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Fuel prices in Spain: week 20 of 2021

17 May – 23 May 2021

Diesel hardly changed over the week and ended at 1.239 €. Petrol 95 fell by 1.0 cents over the week, to 1.369 €. A year earlier diesel cost 1.027 €: it is now 21.2 cents dearer.

Diesel rose most in Santa Cruz de Tenerife (+1.0 cents). Diesel fell most in Tarragona (−2.0 cents). Among the large chains, bonÀrea had the cheapest diesel at 1.059 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 17 MayMon 24 MayChangeWeek average
Diesel1.2391.239no change1.239
Petrol 951.3791.3691.0 ¢1.375
Petrol 981.5191.518no change1.519
LPG0.7290.729no change0.729

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

1.201.251.301.3522 Feb12 Apr24 MayPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 24 MayChange
Rose most
Santa Cruz de Tenerife0.9591.0 ¢
Las Palmas0.9650.6 ¢
Fell most
Tarragona1.2292.0 ¢
Albacete1.2391.0 ¢
Almería1.2191.0 ¢
Ceuta0.9941.0 ¢
Cáceres1.2191.0 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 24 MayChange
Rose most
Santa Cruz de Tenerife1.0140.6 ¢
Fell most
Ceuta1.0782.0 ¢
Gipuzkoa1.4092.0 ¢
Melilla0.9942.0 ¢
Albacete1.3591.0 ¢
Alicante1.3791.0 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1420.969 27.0 ¢1.043
bonÀrea561.059 18.0 ¢1.194
Petroprix1091.089 15.0 ¢1.239
GasExpress411.097 14.2 ¢1.244
Esclatoil531.099 14.0 ¢1.239
Plenergy1341.122 11.7 ¢1.266
Alcampo531.127 11.2 ¢1.267
Tamoil301.159 8.0 ¢1.299
Eroski371.179 6.0 ¢1.319
Q8891.179 6.0 ¢1.319

* 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$ 66.7221.05.2021 · a week earlier: $ 69.24
Brent, € per litre0.344 €21.05.2021 · a week earlier: 0.359 €
EUR/USD1.218821.05.2021 · a week earlier: 1.2123
Spain in the EU, diesel12 / 2724.05.2021 · Spain 1.211 €, EU average 1.319 € (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.