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Fuel prices in Spain: week 19 of 2008

5 May – 11 May 2008

Diesel rose by 1.6 cents over the week, to 1.211 €. That is the highest diesel price since our records began in 2007. Petrol 95 rose by 1.0 cents over the week, to 1.180 €. That is the highest petrol 95 price since our records began in 2007. A year earlier diesel cost 0.949 €: it is now 26.2 cents dearer.

Diesel rose most in Melilla (+2.2 cents). Among the large chains, Alcampo had the cheapest diesel at 1.184 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 5 MayMon 12 MayChangeWeek average
Diesel1.1951.2111.6 ¢1.200
Petrol 951.1701.1801.0 ¢1.173
Petrol 981.2831.2920.9 ¢1.285

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

1.051.101.151.2011 Feb31 Mar12 MayPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 12 MayChange
Rose most
Melilla0.9432.2 ¢
Ceuta0.9091.9 ¢
Asturias1.2211.2 ¢
Alicante1.2181.1 ¢
Almería1.2041.1 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 12 MayChange
Rose most
Melilla0.9193.9 ¢
Ceuta0.9011.9 ¢
Almería1.1750.9 ¢
Cuenca1.1990.8 ¢
Madrid1.1910.7 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1160.856 35.5 ¢0.870
Alcampo361.184 2.7 ¢1.158
Agla481.199 1.2 ¢1.167
Avia891.199 1.2 ¢1.164
Petronor1751.199 1.2 ¢1.163
Campsa891.202 0.9 ¢1.168
Shell2621.202 0.9 ¢1.172
Repsol2,3201.204 0.7 ¢1.171
Q8681.206 0.5 ¢1.181
Valcarce301.214 median1.190

* 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$ 123.5409.05.2008 · a week earlier: $ 111.92
Brent, € per litre0.503 €09.05.2008 · a week earlier: 0.455 €
EUR/USD1.545809.05.2008 · a week earlier: 1.5458
Spain in the EU, diesel10 / 2712.05.2008 · Spain 1.219 €, EU average 1.351 € (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.