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Fuel prices in Spain: week 44 of 2016

31 Oct – 6 Nov 2016

Diesel fell by 2.0 cents over the week, to 1.069 €. Petrol 95 fell by 1.6 cents over the week, to 1.189 €. A year earlier diesel cost 1.089 €: it is now 2.0 cents cheaper.

Diesel fell most in Alicante (−4.0 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 0.944 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 31 OctMon 7 NovChangeWeek average
Diesel1.0891.0692.0 ¢1.080
Petrol 951.2051.1891.6 ¢1.196
Petrol 981.3311.3141.7 ¢1.324
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

1.001.051.101.151.208 Aug26 Sep7 NovPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 7 NovChange
Fell most
Alicante1.0794.0 ¢
Bizkaia1.0494.0 ¢
Lugo1.0894.0 ¢
Salamanca1.0294.0 ¢
Soria1.0294.0 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 7 NovChange
Fell most
Asturias1.2093.0 ¢
Cantabria1.1493.0 ¢
Ciudad Real1.1893.0 ¢
Gipuzkoa1.1593.0 ¢
Guadalajara1.1993.0 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1370.865 20.4 ¢0.950
bonÀrea470.944 12.5 ¢1.068
Alcampo520.967 10.2 ¢1.095
Eroski340.986 8.3 ¢1.099
Esclatoil390.989 8.0 ¢1.109
Petroprix520.989 8.0 ¢1.109
Ballenoil1951.039 3.0 ¢1.149
Carrefour1381.039 3.0 ¢1.169
Meroil421.044 2.5 ¢1.167
Shell3771.044 2.5 ¢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$ 43.0604.11.2016 · a week earlier: $ 47.78
Brent, € per litre0.244 €04.11.2016 · a week earlier: 0.275 €
EUR/USD1.109304.11.2016 · a week earlier: 1.0922
Spain in the EU, diesel7 / 2807.11.2016 · Spain 1.061 €, EU average 1.168 € (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.