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Fuel prices in Spain: week 10 of 2008

3 Mar – 9 Mar 2008

Diesel rose by 2.1 cents over the week, to 1.126 €. That is the highest diesel price since our records began in 2007. Petrol 95 fell by 0.6 cents over the week, to 1.119 €. A year earlier diesel cost 0.919 €: it is now 20.7 cents dearer.

Diesel rose most in Huelva (+2.5 cents). Among the large chains, Alcampo had the cheapest diesel at 1.099 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 3 MarMon 10 MarChangeWeek average
Diesel1.1051.1262.1 ¢1.115
Petrol 951.1251.1190.6 ¢1.123
Petrol 981.2381.2310.7 ¢1.237

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

1.051.1010 Dec28 Jan10 MarPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 10 MarChange
Rose most
Huelva1.1242.5 ¢
Zamora1.1212.5 ¢
Navarra1.1242.4 ¢
Alicante1.1382.3 ¢
Almería1.1232.3 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 10 MarChange
Rose most
Ceuta0.8660.7 ¢
Melilla0.8790.5 ¢
Fell most
Barcelona1.1341.1 ¢
Girona1.1321.1 ¢
Albacete1.1311.0 ¢
Alicante1.1361.0 ¢
Álava1.1031.0 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1140.785 34.1 ¢0.843
Alcampo361.099 2.7 ¢1.106
Agla481.116 1.0 ¢1.110
Avia891.124 median1.110
Campsa951.124 median1.108
Carrefour931.124 median1.119
Petronor1761.124 median1.103
Q8691.124 median1.124
Shell2631.124 median1.115
BP5011.126 median1.120

* 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$ 104.6607.03.2008 · a week earlier: $ 100.90
Brent, € per litre0.427 €07.03.2008 · a week earlier: 0.418 €
EUR/USD1.541707.03.2008 · a week earlier: 1.5167
Spain in the EU, diesel10 / 2710.03.2008 · Spain 1.136 €, EU average 1.259 € (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.