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Fuel prices in Spain: week 16 of 2008

14 Apr – 20 Apr 2008

Diesel rose by 1.8 cents over the week, to 1.160 €. That is the highest diesel price since our records began in 2007. Petrol 95 hardly changed over the week and ended at 1.132 €. That is the highest petrol 95 price since our records began in 2007. A year earlier diesel cost 0.946 €: it is now 21.4 cents dearer.

Diesel rose most in Ceuta (+3.2 cents). Among the large chains, Alcampo had the cheapest diesel at 1.140 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 14 AprMon 21 AprChangeWeek average
Diesel1.1421.1601.8 ¢1.154
Petrol 951.1291.132no change1.130
Petrol 981.2391.2450.6 ¢1.241

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

1.051.101.1521 Jan10 Mar21 AprPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 21 AprChange
Rose most
Ceuta0.8763.2 ¢
Las Palmas0.8322.7 ¢
Albacete1.1872.2 ¢
Álava1.1592.2 ¢
Badajoz1.1592.2 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 21 AprChange
Rose most
Álava1.1241.0 ¢
Asturias1.1521.0 ¢
Illes Balears1.1291.0 ¢
Bizkaia1.1241.0 ¢
Burgos1.1241.0 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1150.832 32.8 ¢0.846
Alcampo361.140 2.0 ¢1.116
Agla491.156 median1.124
Avia911.159 median1.124
Campsa931.159 median1.129
Carrefour941.159 median1.129
Petronor1711.159 median1.124
Shell2581.159 median1.129
Q8691.160 median1.137
Cepsa6221.162 median1.134

* 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$ 110.6718.04.2008 · a week earlier: $ 107.15
Brent, € per litre0.441 €18.04.2008 · a week earlier: 0.426 €
EUR/USD1.578018.04.2008 · a week earlier: 1.5833
Spain in the EU, diesel9 / 2721.04.2008 · Spain 1.169 €, EU average 1.293 € (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.