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- Diesel costs an average of 1.555 euros in the Canary Islands, reaching a new record high.
- The average price of petrol remains unchanged at 1.450 euros.
- Motorists pay the most for fuel on La Gomera, and the least on Fuerteventura and Gran Canaria.
The price of petrol on La Palma has fallen by five cents per litre in the space of a week. This is the sharpest price change of any of the Canary Islands. As for diesel, motorists on La Palma are still paying 15 cents per litre more than the Canary Islands average.
Diesel has gone up by 0.8 cents compared with the previous week. At petrol stations in the Canary Islands, the average price per litre is 1.555 euros. As for Super 95, there has been no change, at least in terms of the average: the average price remains at 1.450 euros, the same as last week. Diesel is thus continuing the trend that saw new record highs as early as the summer, when diesel in the Canary Islands broke the 1.50-euro mark for the first time.
The price difference between the most expensive and the cheapest Canary Islands is 30.3 cents for diesel and 25.2 cents for petrol. Both fuels remain most expensive on La Gomera. By contrast, the cheapest diesel is available on Fuerteventura, whilst the cheapest Super 95 is on Gran Canaria. For both types of fuel, five of the seven islands are more expensive than the Canary Islands average. However, the price range on a single island is even greater than the difference between some pairs of islands:
These are the current fuel prices in the Canary Islands
The following overview shows just how much the prices for diesel vary across the islands. It is sorted by the island average, with the cheapest island at the top:
| Rank | Island | Average price | Lowest price | Difference from average | Petrol stations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fuerteventura | 1,496 euros | 1.429 euros | 5.9 cents cheaper | 26 |
| 2 | Gran Canaria | 1.526 euros | 1.419 euros | 2.9 cents below | 184 |
| 3 | Lanzarote | 1.556 euros | 1.417 euros | 0.1 cents above that | 45 |
| 4 | Tenerife | 1.561 euros | 1.419 euros | 0.6 cents above that | 210 |
| 5 | La Palma | 1.705 euros | 1.565 euros | 15.0 cents above that | 20 |
| 6 | El Hierro | 1.783 euros | 1.705 euros | 22.8 cents above | 4 |
| 7 | La Gomera | 1.799 euros | 1.799 euros | 24.4 cents above that | 7 |
Gran Canaria leads the way for petrol, with La Gomera bringing up the rear
At the top of the list, the order for Super 95 is different to that for diesel. The second table shows the Canary Islands ranked by average petrol price, again starting with the cheapest:
| Rank | Island | Average price | Lowest price | Difference from average | Petrol stations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gran Canaria | 1.417 euros | 1.244 euros | 3.3 cents lower | 184 |
| 2 | Fuerteventura | 1.425 euros | 1.285 euros | 2.5 cents below | 26 |
| 3 | Tenerife | 1.453 euros | 1.275 euros | 0.3 cents above that | 210 |
| 4 | Lanzarote | 1.477 euros | 1.377 euros | 2.7 cents above that | 45 |
| 5 | La Palma | 1,580 euros | 1.419 euros | 13.0 cents above | 20 |
| 6 | El Hierro | 1.643 euros | 1.565 euros | 19.3 cents above | 4 |
| 7 | La Gomera | 1.669 euros | 1.669 euros | 21.9 cents above that | 7 |
By far the cheapest diesel is available at a petrol station on Lanzarote. There, it costs 13.9 cents less than the island average. The difference is even greater for petrol: the cheapest petrol station on Gran Canaria charges 17.3 cents less than the island average.
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