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Fuel prices in Spain: week 37 of 2008

8 Sep – 14 Sep 2008

Diesel fell by 0.9 cents over the week, to 1.182 €. That is the lowest diesel price since Apr 2008. Petrol 95 fell by 0.5 cents over the week, to 1.180 €. That is the lowest petrol 95 price since May 2008. A year earlier diesel cost 0.991 €: it is now 19.1 cents dearer.

Diesel rose most in Melilla (+0.9 cents). Diesel fell most in Santa Cruz de Tenerife (−1.5 cents). Among the large chains, Alcampo had the cheapest diesel at 1.162 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 8 SepMon 15 SepChangeWeek average
Diesel1.1911.1820.9 ¢1.186
Petrol 951.1851.1800.5 ¢1.183
Petrol 981.2981.295no change1.297

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

1.201.251.3016 Jun4 Aug15 SepPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 15 SepChange
Rose most
Melilla0.9790.9 ¢
Fell most
Santa Cruz de Tenerife0.8641.5 ¢
Zamora1.1741.3 ¢
Asturias1.1901.1 ¢
Badajoz1.1771.0 ¢
Huesca1.1701.0 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 15 SepChange
Rose most
Melilla0.9541.1 ¢
Fell most
Las Palmas0.9050.8 ¢
Santa Cruz de Tenerife0.8980.7 ¢
Albacete1.1950.5 ¢
Badajoz1.1670.5 ¢
Cantabria1.1670.5 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1170.853 32.9 ¢0.892
Alcampo361.162 2.0 ¢1.160
Cepsa6131.176 0.6 ¢1.181
Avia861.177 0.5 ¢1.172
Agla481.178 median1.169
Moeve4981.179 median1.184
Campsa901.182 median1.175
Petronor1721.182 median1.172
Shell2751.182 median1.175
BP5021.184 median1.181

* 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$ 94.3712.09.2008 · a week earlier: $ 102.51
Brent, € per litre0.422 €12.09.2008 · a week earlier: 0.453 €
EUR/USD1.406612.09.2008 · a week earlier: 1.4247
Spain in the EU, diesel8 / 2715.09.2008 · Spain 1.185 €, EU average 1.319 € (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.