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Week 50, 2018

Fuel prices in Spain: week 50 of 2018

Name: Fuel prices in Spain, week 50 of 2018 (10 Dec – 16 Dec 2018)
Creator: Litrigo

10 Dec – 16 Dec 2018

Diesel fell by 0.7 cents over the week, to 1.172 €. That is the lowest diesel price since Apr 2018. Petrol 95 fell by 1.0 cents over the week, to 1.219 €. That is the lowest petrol 95 price since Oct 2017. A year earlier diesel cost 1.155 €: it is now 1.7 cents dearer.

Diesel rose most in Ceuta (+1.0 cents). Diesel fell most in Salamanca (−2.0 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 1.059 €.

Median prices across Spain

Fuel	Mon 10 Dec	Mon 17 Dec	Change	Week average
Diesel	1.17⁹	1.17²	0.7 ¢	1.17⁹
Petrol 95	1.22⁹	1.21⁹	1.0 ¢	1.22⁴
Petrol 98	1.35⁹	1.35⁹	no change	1.35⁹
LPG	0.67²	0.66⁹	no change	0.66⁹

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

DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

Province	Mon 17 Dec	Change
Rose most
Ceuta	0.96⁵	1.0 ¢
Fell most
Salamanca	1.12⁹	2.0 ¢
Alicante	1.17⁹	1.6 ¢
Cáceres	1.16⁵	1.4 ¢
Las Palmas	0.97⁵	1.1 ¢
Albacete	1.17⁹	1.0 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

Province	Mon 17 Dec	Change
Fell most
Toledo	1.22⁹	1.5 ¢
Albacete	1.21⁹	1.0 ¢
Badajoz	1.19⁹	1.0 ¢
Barcelona	1.25⁹	1.0 ¢
Burgos	1.17⁹	1.0 ¢

The cheapest large chains

Chain	Stations	Diesel	Petrol 95
Disa^*	138	0.97¹ 20.1 ¢	1.05⁶
bonÀrea	53	1.05⁹ 11.3 ¢	1.09⁶
Alcampo	50	1.08⁹ 8.3 ¢	1.13⁰
Esclatoil	47	1.09⁹ 7.3 ¢	1.13⁹
GasExpress	37	1.10⁷ 6.5 ¢	1.14⁹
Eroski	36	1.11⁹ 5.3 ¢	1.15⁹
Petroprix	69	1.11⁹ 5.3 ¢	1.16⁵
Ballenoil	235	1.14⁹ 2.3 ¢	1.19⁹
Avia	121	1.15⁹ 1.3 ¢	1.20⁰
Plenergy	75	1.15⁹ 1.3 ¢	1.19⁹

* 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$ 58.5614.12.2018 · a week earlier: $ 61.71

Brent, € per litre0.326 €14.12.2018 · a week earlier: 0.341 €

EUR/USD1.128514.12.2018 · a week earlier: 1.1371

Spain in the EU, diesel4 / 2817.12.2018 · Spain 1.164 €, EU average 1.327 € (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.