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Fuel prices in Spain: week 29 of 2008

14 Jul – 20 Jul 2008

Diesel fell by 0.5 cents over the week, to 1.318 €. Petrol 95 fell by 0.5 cents over the week, to 1.264 €. A year earlier diesel cost 0.982 €: it is now 33.6 cents dearer.

Diesel rose most in Melilla (+2.2 cents). Diesel fell most in Almería (−0.7 cents). Among the large chains, Alcampo had the cheapest diesel at 1.300 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 14 JulMon 21 JulChangeWeek average
Diesel1.3231.3180.5 ¢1.325
Petrol 951.2691.2640.5 ¢1.272
Petrol 981.3821.379no change1.385

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

1.151.201.251.3021 Apr9 Jun21 JulPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 21 JulChange
Rose most
Melilla1.0692.2 ¢
Ceuta1.0092.1 ¢
Santa Cruz de Tenerife0.9691.1 ¢
Fell most
Almería1.3120.7 ¢
Álava1.3070.7 ¢
Jaén1.3090.7 ¢
Lleida1.3250.7 ¢
Zaragoza1.3070.7 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 21 JulChange
Rose most
Ceuta0.9861.1 ¢
Melilla1.0161.0 ¢
Fell most
Huelva1.2491.1 ¢
Ávila1.2501.1 ¢
Albacete1.2791.0 ¢
Illes Balears1.2541.0 ¢
León1.2461.0 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1130.969 34.9 ¢0.963
Alcampo361.300 1.8 ¢1.248
Agla491.309 0.9 ¢1.251
Avia871.312 0.6 ¢1.255
Campsa931.312 0.6 ¢1.254
Petronor1721.312 0.6 ¢1.254
Shell2561.313 0.5 ¢1.264
Cepsa6251.317 median1.263
Repsol2,3081.317 median1.259
Moeve5021.319 median1.266

* 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$ 129.3418.07.2008 · a week earlier: $ 143.68
Brent, € per litre0.514 €18.07.2008 · a week earlier: 0.571 €
EUR/USD1.581618.07.2008 · a week earlier: 1.5835
Spain in the EU, diesel10 / 2721.07.2008 · Spain 1.319 €, EU average 1.448 € (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.