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Fuel prices in Spain: week 34 of 2008

18 Aug – 24 Aug 2008

Diesel fell by 0.7 cents over the week, to 1.194 €. Petrol 95 hardly changed over the week and ended at 1.188 €. That is the lowest petrol 95 price since May 2008. A year earlier diesel cost 0.971 €: it is now 22.3 cents dearer.

Diesel fell most in Ceuta (−3.1 cents). Among the large chains, Alcampo had the cheapest diesel at 1.169 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 18 AugMon 25 AugChangeWeek average
Diesel1.2011.1940.7 ¢1.195
Petrol 951.1891.188no change1.188
Petrol 981.3021.301no change1.301

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

1.201.251.3026 May14 Jul25 AugPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 25 AugChange
Fell most
Ceuta0.9183.1 ¢
Melilla0.9722.5 ¢
Las Palmas0.8731.6 ¢
Cáceres1.1821.4 ¢
Badajoz1.1811.2 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 25 AugChange
Fell most
Ceuta0.9181.2 ¢
Melilla0.9441.0 ¢
Asturias1.1960.8 ¢
Illes Balears1.1780.8 ¢
Bizkaia1.1680.8 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1150.869 32.5 ¢0.899
Alcampo371.169 2.5 ¢1.169
Agla471.181 1.3 ¢1.176
Avia831.183 1.1 ¢1.178
Cepsa6031.190 median1.189
Campsa911.191 median1.178
Petronor1691.191 median1.178
Repsol2,2761.191 median1.182
Moeve4951.192 median1.193
Shell2651.192 median1.184

* 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$ 113.9922.08.2008 · a week earlier: $ 108.80
Brent, € per litre0.484 €22.08.2008 · a week earlier: 0.465 €
EUR/USD1.480822.08.2008 · a week earlier: 1.4729
Spain in the EU, diesel7 / 2725.08.2008 · Spain 1.195 €, EU average 1.343 € (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.