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Fuel prices in Spain: week 42 of 2016

17 Oct – 23 Oct 2016

Diesel hardly changed over the week and ended at 1.089 €. Petrol 95 rose by 0.5 cents over the week, to 1.204 €. A year earlier diesel cost 1.069 €: it is now 2.0 cents dearer.

Diesel rose most in Guadalajara (+1.6 cents). Diesel fell most in Girona (−1.0 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 0.967 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 17 OctMon 24 OctChangeWeek average
Diesel1.0891.089no change1.090
Petrol 951.1991.2040.5 ¢1.203
Petrol 981.3291.329no change1.330
LPG0.6120.612no change0.612

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

1.001.051.101.151.2025 Jul12 Sep24 OctPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 24 OctChange
Rose most
Guadalajara1.1251.6 ¢
Albacete1.1191.0 ¢
Illes Balears1.1391.0 ¢
Barcelona1.0891.0 ¢
Cantabria1.0791.0 ¢
Fell most
Girona1.0991.0 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 24 OctChange
Rose most
Las Palmas0.9541.2 ¢
Albacete1.2191.0 ¢
Álava1.1891.0 ¢
Badajoz1.2091.0 ¢
Ciudad Real1.2191.0 ¢
Fell most
Ourense1.2291.0 ¢
Huesca1.1990.9 ¢
Gipuzkoa1.1820.7 ¢
Segovia1.1640.5 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1380.867 22.2 ¢0.959
bonÀrea480.967 12.2 ¢1.087
Alcampo520.968 12.1 ¢1.109
Eroski320.994 9.5 ¢1.119
Esclatoil390.999 9.0 ¢1.119
Petroprix520.999 9.0 ¢1.119
Meroil431.058 3.1 ¢1.177
Carrefour1321.059 3.0 ¢1.189
Avia1161.069 2.0 ¢1.179
Ballenoil1931.069 2.0 ¢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$ 50.2821.10.2016 · a week earlier: $ 48.87
Brent, € per litre0.291 €21.10.2016 · a week earlier: 0.279 €
EUR/USD1.088621.10.2016 · a week earlier: 1.1002
Spain in the EU, diesel8 / 2824.10.2016 · Spain 1.073 €, EU average 1.175 € (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.