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Fuel prices in Spain: week 51 of 2016

19 Dec – 25 Dec 2016

Diesel rose by 1.0 cents over the week, to 1.139 €. That is the highest diesel price since Jul 2015. Petrol 95 rose by 1.0 cents over the week, to 1.249 €. That is the highest petrol 95 price since Aug 2015. A year earlier diesel cost 0.979 €: it is now 16.0 cents dearer.

Diesel rose most in Bizkaia (+2.1 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 1.009 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 19 DecMon 26 DecChangeWeek average
Diesel1.1291.1391.0 ¢1.136
Petrol 951.2391.2491.0 ¢1.244
Petrol 981.3601.3690.9 ¢1.365
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

1.051.101.151.201.2526 Sep14 Nov26 DecPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 26 DecChange
Rose most
Bizkaia1.1352.1 ¢
Cantabria1.1292.0 ¢
Castellón1.1392.0 ¢
Cádiz1.1592.0 ¢
Zaragoza1.1471.8 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 26 DecChange
Rose most
Álava1.2392.0 ¢
Illes Balears1.3092.0 ¢
Castellón1.2592.0 ¢
Ciudad Real1.2692.0 ¢
Gipuzkoa1.2291.8 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1370.898 24.1 ¢0.968
bonÀrea471.009 13.0 ¢1.128
Alcampo511.019 12.0 ¢1.132
Eroski301.039 10.0 ¢1.149
Petroprix521.039 10.0 ¢1.159
Esclatoil391.049 9.0 ¢1.159
Ballenoil1981.109 3.0 ¢1.209
Meroil431.109 3.0 ¢1.219
Avia1171.116 2.3 ¢1.219
Agla671.119 2.0 ¢1.239

* 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$ 53.9323.12.2016 · a week earlier: $ 54.15
Brent, € per litre0.325 €23.12.2016 · a week earlier: 0.326 €
EUR/USD1.044623.12.2016 · a week earlier: 1.0439

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.