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Fuel prices in Spain: week 3 of 2018

15 Jan – 21 Jan 2018

Diesel fell by 0.6 cents over the week, to 1.179 €. Petrol 95 hardly changed over the week and ended at 1.266 €. A year earlier diesel cost 1.139 €: it is now 4.0 cents dearer.

Diesel rose most in Navarra (+1.0 cents). Diesel fell most in Huelva (−1.1 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 1.048 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 15 JanMon 22 JanChangeWeek average
Diesel1.1851.1790.6 ¢1.182
Petrol 951.2691.266no change1.268
Petrol 981.3991.399no change1.399
LPG0.6650.667no change0.665

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

1.151.201.2523 Oct11 Dec22 JanPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 22 JanChange
Rose most
Navarra1.1391.0 ¢
Las Palmas0.9090.5 ¢
Fell most
Huelva1.1781.1 ¢
Albacete1.1891.0 ¢
Asturias1.1991.0 ¢
Ciudad Real1.1791.0 ¢
Cáceres1.1691.0 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 22 JanChange
Rose most
Álava1.2690.6 ¢
Fell most
Cantabria1.2491.0 ¢
Ciudad Real1.2591.0 ¢
Cáceres1.2491.0 ¢
Huesca1.2291.0 ¢
Murcia1.2591.0 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1380.906 27.3 ¢0.986
bonÀrea511.048 13.1 ¢1.148
Alcampo521.074 10.5 ¢1.176
Esclatoil431.089 9.0 ¢1.189
Eroski321.097 8.2 ¢1.189
GasExpress331.098 8.1 ¢1.199
Petroprix611.098 8.1 ¢1.209
Meroil401.139 4.0 ¢1.239
Ballenoil2191.149 3.0 ¢1.229
Carrefour1391.159 2.0 ¢1.259

* 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$ 68.5619.01.2018 · a week earlier: $ 69.64
Brent, € per litre0.352 €19.01.2018 · a week earlier: 0.361 €
EUR/USD1.225519.01.2018 · a week earlier: 1.2137
Spain in the EU, diesel7 / 2822.01.2018 · Spain 1.166 €, EU average 1.280 € (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.