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Fuel prices in Spain: week 32 of 2008

4 Aug – 10 Aug 2008

Diesel fell by 5.1 cents over the week, to 1.210 €. That is the lowest diesel price since May 2008. Petrol 95 fell by 1.5 cents over the week, to 1.196 €. That is the lowest petrol 95 price since May 2008. A year earlier diesel cost 0.973 €: it is now 23.7 cents dearer.

Diesel fell most in Cáceres (−6.1 cents). Among the large chains, Alcampo had the cheapest diesel at 1.198 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 4 AugMon 11 AugChangeWeek average
Diesel1.2611.2105.1 ¢1.238
Petrol 951.2111.1961.5 ¢1.205
Petrol 981.3241.3091.5 ¢1.318

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

1.201.251.3012 May30 Jun11 AugPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 11 AugChange
Fell most
Cáceres1.2016.1 ¢
Illes Balears1.2015.9 ¢
Sevilla1.2015.9 ¢
Badajoz1.2005.8 ¢
Castellón1.2205.7 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 11 AugChange
Fell most
Melilla0.9582.5 ¢
Almería1.1812.4 ¢
Jaén1.1802.4 ¢
Ceuta0.9352.0 ¢
Cáceres1.1862.0 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1140.902 30.8 ¢0.911
Alcampo381.198 1.2 ¢1.178
Agla451.199 1.1 ¢1.176
Cepsa6251.203 0.7 ¢1.191
Avia821.206 median1.186
Campsa911.206 median1.186
Moeve4971.206 median1.191
Petronor1731.206 median1.186
Repsol2,3021.209 median1.191
Valcarce301.210 median1.204

* 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$ 113.0308.08.2008 · a week earlier: $ 124.16
Brent, € per litre0.472 €08.08.2008 · a week earlier: 0.501 €
EUR/USD1.507408.08.2008 · a week earlier: 1.5574
Spain in the EU, diesel8 / 2711.08.2008 · Spain 1.217 €, EU average 1.368 € (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.