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Fuel prices in Spain: week 31 of 2016

1 Aug – 7 Aug 2016

Diesel fell by 1.0 cents over the week, to 1.009 €. That is the lowest diesel price since Apr 2016. Petrol 95 hardly changed over the week and ended at 1.139 €. A year earlier diesel cost 1.109 €: it is now 10.0 cents cheaper.

Diesel fell most in Álava (−2.0 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 0.876 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 1 AugMon 8 AugChangeWeek average
Diesel1.0191.0091.0 ¢1.012
Petrol 951.1391.139no change1.135
Petrol 981.2651.264no change1.262
LPG0.6340.635no 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

1.001.051.101.151.209 May27 Jun8 AugPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 8 AugChange
Fell most
Álava0.9792.0 ¢
Badajoz0.9992.0 ¢
Melilla0.6942.0 ¢
Ceuta0.8151.9 ¢
Toledo1.0091.9 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 8 AugChange
Rose most
Palencia1.0891.0 ¢
Tarragona1.1590.7 ¢
Teruel1.1360.7 ¢
Huesca1.1250.6 ¢
Soria1.0950.6 ¢
Fell most
Ávila1.0831.6 ¢
Castellón1.1491.0 ¢
Ceuta0.9091.0 ¢
Gipuzkoa1.1191.0 ¢
Guadalajara1.1391.0 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1370.829 18.0 ¢0.913
bonÀrea470.876 13.3 ¢1.008
Alcampo520.914 9.5 ¢1.044
Esclatoil370.929 8.0 ¢1.029
Petroprix450.949 6.0 ¢1.079
Ballenoil1880.979 3.0 ¢1.109
Carrefour1290.979 3.0 ¢1.119
Meroil430.989 2.0 ¢1.108
Plenergy590.989 2.0 ¢1.109
Shell3740.989 2.0 ¢1.119

* 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$ 42.4705.08.2016 · a week earlier: $ 40.76
Brent, € per litre0.239 €05.08.2016 · a week earlier: 0.231 €
EUR/USD1.115605.08.2016 · a week earlier: 1.1113
Spain in the EU, diesel6 / 2808.08.2016 · Spain 0.996 €, EU average 1.109 € (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.