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Fuel prices in Spain: week 9 of 2008

25 Feb – 2 Mar 2008

Diesel rose by 1.0 cents over the week, to 1.105 €. That is the highest diesel price since our records began in 2007. Petrol 95 hardly changed over the week and ended at 1.125 €. That is the highest petrol 95 price since our records began in 2007. A year earlier diesel cost 0.910 €: it is now 19.5 cents dearer.

Diesel rose most in Santa Cruz de Tenerife (+2.3 cents). Among the large chains, Alcampo had the cheapest diesel at 1.086 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 25 FebMon 3 MarChangeWeek average
Diesel1.0951.1051.0 ¢1.101
Petrol 951.1231.125no change1.125
Petrol 981.2361.238no change1.238

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

1.051.103 Dec21 Jan3 MarPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 3 MarChange
Rose most
Santa Cruz de Tenerife0.7822.3 ¢
Navarra1.1001.5 ¢
Las Palmas0.7891.4 ¢
Ciudad Real1.1281.3 ¢
Lleida1.1191.3 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 3 MarChange
Rose most
Melilla0.8743.4 ¢
Las Palmas0.8551.2 ¢
Santa Cruz de Tenerife0.8491.0 ¢
Fell most
Albacete1.1410.5 ¢
Álava1.1130.5 ¢
Illes Balears1.1180.5 ¢
Bizkaia1.1130.5 ¢
A Coruña1.1410.5 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1140.788 31.7 ¢0.850
Alcampo341.086 1.9 ¢1.110
Agla491.096 0.9 ¢1.113
Avia891.101 median1.118
Campsa951.101 median1.118
Carrefour931.101 median1.123
Petronor1751.101 median1.113
Shell2591.102 median1.124
BP4991.103 median1.125
Q8691.105 median1.128

* 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$ 100.9029.02.2008 · a week earlier: $ 96.07
Brent, € per litre0.418 €29.02.2008 · a week earlier: 0.407 €
EUR/USD1.516729.02.2008 · a week earlier: 1.4848
Spain in the EU, diesel9 / 2703.03.2008 · Spain 1.108 €, EU average 1.239 € (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.