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Fuel prices in Spain: week 35 of 2008

25 Aug – 31 Aug 2008

Diesel rose by 0.7 cents over the week, to 1.201 €. Petrol 95 rose by 0.5 cents over the week, to 1.193 €. A year earlier diesel cost 0.973 €: it is now 22.8 cents dearer.

Diesel rose most in Ávila (+1.2 cents). Among the large chains, Alcampo had the cheapest diesel at 1.179 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 25 AugMon 1 SepChangeWeek average
Diesel1.1941.2010.7 ¢1.196
Petrol 951.1881.1930.5 ¢1.189
Petrol 981.3011.305no change1.302

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

1.201.251.302 Jun21 Jul1 SepPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 1 SepChange
Rose most
Ávila1.1931.2 ¢
Gipuzkoa1.2011.1 ¢
Albacete1.2191.0 ¢
Álava1.1911.0 ¢
Badajoz1.1911.0 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 1 SepChange
Rose most
Asturias1.2061.0 ¢
Illes Balears1.1881.0 ¢
Bizkaia1.1781.0 ¢
Cuenca1.2161.0 ¢
Cáceres1.1881.0 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1130.879 32.2 ¢0.904
Alcampo371.179 2.2 ¢1.176
Agla471.185 1.6 ¢1.178
Avia851.192 0.9 ¢1.186
Shell2631.195 0.6 ¢1.186
Q8681.198 median1.199
BP4951.199 median1.191
Cepsa6071.199 median1.198
Campsa881.201 median1.188
Petronor1711.201 median1.188

* 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$ 113.4929.08.2008 · a week earlier: $ 113.99
Brent, € per litre0.484 €29.08.2008 · a week earlier: 0.484 €
EUR/USD1.473529.08.2008 · a week earlier: 1.4808
Spain in the EU, diesel8 / 2701.09.2008 · Spain 1.201 €, EU average 1.338 € (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.