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Fuel prices in Spain: week 32 of 2016

8 Aug – 14 Aug 2016

Diesel rose by 1.5 cents over the week, to 1.024 €. Petrol 95 rose by 1.0 cents over the week, to 1.149 €. A year earlier diesel cost 1.109 €: it is now 8.5 cents cheaper.

Diesel rose most in Bizkaia (+3.0 cents). Diesel fell most in Las Palmas (−1.6 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 0.876 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 8 AugMon 15 AugChangeWeek average
Diesel1.0091.0241.5 ¢1.017
Petrol 951.1391.1491.0 ¢1.145
Petrol 981.2641.2791.5 ¢1.271
LPG0.6350.6642.9 ¢0.658

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

1.001.051.101.151.2016 May4 Jul15 AugPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 15 AugChange
Rose most
Bizkaia1.0293.0 ¢
Salamanca0.9993.0 ¢
Lugo1.0582.9 ¢
La Rioja0.9982.9 ¢
Badajoz1.0242.5 ¢
Fell most
Las Palmas0.8191.6 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 15 AugChange
Rose most
La Rioja1.1293.0 ¢
Lugo1.1792.5 ¢
Alicante1.1792.0 ¢
Álava1.1292.0 ¢
Bizkaia1.1292.0 ¢
Fell most
Las Palmas0.9090.6 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1370.819 20.5 ¢0.909
bonÀrea470.876 14.8 ¢0.997
Alcampo520.910 11.4 ¢1.058
Eroski320.949 7.5 ¢1.072
Esclatoil370.949 7.5 ¢1.049
Petroprix450.949 7.5 ¢1.079
Carrefour1350.989 3.5 ¢1.129
Agla690.999 2.5 ¢1.145
Avia1160.999 2.5 ¢1.129
Ballenoil1870.999 2.5 ¢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$ 45.1212.08.2016 · a week earlier: $ 42.47
Brent, € per litre0.254 €12.08.2016 · a week earlier: 0.239 €
EUR/USD1.115812.08.2016 · a week earlier: 1.1156
Spain in the EU, diesel6 / 2815.08.2016 · Spain 1.004 €, EU average 1.112 € (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.