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Fuel prices in Spain: week 19 of 2016

9 May – 15 May 2016

Diesel rose by 1.0 cents over the week, to 1.029 €. That is the highest diesel price since Dec 2015. Petrol 95 rose by 1.0 cents over the week, to 1.179 €. A year earlier diesel cost 1.219 €: it is now 19.0 cents cheaper.

Diesel rose most in Bizkaia (+2.0 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 0.896 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 9 MayMon 16 MayChangeWeek average
Diesel1.0191.0291.0 ¢1.023
Petrol 951.1691.1791.0 ¢1.170
Petrol 981.2981.3081.0 ¢1.297
LPG0.5990.599no change0.599

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

1.001.1015 Feb4 Apr16 MayPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 16 MayChange
Rose most
Bizkaia1.0292.0 ¢
Cantabria1.0192.0 ¢
Castellón1.0392.0 ¢
Ciudad Real1.0592.0 ¢
Cáceres1.0492.0 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 16 MayChange
Rose most
Córdoba1.2092.0 ¢
Lleida1.1792.0 ¢
Murcia1.1951.6 ¢
Soria1.1441.5 ¢
Ciudad Real1.1891.4 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1380.813 21.6 ¢0.919
bonÀrea470.896 13.3 ¢1.047
Alcampo500.899 13.0 ¢1.078
Esclatoil370.929 10.0 ¢1.079
Petroprix440.939 9.0 ¢1.099
Ballenoil1880.999 3.0 ¢1.144
Carrefour1320.999 3.0 ¢1.159
Meroil420.999 3.0 ¢1.149
Shell3701.008 2.1 ¢1.157
Avia1141.009 2.0 ¢1.156

* 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$ 47.0513.05.2016 · a week earlier: $ 44.60
Brent, € per litre0.261 €13.05.2016 · a week earlier: 0.245 €
EUR/USD1.134813.05.2016 · a week earlier: 1.1427
Spain in the EU, diesel7 / 2816.05.2016 · Spain 1.008 €, EU average 1.124 € (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.