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Fuel prices in Spain: week 42 of 2018

15 Oct – 21 Oct 2018

Diesel fell by 1.0 cents over the week, to 1.289 €. Petrol 95 fell by 2.0 cents over the week, to 1.349 €. A year earlier diesel cost 1.129 €: it is now 16.0 cents dearer.

Diesel fell most in Albacete (−2.0 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 1.175 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 15 OctMon 22 OctChangeWeek average
Diesel1.2991.2891.0 ¢1.291
Petrol 951.3691.3492.0 ¢1.359
Petrol 981.4991.4891.0 ¢1.490
LPG0.7280.729no change0.729

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

1.251.301.3523 Jul10 Sep22 OctPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 22 OctChange
Fell most
Albacete1.2992.0 ¢
Alicante1.3092.0 ¢
Badajoz1.2592.0 ¢
Ceuta1.0652.0 ¢
Ciudad Real1.2692.0 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 22 OctChange
Rose most
Santa Cruz de Tenerife1.0360.6 ¢
Fell most
Melilla0.9893.5 ¢
Ceuta1.0793.0 ¢
Teruel1.3222.7 ¢
Álava1.3392.0 ¢
Asturias1.3792.0 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1381.004 28.5 ¢1.084
bonÀrea531.175 11.4 ¢1.229
Alcampo521.197 9.2 ¢1.259
Esclatoil451.219 7.0 ¢1.289
GasExpress371.219 7.0 ¢1.289
Eroski351.223 6.6 ¢1.289
Petroprix691.228 6.1 ¢1.309
Ballenoil2301.259 3.0 ¢1.329
Meroil411.259 3.0 ¢1.327
Plenergy741.268 2.1 ¢1.349

* 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$ 80.3819.10.2018 · a week earlier: $ 80.71
Brent, € per litre0.441 €19.10.2018 · a week earlier: 0.439 €
EUR/USD1.147019.10.2018 · a week earlier: 1.1574
Spain in the EU, diesel7 / 2822.10.2018 · Spain 1.276 €, EU average 1.416 € (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.