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Fuel prices in Spain: week 35 of 2016

29 Aug – 4 Sep 2016

Diesel fell by 1.5 cents over the week, to 1.044 €. Petrol 95 fell by 0.5 cents over the week, to 1.169 €. A year earlier diesel cost 1.109 €: it is now 6.5 cents cheaper.

Diesel rose most in Santa Cruz de Tenerife (+1.0 cents). Diesel fell most in Salamanca (−3.0 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 0.913 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 29 AugMon 5 SepChangeWeek average
Diesel1.0591.0441.5 ¢1.055
Petrol 951.1741.1690.5 ¢1.175
Petrol 981.3041.2970.7 ¢1.304
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

1.001.051.101.151.206 Jun25 Jul5 SepPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 5 SepChange
Rose most
Santa Cruz de Tenerife0.7891.0 ¢
Las Palmas0.8450.8 ¢
Fell most
Salamanca0.9993.0 ¢
Soria0.9993.0 ¢
Asturias1.0592.5 ¢
Bizkaia1.0292.5 ¢
Ciudad Real1.0492.5 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 5 SepChange
Rose most
Santa Cruz de Tenerife0.8691.0 ¢
Las Palmas0.9330.6 ¢
Ceuta0.9540.5 ¢
Cáceres1.1790.5 ¢
Melilla0.8640.5 ¢
Fell most
Ciudad Real1.1692.0 ¢
Zamora1.1192.0 ¢
Bizkaia1.1491.5 ¢
Guadalajara1.1691.5 ¢
Lugo1.1891.5 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1360.842 20.2 ¢0.929
bonÀrea470.913 13.1 ¢1.039
Alcampo520.927 11.7 ¢1.069
Esclatoil370.949 9.5 ¢1.069
Petroprix480.969 7.5 ¢1.089
Ballenoil1901.009 3.5 ¢1.134
Carrefour1291.009 3.5 ¢1.149
Meroil411.009 3.5 ¢1.139
Shell3761.024 2.0 ¢1.149
Agla681.029 1.5 ¢1.160

* 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$ 45.9602.09.2016 · a week earlier: $ 49.66
Brent, € per litre0.258 €02.09.2016 · a week earlier: 0.277 €
EUR/USD1.119302.09.2016 · a week earlier: 1.1290
Spain in the EU, diesel7 / 2805.09.2016 · Spain 1.035 €, EU average 1.138 € (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.