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Fuel prices in Spain: week 38 of 2018

17 Sep – 23 Sep 2018

Diesel fell by 0.5 cents over the week, to 1.259 €. Petrol 95 fell by 1.0 cents over the week, to 1.339 €. A year earlier diesel cost 1.115 €: it is now 14.4 cents dearer.

Diesel rose most in Soria (+0.6 cents). Diesel fell most in Alicante (−1.0 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 1.139 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 17 SepMon 24 SepChangeWeek average
Diesel1.2641.2590.5 ¢1.260
Petrol 951.3491.3391.0 ¢1.343
Petrol 981.4841.4790.5 ¢1.480
LPG0.6990.7091.0 ¢0.708

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

1.251.301.3525 Jun13 Aug24 SepPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 24 SepChange
Rose most
Soria1.2150.6 ¢
Fell most
Alicante1.2891.0 ¢
Álava1.2491.0 ¢
Badajoz1.2391.0 ¢
Ciudad Real1.2491.0 ¢
Cáceres1.2591.0 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 24 SepChange
Fell most
Tarragona1.3691.6 ¢
Illes Balears1.3991.0 ¢
Castellón1.3491.0 ¢
A Coruña1.3691.0 ¢
Cádiz1.3591.0 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1380.979 28.0 ¢1.079
bonÀrea531.139 12.0 ¢1.216
Alcampo521.159 10.0 ¢1.252
Eroski351.179 8.0 ¢1.263
GasExpress381.182 7.7 ¢1.279
Esclatoil441.189 7.0 ¢1.289
Petroprix691.198 6.1 ¢1.295
Meroil391.228 3.1 ¢1.320
Ballenoil2281.229 3.0 ¢1.314
Plenergy741.229 3.0 ¢1.309

* 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$ 78.9021.09.2018 · a week earlier: $ 77.87
Brent, € per litre0.422 €21.09.2018 · a week earlier: 0.419 €
EUR/USD1.175921.09.2018 · a week earlier: 1.1689
Spain in the EU, diesel7 / 2824.09.2018 · Spain 1.245 €, EU average 1.374 € (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.