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Fuel prices in Spain: week 18 of 2017

1 May – 7 May 2017

Diesel fell by 2.0 cents over the week, to 1.099 €. That is the lowest diesel price since Dec 2016. Petrol 95 fell by 2.4 cents over the week, to 1.225 €. That is the lowest petrol 95 price since Dec 2016. A year earlier diesel cost 1.019 €: it is now 8.0 cents dearer.

Diesel fell most in Álava (−3.0 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 0.993 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 1 MayMon 8 MayChangeWeek average
Diesel1.1191.0992.0 ¢1.110
Petrol 951.2491.2252.4 ¢1.238
Petrol 981.3741.3502.4 ¢1.365
LPG0.6360.6261.0 ¢0.634

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

1.101.151.201.256 Feb27 Mar8 MayPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 8 MayChange
Fell most
Álava1.0793.0 ¢
Ciudad Real1.1093.0 ¢
Guadalajara1.1193.0 ¢
Melilla0.7593.0 ¢
Ávila1.0793.0 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 8 MayChange
Fell most
Cáceres1.2193.0 ¢
Granada1.2293.0 ¢
Guadalajara1.2293.0 ¢
Melilla0.8983.0 ¢
Asturias1.2502.9 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1370.888 21.1 ¢0.975
bonÀrea480.993 10.6 ¢1.123
Alcampo521.016 8.3 ¢1.142
Esclatoil391.029 7.0 ¢1.169
Petroprix571.049 5.0 ¢1.169
Ballenoil2101.069 3.0 ¢1.189
Avia1191.079 2.0 ¢1.199
Q8721.079 2.0 ¢1.204
Meroil421.084 1.5 ¢1.199
Carrefour1381.089 1.0 ¢1.219

* 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$ 47.4505.05.2017 · a week earlier: $ 49.46
Brent, € per litre0.272 €05.05.2017 · a week earlier: 0.285 €
EUR/USD1.096105.05.2017 · a week earlier: 1.0930
Spain in the EU, diesel8 / 2808.05.2017 · Spain 1.093 €, EU average 1.209 € (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.