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Fuel prices in Spain: week 39 of 2008

22 Sep – 28 Sep 2008

Diesel fell by 1.7 cents over the week, to 1.148 €. That is the lowest diesel price since Apr 2008. Petrol 95 fell by 1.7 cents over the week, to 1.143 €. That is the lowest petrol 95 price since Apr 2008. A year earlier diesel cost 1.001 €: it is now 14.7 cents dearer.

Diesel fell most in Álava (−2.5 cents). Among the large chains, Alcampo had the cheapest diesel at 1.130 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 22 SepMon 29 SepChangeWeek average
Diesel1.1651.1481.7 ¢1.152
Petrol 951.1601.1431.7 ¢1.148
Petrol 981.2701.2541.6 ¢1.260

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

1.151.201.251.3030 Jun18 Aug29 SepPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 29 SepChange
Fell most
Álava1.1422.5 ¢
Bizkaia1.1422.5 ¢
Segovia1.1422.5 ¢
La Rioja1.1422.2 ¢
Guadalajara1.1691.6 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 29 SepChange
Rose most
Melilla0.9410.6 ¢
Ceuta0.9140.5 ¢
Fell most
Bizkaia1.1274.0 ¢
Albacete1.1553.0 ¢
Álava1.1273.0 ¢
Cantabria1.1273.0 ¢
Guadalajara1.1553.0 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1170.821 32.7 ¢0.839
Alcampo361.130 1.8 ¢1.122
Avia871.142 0.6 ¢1.127
Petronor1681.142 0.6 ¢1.128
Agla481.143 0.5 ¢1.130
Cepsa6221.143 0.5 ¢1.136
Campsa881.145 median1.135
Shell2781.146 median1.142
Moeve5001.147 median1.141
Q8671.148 median1.152

* 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$ 100.8826.09.2008 · a week earlier: $ 93.46
Brent, € per litre0.433 €26.09.2008 · a week earlier: 0.413 €
EUR/USD1.464026.09.2008 · a week earlier: 1.4236
Spain in the EU, diesel8 / 2729.09.2008 · Spain 1.151 €, EU average 1.298 € (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.