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Fuel prices in Spain: week 40 of 2018

1 Oct – 7 Oct 2018

Diesel rose by 3.0 cents over the week, to 1.299 €. That is the highest diesel price since Oct 2014. Petrol 95 rose by 2.0 cents over the week, to 1.369 €. That is the highest petrol 95 price since Oct 2014. A year earlier diesel cost 1.128 €: it is now 17.1 cents dearer.

Diesel rose most in Ceuta (+4.1 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 1.186 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 1 OctMon 8 OctChangeWeek average
Diesel1.2691.2993.0 ¢1.283
Petrol 951.3491.3692.0 ¢1.363
Petrol 981.4841.4991.5 ¢1.494
LPG0.7090.709no change0.709

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

1.251.301.359 Jul27 Aug8 OctPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 8 OctChange
Rose most
Ceuta1.0854.1 ¢
Asturias1.3194.0 ¢
Salamanca1.2793.7 ¢
Álava1.2923.3 ¢
Valladolid1.2693.3 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 8 OctChange
Rose most
Lugo1.3994.0 ¢
Pontevedra1.3994.0 ¢
Bizkaia1.3693.0 ¢
Córdoba1.3793.0 ¢
Girona1.4193.0 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1380.985 31.4 ¢1.079
bonÀrea531.186 11.3 ¢1.249
Alcampo521.192 10.7 ¢1.279
GasExpress381.199 10.0 ¢1.294
Eroski361.208 9.1 ¢1.289
Petroprix691.218 8.1 ¢1.315
Esclatoil451.229 7.0 ¢1.299
Ballenoil2311.259 4.0 ¢1.339
Meroil411.268 3.1 ¢1.348
Avia1241.269 3.0 ¢1.348

* 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$ 85.1205.10.2018 · a week earlier: $ 82.72
Brent, € per litre0.465 €05.10.2018 · a week earlier: 0.449 €
EUR/USD1.150605.10.2018 · a week earlier: 1.1576
Spain in the EU, diesel7 / 2808.10.2018 · Spain 1.271 €, EU average 1.409 € (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.