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Fuel prices in Spain: week 51 of 2018

17 Dec – 23 Dec 2018

Diesel fell by 2.3 cents over the week, to 1.149 €. That is the lowest diesel price since Mar 2018. Petrol 95 fell by 2.0 cents over the week, to 1.199 €. That is the lowest petrol 95 price since Jul 2017. A year earlier diesel cost 1.159 €: it is now 1.0 cents cheaper.

Diesel fell most in Soria (−3.5 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 1.039 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 17 DecMon 24 DecChangeWeek average
Diesel1.1721.1492.3 ¢1.162
Petrol 951.2191.1992.0 ¢1.210
Petrol 981.3591.3342.5 ¢1.343
LPG0.6690.669no change0.669

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

1.151.201.251.301.3524 Sep12 Nov24 DecPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 24 DecChange
Fell most
Soria1.0943.5 ¢
Álava1.1293.0 ¢
Illes Balears1.1993.0 ¢
Bizkaia1.1393.0 ¢
Lleida1.1593.0 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 24 DecChange
Fell most
Álava1.1763.3 ¢
Cáceres1.1693.0 ¢
Cádiz1.2093.0 ¢
Jaén1.1993.0 ¢
La Rioja1.1593.0 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1380.969 18.0 ¢1.050
bonÀrea531.039 11.0 ¢1.089
Alcampo501.064 8.5 ¢1.118
Esclatoil471.079 7.0 ¢1.119
GasExpress371.079 7.0 ¢1.129
Eroski351.089 6.0 ¢1.132
Petroprix691.099 5.0 ¢1.139
Ballenoil2351.134 1.5 ¢1.179
Avia1231.139 1.0 ¢1.189
Campsa801.139 1.0 ¢1.189

* 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$ 51.9321.12.2018 · a week earlier: $ 58.56
Brent, € per litre0.286 €21.12.2018 · a week earlier: 0.326 €
EUR/USD1.141421.12.2018 · a week earlier: 1.1285

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.