Spain fuel prices: petrol averages €1.702, diesel €1.889

Petrol, classed as 95 E5, averages €1.702 a litre across Spain on Thursday 5 November. Diesel averages €1.889 a litre.

The figures come from prices that filling stations report to the Ministry for Ecological Transition. The petrol average covers 10,902 stations. The diesel figure covers 11,248.

Provincial prices

Petrol averages €1.740 a litre in Málaga province, home to the Costa del Sol. Diesel there averages €1.934.

In Alicante province, home to the Costa Blanca, petrol averages €1.738. Diesel averages €1.897.

Las Palmas has the lowest provincial petrol average, at €1.520 a litre. The Balearic Islands has the highest, at €1.796.

At those rates, filling a 55-litre petrol tank costs about €15.18 more in the Balearic Islands than in Las Palmas.

Fuel prices in the Canary Islands, Ceuta and Melilla are lower in part because they use a different tax system.

The data is a national snapshot rather than a fixed tariff. Stations can change their prices at any time, so the amount shown at a pump may differ later.

Source: Ministry for Ecological Transition.