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Fuel prices in Spain: week 12 of 2020

16 Mar – 22 Mar 2020

Diesel fell by 3.9 cents over the week, to 1.089 €. That is the lowest diesel price since Aug 2017. Petrol 95 fell by 5.0 cents over the week, to 1.169 €. That is the lowest petrol 95 price since Aug 2016. A year earlier diesel cost 1.246 €: it is now 15.7 cents cheaper.

Diesel fell most in Almería (−4.3 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 0.890 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 16 MarMon 23 MarChangeWeek average
Diesel1.1281.0893.9 ¢1.106
Petrol 951.2191.1695.0 ¢1.193
Petrol 981.3591.3144.5 ¢1.333
LPG0.7090.6892.0 ¢0.695

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

1.101.201.3023 Dec10 Feb23 MarPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 23 MarChange
Fell most
Almería1.0694.3 ¢
Zamora1.0864.3 ¢
Alicante1.0694.0 ¢
Asturias1.1094.0 ¢
Badajoz1.0794.0 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 23 MarChange
Fell most
Cáceres1.1396.0 ¢
Albacete1.1395.7 ¢
Palencia1.1545.5 ¢
Soria1.1445.5 ¢
Huesca1.1455.4 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
bonÀrea550.890 19.9 ¢0.998
Esclatoil510.939 15.0 ¢1.059
Disa*1410.949 14.0 ¢1.012
Alcampo510.990 9.9 ¢1.079
GasExpress401.004 8.5 ¢1.108
Petroprix911.027 6.2 ¢1.119
Eroski381.029 6.0 ¢1.109
Plenergy941.029 6.0 ¢1.119
Carrefour1411.059 3.0 ¢1.149
Q8801.064 2.5 ¢1.149

* 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$ 25.5520.03.2020 · a week earlier: $ 32.25
Brent, € per litre0.150 €20.03.2020 · a week earlier: 0.183 €
EUR/USD1.070720.03.2020 · a week earlier: 1.1104
Spain in the EU, diesel9 / 2823.03.2020 · Spain 1.085 €, EU average 1.157 € (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.