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Fuel prices in Spain: week 20 of 2008

12 May – 18 May 2008

Diesel rose by 4.8 cents over the week, to 1.259 €. That is the highest diesel price since our records began in 2007. Petrol 95 rose by 1.6 cents over the week, to 1.196 €. That is the highest petrol 95 price since our records began in 2007. A year earlier diesel cost 0.955 €: it is now 30.4 cents dearer.

Diesel rose most in Albacete (+6.0 cents). Among the large chains, Alcampo had the cheapest diesel at 1.228 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 12 MayMon 19 MayChangeWeek average
Diesel1.2111.2594.8 ¢1.238
Petrol 951.1801.1961.6 ¢1.188
Petrol 981.2921.3061.4 ¢1.299

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

1.101.151.201.2518 Feb7 Apr19 MayPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 19 MayChange
Rose most
Albacete1.2876.0 ¢
Álava1.2596.0 ¢
Badajoz1.2596.0 ¢
Bizkaia1.2596.0 ¢
Burgos1.2596.0 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 19 MayChange
Rose most
Santa Cruz de Tenerife0.8982.5 ¢
Albacete1.2112.0 ¢
Álava1.1832.0 ¢
Asturias1.2112.0 ¢
Badajoz1.1832.0 ¢
Fell most
Ceuta0.8891.2 ¢
Melilla0.9130.6 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1160.897 36.2 ¢0.900
Alcampo361.228 3.1 ¢1.174
Q8671.252 0.7 ¢1.198
Agla491.254 0.5 ¢1.185
BP5071.258 median1.195
Avia901.259 median1.183
Petronor1761.259 median1.183
Shell2631.259 median1.188
Campsa911.262 median1.188
Plenergy451.263 median1.211

* 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$ 122.9816.05.2008 · a week earlier: $ 123.54
Brent, € per litre0.499 €16.05.2008 · a week earlier: 0.503 €
EUR/USD1.549816.05.2008 · a week earlier: 1.5458
Spain in the EU, diesel11 / 2719.05.2008 · Spain 1.270 €, EU average 1.398 € (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.