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Fuel prices in Spain: week 49 of 2016

5 Dec – 11 Dec 2016

Diesel rose by 1.0 cents over the week, to 1.109 €. That is the highest diesel price since Aug 2015. Petrol 95 rose by 1.0 cents over the week, to 1.219 €. That is the highest petrol 95 price since Aug 2015. A year earlier diesel cost 0.999 €: it is now 11.0 cents dearer.

Diesel rose most in Ceuta (+2.9 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 0.973 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 5 DecMon 12 DecChangeWeek average
Diesel1.0991.1091.0 ¢1.107
Petrol 951.2091.2191.0 ¢1.217
Petrol 981.3391.3491.0 ¢1.347
LPG0.6120.612no change0.611

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

1.051.101.151.2012 Sep31 Oct12 DecPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 12 DecChange
Rose most
Ceuta0.9042.9 ¢
Melilla0.7732.5 ¢
Bizkaia1.0992.0 ¢
Palencia1.0892.0 ¢
Sevilla1.1292.0 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 12 DecChange
Rose most
Badajoz1.2292.0 ¢
Ceuta0.9892.0 ¢
Cáceres1.2292.0 ¢
Jaén1.2492.0 ¢
Lleida1.2192.0 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1370.868 24.1 ¢0.949
bonÀrea470.973 13.6 ¢1.088
Esclatoil390.980 12.9 ¢1.119
Alcampo520.988 12.1 ¢1.109
Petroprix521.029 8.0 ¢1.149
Carrefour1351.079 3.0 ¢1.199
Meroil421.081 2.8 ¢1.196
Avia1181.089 2.0 ¢1.198
Ballenoil1971.089 2.0 ¢1.189
Q8711.089 2.0 ¢1.204

* 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$ 52.1909.12.2016 · a week earlier: $ 52.35
Brent, € per litre0.311 €09.12.2016 · a week earlier: 0.309 €
EUR/USD1.055909.12.2016 · a week earlier: 1.0642
Spain in the EU, diesel8 / 2812.12.2016 · Spain 1.090 €, EU average 1.202 € (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.