Spain Fuel Prices

Fuel in Spain

Gasoline

• Premium unleaded (Gasolina Sin Plomo 95 / Eurosuper plus 95) and Superplus 98 (Gasolina Sin Plomo 98 / Super plus 98) are readily available.
• Note: the Spanish names for premium unleaded and diesel are very similar: gasolina means premium unleaded and gasóleo means diesel
• For older cars that still require leaded gasoline, a lead-substitute can be purchased at gas stations that may be added to the gasoline.

E85

• E85 is a biofuel mix of 15% gasoline and 85% bioethanol that is exclusively intended for special flexifuel cars.
• Note: E85 is not suitable for normal petrol cars. If you accidentally fill up with E85, then definitely do not drive further and have the fuel removed to prevent damage.
• E85 is available at a limited number of gas stations.

Diesel

• Diesel (Gasóleo / Diesel / Aceite Diesel) is readily available.
• Note: the Spanish names of premium unleaded and diesel are very similar: gasolina means premium unleaded and gasóleo means diesel
• The black hose is for diesel.

LPG

• LPG (GLP (Gas Licuado de Petróleo) / Autogas / Gasauto) is available across the country at around 520 gas stations. Consult the overview on mylpg.eu.
• Spain has switched to the new Euro connector for LPG. To be able to refuel lpg, a lpg installation with a standard connection (bayonet) requires a Euronozzle. At some petrol stations the bayonet connection may still be used and no attachment is required.
• In the Balearic Islands, LPG is available at a reasonable number of gas stations: 11 in Majorca, 2 in Minorca and 2 in Ibiza. LPG is also reasonably available in the Canary Islands: 5 in Gran Canaria, 4 in Tenerife and 2 in Lanzarote.

Natural gas

• Natural gas (GNC (Gas Natural Comprimido)) is limited available. There are around 50 natural gas filling stations in Spain. For a current overview of all locations, visit cngeurope.com or use the PitPoint for IOS or Android app to find natural gas filling stations.

Electricity

• Spain has more than 7,700 estaciónes de carga eléctrical (ectrolineras), or charging points (source: eafo.eu), most of which are located in and around major cities. (For comparison: The Netherlands has more than 60,000 charging points according to eafo.eu.)
• The network of public charging points is not yet comprehensive and traveling with an electric car through Spain requires some planning and preparation..
• For an up-to-date overview of the locations of charging points, visit chargemap.com, openchargemap.org or search for charging points via the Chargemap app (IOS and Android), for example.

Gas stations

• Note: all electrical and electromagnetic devices, such as lamps, a radio or a mobile phone, must be switched off during refueling.
• Most gas stations along the (toll) highways are open either day or night or from 6 am to midnight.
• Along the motorways and in the big cities, the gas stations are usually open from 7 am to 10 pm.

How to pay

• Cash can be paid at gas stations.
• Bank cards and credit cards are also accepted at the cash register at almost all service stations.

Fuel machines

• At gas machines you can pay with a bank card or credit card (with pin code). Please note that some bank and credit cards may not be accepted.
• Note: When paying with a bank card, a certain standard amount of € 100-150 is first reserved as a deposit (pre-authorization) to check whether the balance is sufficient for a full tank. Usually the amount that has been refueled, debited and the rest of the money released within 20 minutes, but sometimes it can also take a few days to two weeks before the reserved amount can be used again.

Cheap fuel

• Petrol and diesel are cheaper in Spain than in France.
• In Spain, fuel can generally be cheapest at petrol stations connected to large supermarkets, at petrol stations on industrial sites and in rural areas at petrol stations of cooperatives.
• Fuel is the most expensive at gas stations along motorways and highways and in the larger cities

Spare fuel

• A maximum of 10 liters of fuel may be kept in a spare tank.

Here you will find more information about Spain.