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Fuel prices in Spain: week 42 of 2020

12 Oct – 18 Oct 2020

Diesel fell by 1.0 cents over the week, to 1.049 €. That is the lowest diesel price since Jun 2020. Petrol 95 fell by 0.6 cents over the week, to 1.179 €. That is the lowest petrol 95 price since Aug 2020. A year earlier diesel cost 1.229 €: it is now 18.0 cents cheaper.

Diesel fell most in Ciudad Real (−1.0 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 0.890 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 12 OctMon 19 OctChangeWeek average
Diesel1.0591.0491.0 ¢1.052
Petrol 951.1851.1790.6 ¢1.181
Petrol 981.3291.3230.6 ¢1.326
LPG0.6600.663no change0.661

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

1.051.101.151.2020 Jul7 Sep19 OctPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 19 OctChange
Fell most
Ciudad Real1.0591.0 ¢
Cádiz1.0491.0 ¢
Granada1.0591.0 ¢
Jaén1.0291.0 ¢
Málaga1.0791.0 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 19 OctChange
Fell most
La Rioja1.1791.6 ¢
Asturias1.1791.0 ¢
Barcelona1.1991.0 ¢
Cantabria1.1791.0 ¢
Ceuta0.9181.0 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1410.859 19.0 ¢0.948
bonÀrea560.890 15.9 ¢0.999
GasExpress410.937 11.2 ¢1.069
Alcampo530.939 11.0 ¢1.078
Esclatoil510.939 11.0 ¢1.039
Petroprix970.957 9.2 ¢1.079
Plenergy1070.959 9.0 ¢1.077
Eroski370.969 8.0 ¢1.096
Ballenoil2620.999 5.0 ¢1.139
Agla661.012 3.7 ¢1.142

* 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$ 41.3416.10.2020 · a week earlier: $ 41.63
Brent, € per litre0.221 €16.10.2020 · a week earlier: 0.222 €
EUR/USD1.174116.10.2020 · a week earlier: 1.1795
Spain in the EU, diesel13 / 2819.10.2020 · Spain 1.030 €, EU average 1.102 € (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.