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Fuel prices in Spain: week 36 of 2016

5 Sep – 11 Sep 2016

Diesel rose by 0.5 cents over the week, to 1.049 €. Petrol 95 rose by 1.0 cents over the week, to 1.179 €. That is the highest petrol 95 price since Jul 2016. A year earlier diesel cost 1.099 €: it is now 5.0 cents cheaper.

Diesel rose most in Lugo (+2.1 cents). Diesel fell most in Segovia (−0.9 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 0.913 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 5 SepMon 12 SepChangeWeek average
Diesel1.0441.0490.5 ¢1.043
Petrol 951.1691.1791.0 ¢1.170
Petrol 981.2971.3050.8 ¢1.296
LPG0.6640.6006.4 ¢0.661

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

1.001.051.101.151.2013 Jun1 Aug12 SepPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 12 SepChange
Rose most
Lugo1.0892.1 ¢
Ciudad Real1.0692.0 ¢
Cuenca1.0792.0 ¢
León1.0292.0 ¢
Salamanca1.0192.0 ¢
Fell most
Segovia1.0090.9 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 12 SepChange
Rose most
Salamanca1.1382.9 ¢
La Rioja1.1582.4 ¢
Soria1.1432.1 ¢
Ciudad Real1.1892.0 ¢
Guadalajara1.1892.0 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1360.842 20.7 ¢0.931
bonÀrea470.913 13.6 ¢1.039
Alcampo520.927 12.2 ¢1.062
Esclatoil370.949 10.0 ¢1.069
Petroprix480.969 8.0 ¢1.089
Eroski300.975 7.4 ¢1.099
Ballenoil1931.019 3.0 ¢1.147
Carrefour1331.019 3.0 ¢1.159
Meroil431.019 3.0 ¢1.149
Agla681.029 2.0 ¢1.168

* 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$ 48.3709.09.2016 · a week earlier: $ 45.96
Brent, € per litre0.270 €09.09.2016 · a week earlier: 0.258 €
EUR/USD1.126809.09.2016 · a week earlier: 1.1193
Spain in the EU, diesel7 / 2812.09.2016 · Spain 1.028 €, EU average 1.141 € (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.