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Fuel prices in Spain: week 21 of 2008

19 May – 25 May 2008

Diesel rose by 3.6 cents over the week, to 1.295 €. That is the highest diesel price since our records began in 2007. Petrol 95 rose by 2.4 cents over the week, to 1.220 €. That is the highest petrol 95 price since our records began in 2007. A year earlier diesel cost 0.959 €: it is now 33.6 cents dearer.

Diesel rose most in Melilla (+4.7 cents). Among the large chains, Alcampo had the cheapest diesel at 1.268 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 19 MayMon 26 MayChangeWeek average
Diesel1.2591.2953.6 ¢1.280
Petrol 951.1961.2202.4 ¢1.209
Petrol 981.3061.3332.7 ¢1.322

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

1.101.151.201.251.3025 Feb14 Apr26 MayPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 26 MayChange
Rose most
Melilla0.9904.7 ¢
Ceuta0.9524.3 ¢
Las Palmas0.9394.2 ¢
Granada1.2934.0 ¢
Valencia1.3084.0 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 26 MayChange
Rose most
Melilla0.9493.6 ¢
Ceuta0.9223.3 ¢
Albacete1.2413.0 ¢
Almería1.2183.0 ¢
Álava1.2133.0 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1150.939 35.6 ¢0.913
Alcampo361.268 2.7 ¢1.198
Agla491.289 0.6 ¢1.213
Q8681.292 median1.224
Avia901.294 median1.213
Campsa921.294 median1.218
Petronor1741.294 median1.213
Shell2631.294 median1.218
BP5061.296 median1.220
Cepsa6241.299 median1.225

* 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$ 129.7223.05.2008 · a week earlier: $ 122.98
Brent, € per litre0.518 €23.05.2008 · a week earlier: 0.499 €
EUR/USD1.574223.05.2008 · a week earlier: 1.5498
Spain in the EU, diesel11 / 2726.05.2008 · Spain 1.309 €, EU average 1.424 € (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.