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Fuel prices in Spain: week 16 of 2018

16 Apr – 22 Apr 2018

Diesel rose by 0.6 cents over the week, to 1.195 €. That is the highest diesel price since Jul 2015. Petrol 95 rose by 0.9 cents over the week, to 1.288 €. That is the highest petrol 95 price since Aug 2015. A year earlier diesel cost 1.139 €: it is now 5.6 cents dearer.

Diesel rose most in Albacete (+1.0 cents). Diesel fell most in Palencia (−0.6 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 1.068 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 16 AprMon 23 AprChangeWeek average
Diesel1.1891.1950.6 ¢1.189
Petrol 951.2791.2880.9 ¢1.280
Petrol 981.4091.4191.0 ¢1.414
LPG0.6650.665no 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

1.151.201.251.3022 Jan12 Mar23 AprPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 23 AprChange
Rose most
Albacete1.2191.0 ¢
Alicante1.2091.0 ¢
Badajoz1.1791.0 ¢
Cantabria1.1891.0 ¢
Castellón1.1891.0 ¢
Fell most
Palencia1.1590.6 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 23 AprChange
Rose most
Segovia1.2392.0 ¢
Albacete1.2891.0 ¢
Almería1.2891.0 ¢
Badajoz1.2791.0 ¢
Bizkaia1.2791.0 ¢
Fell most
Las Palmas0.9890.5 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1380.898 29.7 ¢0.988
bonÀrea521.068 12.7 ¢1.164
Alcampo521.076 11.9 ¢1.184
Esclatoil431.089 10.6 ¢1.189
GasExpress331.098 9.7 ¢1.205
Eroski351.109 8.6 ¢1.209
Petroprix621.118 7.7 ¢1.215
Meroil411.149 4.6 ¢1.251
Ballenoil2221.159 3.6 ¢1.252
Avia1261.169 2.6 ¢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$ 74.6220.04.2018 · a week earlier: $ 73.18
Brent, € per litre0.381 €20.04.2018 · a week earlier: 0.374 €
EUR/USD1.230920.04.2018 · a week earlier: 1.2317
Spain in the EU, diesel6 / 2823.04.2018 · Spain 1.173 €, EU average 1.293 € (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.