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Fuel prices in Spain: week 13 of 2008

24 Mar – 30 Mar 2008

Diesel fell by 2.2 cents over the week, to 1.128 €. Petrol 95 fell by 0.8 cents over the week, to 1.121 €. A year earlier diesel cost 0.924 €: it is now 20.4 cents dearer.

Diesel rose most in Melilla (+1.0 cents). Diesel fell most in Álava (−3.2 cents). Among the large chains, Alcampo had the cheapest diesel at 1.112 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 24 MarMon 31 MarChangeWeek average
Diesel1.1501.1282.2 ¢1.138
Petrol 951.1291.1210.8 ¢1.122
Petrol 981.2431.2340.9 ¢1.235

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

1.051.101.1531 Dec18 Feb31 MarPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 31 MarChange
Rose most
Melilla0.8931.0 ¢
Ceuta0.8610.9 ¢
Fell most
Álava1.1173.2 ¢
Badajoz1.1173.2 ¢
Bizkaia1.1173.2 ¢
Cantabria1.1173.2 ¢
A Coruña1.1313.2 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 31 MarChange
Rose most
Ceuta0.8530.5 ¢
Melilla0.8680.5 ¢
Fell most
Almería1.1150.8 ¢
Burgos1.1100.8 ¢
Huelva1.1100.8 ¢
Huesca1.1100.8 ¢
Soria1.1100.8 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1150.802 32.6 ¢0.832
Alcampo361.112 1.6 ¢1.099
Avia891.117 1.1 ¢1.115
Petronor1721.117 1.1 ¢1.115
Agla491.120 0.8 ¢1.115
Campsa951.120 0.8 ¢1.120
Repsol2,3211.122 0.6 ¢1.120
Shell2591.123 0.5 ¢1.120
Cepsa6171.125 median1.120
BP5041.129 median1.121

* 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$ 102.6828.03.2008 · a week earlier: $ 99.78
Brent, € per litre0.409 €28.03.2008 · a week earlier: 0.407 €
EUR/USD1.579628.03.2008 · a week earlier: 1.5423
Spain in the EU, diesel8 / 2731.03.2008 · Spain 1.128 €, EU average 1.256 € (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.