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Fuel prices in Spain: week 38 of 2016

19 Sep – 25 Sep 2016

Diesel rose by 1.0 cents over the week, to 1.049 €. Petrol 95 hardly changed over the week and ended at 1.169 €. A year earlier diesel cost 1.089 €: it is now 4.0 cents cheaper.

Diesel rose most in Cáceres (+1.6 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 0.918 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 19 SepMon 26 SepChangeWeek average
Diesel1.0391.0491.0 ¢1.044
Petrol 951.1691.169no change1.170
Petrol 981.2991.299no change1.299
LPG0.5990.599no 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

1.001.051.101.151.2027 Jun15 Aug26 SepPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 26 SepChange
Rose most
Cáceres1.0651.6 ¢
Cuenca1.0791.4 ¢
Alicante1.0691.0 ¢
Almería1.0691.0 ¢
Álava1.0291.0 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 26 SepChange
Rose most
Cantabria1.1491.0 ¢
Gipuzkoa1.1591.0 ¢
Lleida1.1691.0 ¢
Murcia1.1891.0 ¢
Salamanca1.1291.0 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1380.830 21.9 ¢0.923
bonÀrea470.918 13.1 ¢1.049
Alcampo520.924 12.5 ¢1.069
Esclatoil380.949 10.0 ¢1.079
Eroski310.969 8.0 ¢1.097
Petroprix480.969 8.0 ¢1.089
Carrefour1351.009 4.0 ¢1.149
Meroil421.017 3.2 ¢1.144
Ballenoil1891.019 3.0 ¢1.139
Avia1141.029 2.0 ¢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$ 46.7123.09.2016 · a week earlier: $ 45.26
Brent, € per litre0.262 €23.09.2016 · a week earlier: 0.254 €
EUR/USD1.121423.09.2016 · a week earlier: 1.1226
Spain in the EU, diesel7 / 2826.09.2016 · Spain 1.028 €, 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.