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Fuel prices in Spain: week 30 of 2016

25 Jul – 31 Jul 2016

Diesel fell by 2.0 cents over the week, to 1.019 €. That is the lowest diesel price since May 2016. Petrol 95 fell by 2.0 cents over the week, to 1.139 €. That is the lowest petrol 95 price since Mar 2016. A year earlier diesel cost 1.129 €: it is now 11.0 cents cheaper.

Diesel fell most in Zaragoza (−3.9 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 0.898 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 25 JulMon 1 AugChangeWeek average
Diesel1.0391.0192.0 ¢1.032
Petrol 951.1591.1392.0 ¢1.148
Petrol 981.2841.2651.9 ¢1.273
LPG0.6340.634no change0.634

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

1.051.101.151.202 May20 Jun1 AugPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 1 AugChange
Fell most
Zaragoza1.0093.9 ¢
Salamanca0.9743.5 ¢
Teruel1.0093.5 ¢
Soria0.9753.4 ¢
Albacete1.0393.0 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 1 AugChange
Fell most
Valladolid1.0893.0 ¢
Teruel1.1292.9 ¢
Navarra1.1222.2 ¢
Tarragona1.1522.2 ¢
Alicante1.1592.0 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1380.834 18.5 ¢0.916
bonÀrea470.898 12.1 ¢1.019
Alcampo520.934 8.5 ¢1.058
Esclatoil370.949 7.0 ¢1.069
Petroprix450.969 5.0 ¢1.099
Ballenoil1880.989 3.0 ¢1.114
Carrefour1340.989 3.0 ¢1.124
Meroil420.999 2.0 ¢1.125
Plenergy601.002 1.7 ¢1.129
Avia1151.003 1.6 ¢1.121

* 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$ 40.7629.07.2016 · a week earlier: $ 44.24
Brent, € per litre0.231 €29.07.2016 · a week earlier: 0.253 €
EUR/USD1.111329.07.2016 · a week earlier: 1.1014
Spain in the EU, diesel6 / 2801.08.2016 · Spain 1.015 €, EU average 1.120 € (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.