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Fuel prices in Spain: week 18 of 2008

28 Apr – 4 May 2008

Diesel rose by 1.6 cents over the week, to 1.195 €. That is the highest diesel price since our records began in 2007. Petrol 95 rose by 1.7 cents over the week, to 1.170 €. That is the highest petrol 95 price since our records began in 2007. A year earlier diesel cost 0.947 €: it is now 24.8 cents dearer.

Diesel rose most in Toledo (+1.9 cents). Among the large chains, Alcampo had the cheapest diesel at 1.178 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 28 AprMon 5 MayChangeWeek average
Diesel1.1791.1951.6 ¢1.191
Petrol 951.1531.1701.7 ¢1.166
Petrol 981.2661.2831.7 ¢1.279

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

1.051.101.151.204 Feb24 Mar5 MayPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 5 MayChange
Rose most
Toledo1.2171.9 ¢
Albacete1.2211.8 ¢
Alicante1.2071.8 ¢
Almería1.1931.8 ¢
Álava1.1931.8 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 5 MayChange
Rose most
Albacete1.1911.8 ¢
Alicante1.1911.8 ¢
Álava1.1631.8 ¢
Asturias1.1911.8 ¢
Badajoz1.1631.8 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1160.859 33.6 ¢0.879
Alcampo361.178 1.7 ¢1.149
Agla491.189 0.6 ¢1.163
Avia891.193 median1.163
Campsa931.193 median1.168
Petronor1771.193 median1.163
Shell2601.193 median1.168
BP5061.195 median1.170
Carrefour941.196 median1.168
Cepsa6231.197 median1.170

* 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$ 111.9202.05.2008 · a week earlier: $ 116.62
Brent, € per litre0.455 €02.05.2008 · a week earlier: 0.470 €
EUR/USD1.545802.05.2008 · a week earlier: 1.5596
Spain in the EU, diesel10 / 2705.05.2008 · Spain 1.199 €, EU average 1.327 € (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.