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Fuel prices in Spain: week 19 of 2018

7 May – 13 May 2018

Diesel rose by 2.0 cents over the week, to 1.229 €. That is the highest diesel price since Nov 2014. Petrol 95 rose by 2.0 cents over the week, to 1.319 €. That is the highest petrol 95 price since Jul 2015. A year earlier diesel cost 1.098 €: it is now 13.1 cents dearer.

Diesel rose most in Gipuzkoa (+3.0 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 1.113 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 7 MayMon 14 MayChangeWeek average
Diesel1.2091.2292.0 ¢1.221
Petrol 951.2991.3192.0 ¢1.312
Petrol 981.4391.4592.0 ¢1.449
LPG0.6650.6751.0 ¢0.671

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

1.151.201.251.3012 Feb2 Apr14 MayPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 14 MayChange
Rose most
Gipuzkoa1.2293.0 ¢
Asturias1.2592.9 ¢
Illes Balears1.2942.5 ¢
Huesca1.2242.5 ¢
Málaga1.2642.5 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 14 MayChange
Rose most
Teruel1.3093.0 ¢
Álava1.3102.5 ¢
Huelva1.3292.4 ¢
Toledo1.3392.4 ¢
Valladolid1.2992.4 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1390.929 30.0 ¢1.022
bonÀrea521.113 11.6 ¢1.212
Alcampo511.119 11.0 ¢1.219
GasExpress341.146 8.3 ¢1.248
Eroski321.147 8.2 ¢1.247
Esclatoil431.149 8.0 ¢1.229
Petroprix671.158 7.1 ¢1.255
Avia1221.199 3.0 ¢1.295
Ballenoil2251.199 3.0 ¢1.299
Meroil401.199 3.0 ¢1.299

* 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$ 77.3711.05.2018 · a week earlier: $ 74.75
Brent, € per litre0.408 €11.05.2018 · a week earlier: 0.393 €
EUR/USD1.193411.05.2018 · a week earlier: 1.1969
Spain in the EU, diesel7 / 2814.05.2018 · Spain 1.207 €, EU average 1.329 € (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.