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Fuel prices in Spain: week 42 of 2008

13 Oct – 19 Oct 2008

Diesel fell by 5.9 cents over the week, to 1.067 €. That is the lowest diesel price since Feb 2008. Petrol 95 fell by 5.5 cents over the week, to 1.056 €. That is the lowest petrol 95 price since Oct 2007. A year earlier diesel cost 1.001 €: it is now 6.6 cents dearer.

Diesel fell most in Granada (−6.7 cents). Among the large chains, Alcampo had the cheapest diesel at 1.055 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 13 OctMon 20 OctChangeWeek average
Diesel1.1261.0675.9 ¢1.101
Petrol 951.1111.0565.5 ¢1.089
Petrol 981.2211.1685.3 ¢1.200

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

1.101.201.3021 Jul8 Sep20 OctPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 20 OctChange
Fell most
Granada1.0586.7 ¢
Jaén1.0586.3 ¢
Almería1.0576.1 ¢
Málaga1.0586.1 ¢
Asturias1.0756.0 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 20 OctChange
Fell most
Granada1.0396.7 ¢
Jaén1.0396.3 ¢
Badajoz1.0386.1 ¢
Almería1.0386.0 ¢
Cádiz1.0406.0 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1170.772 29.5 ¢0.800
Alcampo361.055 1.2 ¢1.042
Avia871.057 1.0 ¢1.039
Cepsa6291.057 1.0 ¢1.045
Petronor1761.057 1.0 ¢1.038
Agla481.058 0.9 ¢1.040
Moeve5011.061 0.6 ¢1.053
Campsa901.063 median1.057
Ballenoil941.067 median1.058
Repsol2,2931.067 median1.052

* 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$ 66.0517.10.2008 · a week earlier: $ 74.58
Brent, € per litre0.310 €17.10.2008 · a week earlier: 0.345 €
EUR/USD1.340417.10.2008 · a week earlier: 1.3579
Spain in the EU, diesel7 / 2720.10.2008 · Spain 1.070 €, EU average 1.207 € (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.