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Fuel prices in Spain: week 52 of 2018

24 Dec – 30 Dec 2018

Diesel fell by 2.0 cents over the week, to 1.129 €. That is the lowest diesel price since Oct 2017. Petrol 95 fell by 2.0 cents over the week, to 1.179 €. That is the lowest petrol 95 price since Nov 2016. A year earlier diesel cost 1.169 €: it is now 4.0 cents cheaper.

Diesel fell most in Ceuta (−3.0 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 1.019 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 24 DecMon 31 DecChangeWeek average
Diesel1.1491.1292.0 ¢1.138
Petrol 951.1991.1792.0 ¢1.186
Petrol 981.3341.3132.1 ¢1.318
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

1.201.301 Oct19 Nov31 DecPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 31 DecChange
Fell most
Ceuta0.9153.0 ¢
Ciudad Real1.1093.0 ¢
Guadalajara1.1393.0 ¢
Huelva1.1193.0 ¢
Jaén1.1293.0 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 31 DecChange
Fell most
Ciudad Real1.1593.5 ¢
Lugo1.1893.0 ¢
Palencia1.1193.0 ¢
Murcia1.1592.9 ¢
Salamanca1.1192.9 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1370.969 16.0 ¢1.050
bonÀrea531.019 11.0 ¢1.078
Alcampo501.058 7.1 ¢1.102
Esclatoil471.059 7.0 ¢1.109
Eroski351.069 6.0 ¢1.119
GasExpress371.069 6.0 ¢1.115
Petroprix691.099 3.0 ¢1.139
Ballenoil2351.109 2.0 ¢1.159
Campsa791.119 1.0 ¢1.159
Meroil411.119 1.0 ¢1.159

* 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$ 50.5728.12.2018 · a week earlier: $ 51.93
Brent, € per litre0.278 €28.12.2018 · a week earlier: 0.286 €
EUR/USD1.145428.12.2018 · a week earlier: 1.1414

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.