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Fuel prices in Spain: week 18 of 2018

30 Apr – 6 May 2018

Diesel hardly changed over the week and ended at 1.209 €. That is the highest diesel price since Jun 2015. Petrol 95 hardly changed over the week and ended at 1.299 €. A year earlier diesel cost 1.099 €: it is now 11.0 cents dearer.

Diesel rose most in Albacete (+1.0 cents). Diesel fell most in Huesca (−1.0 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 1.088 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 30 AprMon 7 MayChangeWeek average
Diesel1.2081.209no change1.209
Petrol 951.2991.299no change1.299
Petrol 981.4291.4391.0 ¢1.433
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

1.151.201.251.305 Feb26 Mar7 MayPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 7 MayChange
Rose most
Albacete1.2391.0 ¢
Alicante1.2291.0 ¢
Barcelona1.2291.0 ¢
Cádiz1.2291.0 ¢
Madrid1.2091.0 ¢
Fell most
Huesca1.1991.0 ¢
Guadalajara1.2390.7 ¢
Jaén1.2090.7 ¢
Asturias1.2300.5 ¢
Burgos1.1790.5 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 7 MayChange
Rose most
Valencia1.3192.0 ¢
Bizkaia1.2991.0 ¢
Castellón1.3091.0 ¢
Cuenca1.3191.0 ¢
Cádiz1.3391.0 ¢
Fell most
Granada1.3191.0 ¢
Ourense1.3091.0 ¢
Palencia1.2391.0 ¢
Córdoba1.3190.5 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1380.920 28.9 ¢1.009
bonÀrea521.088 12.1 ¢1.178
Alcampo521.098 11.1 ¢1.202
GasExpress331.119 9.0 ¢1.229
Eroski301.129 8.0 ¢1.224
Esclatoil431.129 8.0 ¢1.219
Petroprix671.138 7.1 ¢1.235
Ballenoil2231.179 3.0 ¢1.269
Meroil411.179 3.0 ¢1.278
Q8741.184 2.5 ¢1.289

* 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$ 74.7504.05.2018 · a week earlier: $ 75.33
Brent, € per litre0.393 €04.05.2018 · a week earlier: 0.393 €
EUR/USD1.196904.05.2018 · a week earlier: 1.2070
Spain in the EU, diesel7 / 2807.05.2018 · Spain 1.191 €, EU average 1.312 € (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.