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Fuel prices in Spain: week 17 of 2008

21 Apr – 27 Apr 2008

Diesel rose by 1.9 cents over the week, to 1.179 €. That is the highest diesel price since our records began in 2007. Petrol 95 rose by 2.1 cents over the week, to 1.153 €. That is the highest petrol 95 price since our records began in 2007. A year earlier diesel cost 0.945 €: it is now 23.4 cents dearer.

Diesel rose most in Melilla (+4.7 cents). Among the large chains, Alcampo had the cheapest diesel at 1.153 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 21 AprMon 28 AprChangeWeek average
Diesel1.1601.1791.9 ¢1.171
Petrol 951.1321.1532.1 ¢1.146
Petrol 981.2451.2662.1 ¢1.258

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

1.051.101.1528 Jan17 Mar28 AprPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 28 AprChange
Rose most
Melilla0.9214.7 ¢
Santa Cruz de Tenerife0.8342.6 ¢
Navarra1.1722.1 ¢
Castellón1.1932.0 ¢
Zamora1.1751.9 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 28 AprChange
Rose most
Castellón1.1772.2 ¢
Huesca1.1452.2 ¢
Málaga1.1462.2 ¢
Albacete1.1732.1 ¢
Alicante1.1732.1 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1160.840 33.9 ¢0.861
Alcampo361.153 2.6 ¢1.129
Agla491.171 0.8 ¢1.145
Avia891.175 median1.145
Campsa951.175 median1.150
Petronor1761.175 median1.145
Shell2611.175 median1.150
Carrefour941.177 median1.153
BP5071.179 median1.153
Q8681.179 median1.155

* 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$ 116.6225.04.2008 · a week earlier: $ 110.67
Brent, € per litre0.470 €25.04.2008 · a week earlier: 0.441 €
EUR/USD1.559625.04.2008 · a week earlier: 1.5780
Spain in the EU, diesel10 / 2728.04.2008 · Spain 1.191 €, EU average 1.313 € (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.