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Fuel prices in Spain: week 41 of 2008

6 Oct – 12 Oct 2008

Diesel fell by 2.7 cents over the week, to 1.126 €. That is the lowest diesel price since Apr 2008. Petrol 95 fell by 2.8 cents over the week, to 1.111 €. That is the lowest petrol 95 price since Feb 2008. A year earlier diesel cost 0.990 €: it is now 13.6 cents dearer.

Diesel rose most in Melilla (+2.4 cents). Diesel fell most in Álava (−4.0 cents). Among the large chains, Alcampo had the cheapest diesel at 1.110 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 6 OctMon 13 OctChangeWeek average
Diesel1.1531.1262.7 ¢1.144
Petrol 951.1391.1112.8 ¢1.128
Petrol 981.2511.2213.0 ¢1.240

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

1.101.151.201.251.3014 Jul1 Sep13 OctPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 13 OctChange
Rose most
Melilla0.9422.4 ¢
Ceuta0.8892.3 ¢
Fell most
Álava1.1124.0 ¢
Illes Balears1.1124.0 ¢
Bizkaia1.1124.0 ¢
Cantabria1.1124.0 ¢
A Coruña1.1264.0 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 13 OctChange
Rose most
Melilla0.9062.9 ¢
Ceuta0.8822.8 ¢
Fell most
Castellón1.1203.9 ¢
Barcelona1.1203.8 ¢
Lleida1.1123.6 ¢
Navarra1.0923.5 ¢
Zamora1.0923.5 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1170.825 30.1 ¢0.841
Alcampo361.110 1.6 ¢1.092
Avia871.112 1.4 ¢1.092
Petronor1761.112 1.4 ¢1.093
Cepsa6221.116 1.0 ¢1.103
Campsa891.122 median1.103
Moeve4981.122 median1.106
Repsol2,2851.125 median1.109
Ballenoil941.126 median1.110
Eni351.129 median1.112

* 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$ 74.5810.10.2008 · a week earlier: $ 88.95
Brent, € per litre0.345 €10.10.2008 · a week earlier: 0.404 €
EUR/USD1.357910.10.2008 · a week earlier: 1.3834
Spain in the EU, diesel8 / 2713.10.2008 · Spain 1.127 €, EU average 1.254 € (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.