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Fuel prices in Spain: week 20 of 2018

14 May – 20 May 2018

Diesel rose by 2.0 cents over the week, to 1.249 €. That is the highest diesel price since Nov 2014. Petrol 95 rose by 2.7 cents over the week, to 1.346 €. That is the highest petrol 95 price since Jul 2015. A year earlier diesel cost 1.099 €: it is now 15.0 cents dearer.

Diesel rose most in Ceuta (+4.0 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 1.128 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 14 MayMon 21 MayChangeWeek average
Diesel1.2291.2492.0 ¢1.241
Petrol 951.3191.3462.7 ¢1.332
Petrol 981.4591.4792.0 ¢1.469
LPG0.6750.675no change0.675

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

1.151.201.251.301.3519 Feb9 Apr21 MayPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 21 MayChange
Rose most
Ceuta1.0354.0 ¢
Badajoz1.2393.0 ¢
Bizkaia1.2493.0 ¢
Burgos1.2293.0 ¢
Granada1.2693.0 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 21 MayChange
Rose most
Ceuta1.1004.0 ¢
Albacete1.3493.0 ¢
Almería1.3493.0 ¢
Bizkaia1.3393.0 ¢
Ciudad Real1.3493.0 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1390.942 30.7 ¢1.023
bonÀrea521.128 12.1 ¢1.220
Alcampo521.139 11.0 ¢1.239
GasExpress341.163 8.6 ¢1.267
Petroprix671.168 8.1 ¢1.265
Eroski331.179 7.0 ¢1.268
Esclatoil431.179 7.0 ¢1.279
Ballenoil2251.219 3.0 ¢1.309
Meroil401.219 3.0 ¢1.319
Q8761.219 3.0 ¢1.329

* 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$ 78.3818.05.2018 · a week earlier: $ 77.37
Brent, € per litre0.418 €18.05.2018 · a week earlier: 0.408 €
EUR/USD1.178118.05.2018 · a week earlier: 1.1934
Spain in the EU, diesel8 / 2821.05.2018 · Spain 1.228 €, EU average 1.352 € (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.