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Fuel prices in Spain: week 43 of 2008

20 Oct – 26 Oct 2008

Diesel fell by 1.8 cents over the week, to 1.049 €. That is the lowest diesel price since Feb 2008. Petrol 95 fell by 3.4 cents over the week, to 1.022 €. That is the lowest petrol 95 price since Apr 2007. A year earlier diesel cost 1.013 €: it is now 3.6 cents dearer.

Diesel fell most in Santa Cruz de Tenerife (−5.1 cents). Among the large chains, Alcampo had the cheapest diesel at 1.033 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 20 OctMon 27 OctChangeWeek average
Diesel1.0671.0491.8 ¢1.057
Petrol 951.0561.0223.4 ¢1.040
Petrol 981.1681.1343.4 ¢1.152

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

1.101.201.3028 Jul15 Sep27 OctPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 27 OctChange
Fell most
Santa Cruz de Tenerife0.7575.1 ¢
Las Palmas0.7593.7 ¢
Ceuta0.8413.0 ¢
Melilla0.8923.0 ¢
Navarra1.0391.8 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 27 OctChange
Fell most
Melilla0.8334.8 ¢
Ceuta0.8144.4 ¢
Santa Cruz de Tenerife0.7814.4 ¢
Illes Balears1.0093.8 ¢
Málaga1.0043.8 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1170.741 30.8 ¢0.756
Alcampo361.033 1.6 ¢1.001
Agla481.047 median1.018
Avia871.047 median1.003
Petronor1771.047 median1.003
Cepsa6281.048 median1.016
Shell2731.048 median1.025
Moeve4981.049 median1.018
Campsa971.051 median1.020
BP5011.052 median1.024

* 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$ 60.5724.10.2008 · a week earlier: $ 66.05
Brent, € per litre0.302 €24.10.2008 · a week earlier: 0.310 €
EUR/USD1.259624.10.2008 · a week earlier: 1.3404
Spain in the EU, diesel8 / 2727.10.2008 · Spain 1.054 €, EU average 1.179 € (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.