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Fuel prices in Spain: week 33 of 2016

15 Aug – 21 Aug 2016

Diesel rose by 2.5 cents over the week, to 1.049 €. Petrol 95 rose by 2.0 cents over the week, to 1.169 €. A year earlier diesel cost 1.092 €: it is now 4.3 cents cheaper.

Diesel rose most in Álava (+4.0 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 0.909 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 15 AugMon 22 AugChangeWeek average
Diesel1.0241.0492.5 ¢1.037
Petrol 951.1491.1692.0 ¢1.156
Petrol 981.2791.2992.0 ¢1.283
LPG0.6640.664no change0.664

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

1.001.051.101.151.2023 May11 Jul22 AugPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 22 AugChange
Rose most
Álava1.0394.0 ¢
Ciudad Real1.0694.0 ¢
Gipuzkoa1.0394.0 ¢
Palencia1.0294.0 ¢
Segovia1.0183.9 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 22 AugChange
Rose most
Bizkaia1.1593.0 ¢
Palencia1.1193.0 ¢
Salamanca1.1193.0 ¢
Teruel1.1693.0 ¢
Segovia1.1282.9 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1370.824 22.5 ¢0.919
bonÀrea470.909 14.0 ¢1.029
Alcampo520.920 12.9 ¢1.060
Esclatoil370.959 9.0 ¢1.059
Petroprix440.969 8.0 ¢1.089
Meroil411.009 4.0 ¢1.134
Agla681.019 3.0 ¢1.156
Ballenoil1891.019 3.0 ¢1.132
Carrefour1291.019 3.0 ¢1.149
Avia1181.024 2.5 ¢1.144

* 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$ 49.3919.08.2016 · a week earlier: $ 45.12
Brent, € per litre0.274 €19.08.2016 · a week earlier: 0.254 €
EUR/USD1.132619.08.2016 · a week earlier: 1.1158
Spain in the EU, diesel7 / 2822.08.2016 · Spain 1.024 €, EU average 1.129 € (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.