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Fuel prices in Spain: week 52 of 2016

26 Dec – 1 Jan 2017

Diesel rose by 1.0 cents over the week, to 1.149 €. That is the highest diesel price since Jul 2015. Petrol 95 rose by 1.0 cents over the week, to 1.259 €. That is the highest petrol 95 price since Aug 2015. A year earlier diesel cost 0.979 €: it is now 17.0 cents dearer.

Diesel rose most in Cáceres (+2.3 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 1.016 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 26 DecMon 2 JanChangeWeek average
Diesel1.1391.1491.0 ¢1.143
Petrol 951.2491.2591.0 ¢1.253
Petrol 981.3691.3892.0 ¢1.374
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

1.051.101.151.201.253 Oct21 Nov2 JanPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 2 JanChange
Rose most
Cáceres1.1792.3 ¢
Málaga1.1792.3 ¢
Albacete1.1792.0 ¢
Asturias1.1792.0 ¢
Barcelona1.1592.0 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 2 JanChange
Rose most
Lleida1.2662.7 ¢
Barcelona1.2692.0 ¢
Bizkaia1.2492.0 ¢
Cantabria1.2392.0 ¢
Ciudad Real1.2892.0 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1370.899 25.0 ¢0.970
bonÀrea471.016 13.3 ¢1.137
Alcampo521.029 12.0 ¢1.150
Esclatoil391.049 10.0 ¢1.169
Petroprix521.049 10.0 ¢1.169
Ballenoil1991.119 3.0 ¢1.219
Carrefour1341.119 3.0 ¢1.229
Plenergy621.125 2.4 ¢1.231
Avia1161.126 2.3 ¢1.229
Agla681.129 2.0 ¢1.249

* 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$ 54.9630.12.2016 · a week earlier: $ 53.93
Brent, € per litre0.328 €30.12.2016 · a week earlier: 0.325 €
EUR/USD1.054130.12.2016 · a week earlier: 1.0446
Spain in the EU, diesel9 / 2802.01.2017 · Spain 1.128 €, EU average 1.234 € (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.