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Fuel prices in Spain: week 1 of 2019

31 Dec – 6 Jan 2019

Diesel rose by 2.0 cents over the week, to 1.149 €. Petrol 95 rose by 1.0 cents over the week, to 1.189 €. A year earlier diesel cost 1.178 €: it is now 2.9 cents cheaper.

Diesel rose most in La Rioja (+7.0 cents). Diesel fell most in Melilla (−2.0 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 1.019 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 31 DecMon 7 JanChangeWeek average
Diesel1.1291.1492.0 ¢1.141
Petrol 951.1791.1891.0 ¢1.188
Petrol 981.3131.309no change1.320
LPG0.6690.666no change0.667

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

1.201.308 Oct26 Nov7 JanPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 7 JanChange
Rose most
La Rioja1.1697.0 ¢
Salamanca1.1597.0 ¢
Burgos1.1686.9 ¢
Álava1.1756.6 ¢
Bizkaia1.1856.6 ¢
Fell most
Melilla0.7702.0 ¢
Santa Cruz de Tenerife0.9391.0 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 7 JanChange
Rose most
Salamanca1.1897.0 ¢
Bizkaia1.2296.0 ¢
Cantabria1.2196.0 ¢
Palencia1.1796.0 ¢
La Rioja1.1996.0 ¢
Fell most
Melilla0.8151.9 ¢
Santa Cruz de Tenerife0.9890.9 ¢
Albacete1.1790.5 ¢
Toledo1.1890.5 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1380.965 18.4 ¢1.041
bonÀrea531.019 13.0 ¢1.078
Alcampo501.059 9.0 ¢1.114
Esclatoil471.059 9.0 ¢1.109
GasExpress381.069 8.0 ¢1.119
Petroprix691.089 6.0 ¢1.129
Eroski341.099 5.0 ¢1.149
Ballenoil2351.119 3.0 ¢1.174
Q8771.119 3.0 ¢1.169
Plenergy761.120 2.9 ¢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$ 55.6404.01.2019 · a week earlier: $ 50.57
Brent, € per litre0.307 €04.01.2019 · a week earlier: 0.278 €
EUR/USD1.140304.01.2019 · a week earlier: 1.1454
Spain in the EU, diesel4 / 2807.01.2019 · Spain 1.130 €, EU average 1.285 € (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.