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Fuel prices in Spain: week 50 of 2016

12 Dec – 18 Dec 2016

Diesel rose by 2.0 cents over the week, to 1.129 €. That is the highest diesel price since Jul 2015. Petrol 95 rose by 2.0 cents over the week, to 1.239 €. That is the highest petrol 95 price since Aug 2015. A year earlier diesel cost 0.979 €: it is now 15.0 cents dearer.

Diesel rose most in A Coruña (+2.6 cents). Among the large chains, Alcampo had the cheapest diesel at 1.001 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 12 DecMon 19 DecChangeWeek average
Diesel1.1091.1292.0 ¢1.123
Petrol 951.2191.2392.0 ¢1.228
Petrol 981.3491.3601.1 ¢1.356
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

1.051.101.151.201.2519 Sep7 Nov19 DecPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 19 DecChange
Rose most
A Coruña1.1652.6 ¢
Lleida1.1372.6 ¢
Murcia1.1352.6 ¢
Alicante1.1492.0 ¢
Álava1.1192.0 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 19 DecChange
Rose most
Albacete1.2492.0 ¢
Alicante1.2592.0 ¢
Asturias1.2692.0 ¢
Cáceres1.2492.0 ¢
Córdoba1.2592.0 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1350.885 24.4 ¢0.965
Alcampo511.001 12.8 ¢1.127
bonÀrea471.009 12.0 ¢1.128
Eroski311.029 10.0 ¢1.129
Petroprix521.039 9.0 ¢1.159
Esclatoil391.049 8.0 ¢1.149
Ballenoil1981.099 3.0 ¢1.199
Carrefour1341.099 3.0 ¢1.209
Meroil431.099 3.0 ¢1.209
Avia1181.109 2.0 ¢1.209

* 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$ 54.1516.12.2016 · a week earlier: $ 52.19
Brent, € per litre0.326 €16.12.2016 · a week earlier: 0.311 €
EUR/USD1.043916.12.2016 · a week earlier: 1.0559
Spain in the EU, diesel7 / 2819.12.2016 · Spain 1.106 €, EU average 1.218 € (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.