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Fuel prices in Spain: week 4 of 2008

21 Jan – 27 Jan 2008

Diesel fell by 0.7 cents over the week, to 1.046 €. That is the lowest diesel price since Nov 2007. Petrol 95 fell by 1.0 cents over the week, to 1.091 €. A year earlier diesel cost 0.882 €: it is now 16.4 cents dearer.

Diesel fell most in Ceuta (−1.6 cents). Among the large chains, Alcampo had the cheapest diesel at 1.033 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 21 JanMon 28 JanChangeWeek average
Diesel1.0531.0460.7 ¢1.049
Petrol 951.1011.0911.0 ¢1.097
Petrol 981.2141.2050.9 ¢1.210

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

1.001.051.1029 Oct17 Dec28 JanPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 28 JanChange
Fell most
Ceuta0.7861.6 ¢
Santa Cruz de Tenerife0.7331.6 ¢
Las Palmas0.7401.4 ¢
Jaén1.0400.7 ¢
Sevilla1.0400.6 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 28 JanChange
Fell most
Santa Cruz de Tenerife0.8082.2 ¢
Ceuta0.8341.8 ¢
Las Palmas0.8201.5 ¢
Teruel1.0761.0 ¢
Zamora1.0791.0 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1130.733 31.3 ¢0.807
Alcampo341.033 1.3 ¢1.072
Petronor1751.037 0.9 ¢1.076
Agla481.039 0.7 ¢1.080
Avia871.039 0.7 ¢1.078
Campsa901.041 0.5 ¢1.086
Repsol2,3091.042 median1.086
Shell2621.042 median1.090
Cepsa6091.046 median1.088
BP4981.049 median1.096

* 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$ 90.9625.01.2008 · a week earlier: $ 89.66
Brent, € per litre0.389 €25.01.2008 · a week earlier: 0.384 €
EUR/USD1.470525.01.2008 · a week earlier: 1.4674
Spain in the EU, diesel8 / 2728.01.2008 · Spain 1.050 €, EU average 1.185 € (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.