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Fuel prices in Spain: week 49 of 2018

3 Dec – 9 Dec 2018

Diesel fell by 2.0 cents over the week, to 1.179 €. That is the lowest diesel price since Apr 2018. Petrol 95 fell by 1.7 cents over the week, to 1.229 €. That is the lowest petrol 95 price since Oct 2017. A year earlier diesel cost 1.149 €: it is now 3.0 cents dearer.

Diesel fell most in León (−3.0 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 1.078 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 3 DecMon 10 DecChangeWeek average
Diesel1.1991.1792.0 ¢1.190
Petrol 951.2461.2291.7 ¢1.237
Petrol 981.3791.3592.0 ¢1.372
LPG0.7140.6724.2 ¢0.702

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

1.201.251.301.3510 Sep29 Oct10 DecPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 10 DecChange
Fell most
León1.1293.0 ¢
Lugo1.2093.0 ¢
Murcia1.1692.6 ¢
Ourense1.2092.6 ¢
Soria1.1292.5 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 10 DecChange
Fell most
Ciudad Real1.2093.0 ¢
Guadalajara1.2393.0 ¢
Lugo1.2393.0 ¢
Teruel1.1992.6 ¢
Bizkaia1.2092.5 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1360.980 19.9 ¢1.061
bonÀrea531.078 10.1 ¢1.096
Alcampo501.099 8.0 ¢1.146
Esclatoil471.099 8.0 ¢1.139
Eroski331.119 6.0 ¢1.159
GasExpress381.119 6.0 ¢1.156
Petroprix691.149 3.0 ¢1.205
Ballenoil2341.168 1.1 ¢1.209
Avia1211.169 1.0 ¢1.219
Campsa801.169 1.0 ¢1.215

* 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$ 61.7107.12.2018 · a week earlier: $ 57.71
Brent, € per litre0.341 €07.12.2018 · a week earlier: 0.320 €
EUR/USD1.137107.12.2018 · a week earlier: 1.1359
Spain in the EU, diesel4 / 2810.12.2018 · Spain 1.177 €, EU average 1.340 € (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.