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Fuel prices in Spain: week 37 of 2016

12 Sep – 18 Sep 2016

Diesel fell by 1.0 cents over the week, to 1.039 €. Petrol 95 fell by 1.0 cents over the week, to 1.169 €. A year earlier diesel cost 1.089 €: it is now 5.0 cents cheaper.

Diesel fell most in Ceuta (−1.8 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 0.908 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 12 SepMon 19 SepChangeWeek average
Diesel1.0491.0391.0 ¢1.045
Petrol 951.1791.1691.0 ¢1.174
Petrol 981.3051.2990.6 ¢1.303
LPG0.6000.599no change0.599

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

1.001.051.101.151.2020 Jun8 Aug19 SepPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 19 SepChange
Fell most
Ceuta0.8461.8 ¢
Albacete1.0621.7 ¢
La Rioja1.0191.7 ¢
Melilla0.7281.6 ¢
Cádiz1.0591.5 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 19 SepChange
Rose most
Palencia1.1291.0 ¢
Fell most
Salamanca1.1191.9 ¢
Ceuta0.9361.8 ¢
Melilla0.8481.6 ¢
Soria1.1291.4 ¢
La Rioja1.1451.3 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1350.837 20.2 ¢0.923
bonÀrea470.908 13.1 ¢1.039
Alcampo510.919 12.0 ¢1.069
Esclatoil380.949 9.0 ¢1.069
Petroprix480.969 7.0 ¢1.089
Eroski300.971 6.8 ¢1.089
Ballenoil1911.009 3.0 ¢1.139
Carrefour1321.009 3.0 ¢1.149
Meroil411.013 2.6 ¢1.149
Avia1151.024 1.5 ¢1.149

* 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$ 45.2616.09.2016 · a week earlier: $ 48.37
Brent, € per litre0.254 €16.09.2016 · a week earlier: 0.270 €
EUR/USD1.122616.09.2016 · a week earlier: 1.1268
Spain in the EU, diesel7 / 2819.09.2016 · Spain 1.029 €, EU average 1.135 € (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.