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Fuel prices in Spain: week 39 of 2016

26 Sep – 2 Oct 2016

Diesel rose by 1.0 cents over the week, to 1.059 €. That is the highest diesel price since Jul 2016. Petrol 95 rose by 1.5 cents over the week, to 1.184 €. That is the highest petrol 95 price since Jul 2016. A year earlier diesel cost 1.089 €: it is now 3.0 cents cheaper.

Diesel rose most in Álava (+2.0 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 0.928 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 26 SepMon 3 OctChangeWeek average
Diesel1.0491.0591.0 ¢1.050
Petrol 951.1691.1841.5 ¢1.172
Petrol 981.2991.3141.5 ¢1.302
LPG0.5990.599no change0.598

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

1.001.051.101.151.204 Jul22 Aug3 OctPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 3 OctChange
Rose most
Álava1.0492.0 ¢
Burgos1.0392.0 ¢
Cantabria1.0492.0 ¢
Pontevedra1.0992.0 ¢
La Rioja1.0492.0 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 3 OctChange
Rose most
Asturias1.2192.0 ¢
Ciudad Real1.1992.0 ¢
Guadalajara1.2012.0 ¢
Ourense1.2192.0 ¢
Soria1.1592.0 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1370.832 22.7 ¢0.924
bonÀrea470.928 13.1 ¢1.049
Alcampo520.932 12.7 ¢1.069
Esclatoil400.959 10.0 ¢1.079
Petroprix480.969 9.0 ¢1.089
Eroski310.979 8.0 ¢1.099
Ballenoil1921.029 3.0 ¢1.149
Carrefour1361.029 3.0 ¢1.159
Meroil431.029 3.0 ¢1.153
Agla671.031 2.8 ¢1.169

* 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$ 48.2430.09.2016 · a week earlier: $ 46.71
Brent, € per litre0.272 €30.09.2016 · a week earlier: 0.262 €
EUR/USD1.116130.09.2016 · a week earlier: 1.1214
Spain in the EU, diesel7 / 2803.10.2016 · Spain 1.033 €, 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.