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Fuel prices in Spain: week 40 of 2016

3 Oct – 9 Oct 2016

Diesel rose by 2.0 cents over the week, to 1.079 €. That is the highest diesel price since Nov 2015. Petrol 95 rose by 1.5 cents over the week, to 1.199 €. That is the highest petrol 95 price since Jun 2016. A year earlier diesel cost 1.099 €: it is now 2.0 cents cheaper.

Diesel rose most in Ceuta (+3.2 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 0.949 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 3 OctMon 10 OctChangeWeek average
Diesel1.0591.0792.0 ¢1.068
Petrol 951.1841.1991.5 ¢1.194
Petrol 981.3141.3291.5 ¢1.324
LPG0.5990.6121.3 ¢0.605

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

1.001.051.101.151.2011 Jul29 Aug10 OctPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 10 OctChange
Rose most
Ceuta0.8783.2 ¢
Albacete1.1093.0 ¢
Illes Balears1.1293.0 ¢
Bizkaia1.0793.0 ¢
Ciudad Real1.0993.0 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 10 OctChange
Rose most
Ceuta0.9642.8 ¢
Illes Balears1.2642.5 ¢
Segovia1.1592.5 ¢
Badajoz1.1992.0 ¢
Bizkaia1.1892.0 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1350.844 23.5 ¢0.932
bonÀrea480.949 13.0 ¢1.069
Alcampo520.950 12.9 ¢1.090
Eroski310.979 10.0 ¢1.109
Esclatoil390.979 10.0 ¢1.099
Petroprix480.979 10.0 ¢1.099
Meroil421.044 3.5 ¢1.166
Agla671.049 3.0 ¢1.184
Ballenoil1951.049 3.0 ¢1.169
Carrefour1331.049 3.0 ¢1.179

* 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$ 50.4907.10.2016 · a week earlier: $ 48.24
Brent, € per litre0.285 €07.10.2016 · a week earlier: 0.272 €
EUR/USD1.114007.10.2016 · a week earlier: 1.1161
Spain in the EU, diesel8 / 2810.10.2016 · Spain 1.053 €, EU average 1.154 € (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.