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Fuel prices in Spain: week 1 of 2018

1 Jan – 7 Jan 2018

Diesel rose by 0.9 cents over the week, to 1.178 €. That is the highest diesel price since Jul 2015. Petrol 95 hardly changed over the week and ended at 1.259 €. A year earlier diesel cost 1.159 €: it is now 1.9 cents dearer.

Diesel rose most in Ceuta (+2.0 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 1.048 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 1 JanMon 8 JanChangeWeek average
Diesel1.1691.1780.9 ¢1.171
Petrol 951.2591.259no change1.259
Petrol 981.3901.3960.6 ¢1.391
LPG0.6550.6651.0 ¢0.658

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

1.151.201.259 Oct27 Nov8 JanPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 8 JanChange
Rose most
Ceuta0.9492.0 ¢
Navarra1.1292.0 ¢
Guadalajara1.2171.8 ¢
Zamora1.1671.7 ¢
Huesca1.1791.6 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 8 JanChange
Rose most
Guadalajara1.2691.3 ¢
Asturias1.3091.0 ¢
Badajoz1.2491.0 ¢
Bizkaia1.2591.0 ¢
Cuenca1.2791.0 ¢
Fell most
Murcia1.2591.0 ¢
Jaén1.2600.9 ¢
Huelva1.2690.5 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1360.899 27.9 ¢0.978
bonÀrea511.048 13.0 ¢1.148
Alcampo521.059 11.9 ¢1.169
GasExpress331.085 9.3 ¢1.195
Esclatoil431.089 8.9 ¢1.179
Petroprix611.089 8.9 ¢1.205
Meroil401.134 4.4 ¢1.239
Ballenoil2171.139 3.9 ¢1.229
Q8741.149 2.9 ¢1.249
Plenergy691.158 2.0 ¢1.244

* 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$ 68.0105.01.2018 · a week earlier: $ 66.73
Brent, € per litre0.355 €05.01.2018 · a week earlier: 0.350 €
EUR/USD1.204505.01.2018 · a week earlier: 1.1993
Spain in the EU, diesel6 / 2808.01.2018 · Spain 1.156 €, EU average 1.279 € (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.