.05.2016 · a week earlier: 0.252 €
EUR/USD1.142706.05.2016 · a week earlier: 1.1403
Spain in the EU, diesel7 / 2809.05.2016 · Spain 1.006 €, 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.