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Fuel prices in Spain: week 1 of 2008

31 Dec – 6 Jan 2008

Diesel hardly changed over the week and ended at 1.083 €. That is the highest diesel price since our records began in 2007. Petrol 95 hardly changed over the week and ended at 1.112 €. That is the highest petrol 95 price since our records began in 2007. A year earlier diesel cost 0.902 €: it is now 18.1 cents dearer.

Diesel rose most in Navarra (+1.0 cents). Among the large chains, Alcampo had the cheapest diesel at 1.066 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 31 DecMon 7 JanChangeWeek average
Diesel1.0801.083no change1.081
Petrol 951.1091.112no change1.110
Petrol 981.2221.2270.5 ¢1.225

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

1.001.051.108 Oct26 Nov7 JanPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 7 JanChange
Rose most
Navarra1.0791.0 ¢
Ceuta0.8000.9 ¢
Las Palmas0.7720.9 ¢
Ciudad Real1.1050.6 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 7 JanChange
Rose most
Ceuta0.8410.8 ¢
Las Palmas0.8330.7 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1120.770 31.3 ¢0.833
Alcampo341.066 1.7 ¢1.091
Agla481.078 0.5 ¢1.100
Avia821.079 median1.101
Petronor1681.079 median1.101
Shell2481.080 median1.106
Campsa861.082 median1.114
BP4831.083 median1.114
Repsol2,2301.084 median1.108
Carrefour891.085 median1.113

* 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$ 96.8704.01.2008 · a week earlier: $ 95.92
Brent, € per litre0.414 €04.01.2008 · a week earlier: 0.411 €
EUR/USD1.472704.01.2008 · a week earlier: 1.4692
Spain in the EU, diesel9 / 2707.01.2008 · Spain 1.083 €, EU average 1.220 € (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.