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Fuel prices in Spain: week 21 of 2018

21 May – 27 May 2018

Diesel rose by 1.0 cents over the week, to 1.259 €. That is the highest diesel price since Nov 2014. Petrol 95 hardly changed over the week and ended at 1.349 €. That is the highest petrol 95 price since Jun 2015. A year earlier diesel cost 1.099 €: it is now 16.0 cents dearer.

Diesel rose most in Madrid (+1.8 cents). Diesel fell most in Guadalajara (−0.5 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 1.139 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 21 MayMon 28 MayChangeWeek average
Diesel1.2491.2591.0 ¢1.257
Petrol 951.3461.349no change1.349
Petrol 981.4791.4850.6 ¢1.483
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

1.151.201.251.301.3526 Feb16 Apr28 MayPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 28 MayChange
Rose most
Madrid1.2671.8 ¢
Las Palmas0.9591.7 ¢
Melilla0.9151.6 ¢
Murcia1.2691.4 ¢
Barcelona1.2771.3 ¢
Fell most
Guadalajara1.2840.5 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 28 MayChange
Rose most
Lleida1.3692.0 ¢
Tarragona1.3892.0 ¢
Melilla1.0121.9 ¢
Barcelona1.3791.4 ¢
Las Palmas1.0451.2 ¢
Fell most
Teruel1.3290.6 ¢
Pontevedra1.3690.5 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1390.959 30.0 ¢1.042
bonÀrea521.139 12.0 ¢1.226
Alcampo521.159 10.0 ¢1.259
Petroprix671.168 9.1 ¢1.265
GasExpress341.178 8.1 ¢1.277
Esclatoil431.179 8.0 ¢1.279
Eroski321.187 7.2 ¢1.274
Meroil411.227 3.2 ¢1.328
Ballenoil2251.229 3.0 ¢1.319
Q8761.229 3.0 ¢1.334

* 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$ 76.6025.05.2018 · a week earlier: $ 78.38
Brent, € per litre0.413 €25.05.2018 · a week earlier: 0.418 €
EUR/USD1.167525.05.2018 · a week earlier: 1.1781
Spain in the EU, diesel7 / 2828.05.2018 · Spain 1.241 €, EU average 1.366 € (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.