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Fuel prices in Spain: week 31 of 2008

28 Jul – 3 Aug 2008

Diesel fell by 2.7 cents over the week, to 1.261 €. That is the lowest diesel price since May 2008. Petrol 95 fell by 2.5 cents over the week, to 1.211 €. That is the lowest petrol 95 price since May 2008. A year earlier diesel cost 0.982 €: it is now 27.9 cents dearer.

Diesel fell most in Asturias (−3.6 cents). Among the large chains, Campsa had the cheapest diesel at 1.248 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 28 JulMon 4 AugChangeWeek average
Diesel1.2881.2612.7 ¢1.277
Petrol 951.2361.2112.5 ¢1.224
Petrol 981.3491.3242.5 ¢1.337

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

1.201.251.305 May23 Jun4 AugPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 4 AugChange
Fell most
Asturias1.2613.6 ¢
Bizkaia1.2383.6 ¢
Lugo1.2523.6 ¢
Palencia1.2383.6 ¢
La Rioja1.2383.6 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 4 AugChange
Fell most
Melilla0.9832.9 ¢
Tarragona1.2212.8 ¢
Ceuta0.9552.6 ¢
Ciudad Real1.2142.6 ¢
Albacete1.2242.5 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1130.921 34.0 ¢0.913
Campsa911.248 1.3 ¢1.199
Petronor1731.248 1.3 ¢1.196
Alcampo381.250 1.1 ¢1.196
Repsol2,2961.252 0.9 ¢1.204
Valcarce301.257 median1.218
Agla481.262 median1.208
Avia861.262 median1.205
Q8681.263 median1.214
Shell2631.264 median1.210

* 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$ 124.1601.08.2008 · a week earlier: $ 124.70
Brent, € per litre0.501 €01.08.2008 · a week earlier: 0.498 €
EUR/USD1.557401.08.2008 · a week earlier: 1.5734
Spain in the EU, diesel8 / 2704.08.2008 · Spain 1.263 €, EU average 1.393 € (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.