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Fuel prices in Spain: week 8 of 2008

18 Feb – 24 Feb 2008

Diesel rose by 2.1 cents over the week, to 1.095 €. That is the highest diesel price since our records began in 2007. Petrol 95 rose by 1.9 cents over the week, to 1.123 €. That is the highest petrol 95 price since our records began in 2007. A year earlier diesel cost 0.902 €: it is now 19.3 cents dearer.

Diesel rose most in Ceuta (+3.9 cents). Among the large chains, Alcampo had the cheapest diesel at 1.074 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 18 FebMon 25 FebChangeWeek average
Diesel1.0741.0952.1 ¢1.088
Petrol 951.1041.1231.9 ¢1.114
Petrol 981.2171.2361.9 ¢1.228

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

1.051.1026 Nov14 Jan25 FebPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 25 FebChange
Rose most
Ceuta0.8213.9 ¢
Melilla0.8472.8 ¢
Las Palmas0.7752.5 ¢
Valencia1.1072.4 ¢
Illes Balears1.0972.3 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 25 FebChange
Rose most
Ceuta0.8613.6 ¢
Santa Cruz de Tenerife0.8392.5 ¢
Albacete1.1462.4 ¢
Alicante1.1462.4 ¢
Álava1.1182.4 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1150.775 32.0 ¢0.843
Alcampo341.074 2.1 ¢1.100
Agla491.085 1.0 ¢1.108
Q8691.094 median1.122
Avia901.095 median1.118
Campsa951.095 median1.123
Carrefour931.095 median1.123
Petronor1731.095 median1.118
Shell2581.095 median1.121
BP5041.097 median1.125

* 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$ 96.0722.02.2008 · a week earlier: $ 96.96
Brent, € per litre0.407 €22.02.2008 · a week earlier: 0.416 €
EUR/USD1.484822.02.2008 · a week earlier: 1.4674
Spain in the EU, diesel9 / 2725.02.2008 · Spain 1.104 €, EU average 1.236 € (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.