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Fuel prices in Spain: week 28 of 2008

7 Jul – 13 Jul 2008

Diesel rose by 0.7 cents over the week, to 1.323 €. Petrol 95 hardly changed over the week and ended at 1.269 €. That is the highest petrol 95 price since our records began in 2007. A year earlier diesel cost 0.974 €: it is now 34.9 cents dearer.

Diesel rose most in Las Palmas (+1.8 cents). Among the large chains, Alcampo had the cheapest diesel at 1.299 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 7 JulMon 14 JulChangeWeek average
Diesel1.3161.3230.7 ¢1.323
Petrol 951.2651.269no change1.268
Petrol 981.3791.382no change1.380

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

1.151.201.251.3014 Apr2 Jun14 JulPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 14 JulChange
Rose most
Las Palmas0.9741.8 ¢
Almería1.3190.7 ¢
Huelva1.3190.7 ¢
Navarra1.3090.7 ¢
Santa Cruz de Tenerife0.9580.7 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 14 JulChange
Rose most
Santa Cruz de Tenerife0.9600.7 ¢
Las Palmas0.9670.6 ¢
Albacete1.2890.5 ¢
Álava1.2610.5 ¢
Burgos1.2610.5 ¢
Fell most
Asturias1.2790.5 ¢
Bizkaia1.2510.5 ¢
Cantabria1.2510.5 ¢
A Coruña1.2790.5 ¢
Lugo1.2790.5 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1140.972 35.1 ¢0.964
Alcampo361.299 2.4 ¢1.246
Agla491.310 1.3 ¢1.257
Avia861.314 0.9 ¢1.261
Campsa921.314 0.9 ¢1.261
Petronor1731.314 0.9 ¢1.261
Repsol2,3021.319 median1.262
Shell2651.321 median1.266
Valcarce301.324 median1.280
Cepsa6221.326 median1.270

* 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$ 143.6811.07.2008 · a week earlier: $ 143.95
Brent, € per litre0.571 €11.07.2008 · a week earlier: 0.570 €
EUR/USD1.583511.07.2008 · a week earlier: 1.5671
Spain in the EU, diesel10 / 2714.07.2008 · Spain 1.329 €, EU average 1.456 € (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.