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Fuel prices in Spain: week 40 of 2008

29 Sep – 5 Oct 2008

Diesel rose by 0.5 cents over the week, to 1.153 €. Petrol 95 hardly changed over the week and ended at 1.139 €. That is the lowest petrol 95 price since Apr 2008. A year earlier diesel cost 0.995 €: it is now 15.8 cents dearer.

Diesel rose most in Santa Cruz de Tenerife (+1.1 cents). Diesel fell most in Melilla (−1.8 cents). Among the large chains, Alcampo had the cheapest diesel at 1.142 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 29 SepMon 6 OctChangeWeek average
Diesel1.1481.1530.5 ¢1.152
Petrol 951.1431.139no change1.141
Petrol 981.2541.251no change1.253

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

1.151.201.251.307 Jul25 Aug6 OctPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 6 OctChange
Rose most
Santa Cruz de Tenerife0.8341.1 ¢
Álava1.1521.0 ¢
Badajoz1.1531.0 ¢
Illes Balears1.1521.0 ¢
Bizkaia1.1521.0 ¢
Fell most
Melilla0.9181.8 ¢
Ceuta0.8661.7 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 6 OctChange
Fell most
Melilla0.8776.4 ¢
Ceuta0.8546.0 ¢
Las Palmas0.8612.2 ¢
Santa Cruz de Tenerife0.8592.0 ¢
Albacete1.1500.5 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1180.841 31.2 ¢0.861
Alcampo361.142 1.1 ¢1.121
Cepsa6231.144 0.9 ¢1.136
Agla481.147 0.6 ¢1.132
Avia861.149 median1.130
Moeve5001.149 median1.138
Ballenoil951.152 median1.144
Petronor1711.152 median1.122
Campsa871.153 median1.128
Shell2761.153 median1.137

* 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$ 88.9503.10.2008 · a week earlier: $ 100.88
Brent, € per litre0.404 €03.10.2008 · a week earlier: 0.433 €
EUR/USD1.383403.10.2008 · a week earlier: 1.4640
Spain in the EU, diesel8 / 2706.10.2008 · Spain 1.155 €, EU average 1.296 € (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.