Petrol stations and fuel
⛽ Petrol stations and fuel
Where Spain's petrol stations are and who owns them, how much it costs to fill the tank compared with previous years and with the rest of Europe, and how much fuel is used per inhabitant. Prices and stations come from the Ministry for the Ecological Transition's petrol station geoportal, which every station is required to keep up to date.
Map of petrol stations
Each dot is a petrol station open to the public; prices as of the latest data load. The Canary Islands are in the inset at the bottom left.
Who owns the petrol stations
One in four petrol stations belongs to Repsol (including Campsa and Petronor). Low-cost chains, almost always unstaffed, sell diesel several cents below the average:
Group taken from the station's brand sign: Campsa and Petronor belong to Repsol; Shell stations in Spain are run by DISA under a brand licence; Cepsa has been called Moeve since 2024. Simple average across stations, not weighted by litres sold (the Ministry does not publish them). Only groups with 20 or more petrol stations.
By province
Depopulated provinces have more petrol stations per inhabitant, but also more people living in a municipality with none. Fuel use per inhabitant in each province includes lorries and drivers who fill up while passing through, which is why it is higher in transit provinces.
Prices since 2007
Average pump price in constant euros (adjusted for inflation with the CPI), averaged over stations with a price on the 1st, 8th, 15th and 22nd of each month. The peaks of 2008, 2012 and 2022 follow the price of oil; in 2022 the Government gave a 20-cent-per-litre discount at the till, which does not show in the published price.
Compared with the rest of Europe
Spanish diesel is among the cheapest in the EU, mainly because it carries less tax: in 10/2026 taxes made up 27% of the price in Spain and 37% on average in the EU. Source: European Commission Weekly Oil Bulletin.
How much fuel we use
Sales of petrol and road diesel (including lorries, buses and vans), converted from tonnes to litres with the average density of each fuel. Consumption per inhabitant peaked in 2007 and fell 26% by 2013 with the crisis; in 2020 it plunged during the lockdowns. Diesel went from 56% of road fuel in 1997 to close to 80%, and is now falling.
Sales are counted where people fill up, not where the driver lives: Navarre, Castile and León and the Basque Country rank high because the main lorry routes run through them, and in the border provinces (Girona, Gipuzkoa, Navarre) many French drivers fill up, because fuel is cheaper in Spain. Madrid, Ceuta and Melilla sell the least per inhabitant.
Sources and notes
- Ministry for the Ecological Transition petrol station geoportal, through its REST fuel price service: every service station is required to report its prices (Order ITC/2308/2007). Only stations open to the public; restricted-sale stations (cooperatives, fleets) are not included. The history starts in January 2007.
- Municipality of each petrol station assigned from its coordinates; population from the INE municipal register.
- CORES, consumption of petroleum products by province, monthly since 1997, in tonnes; converted to litres with 0.745 kg/l for petrol and 0.835 kg/l for diesel.
- European Commission, Weekly Oil Bulletin: weekly prices with and without taxes for each EU country since 2005; constant euros with each country's HICP (Eurostat).
- Constant euros for Spain with the INE CPI.
Data updated 7 minutes ago