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Fuel prices in Spain: week 44 of 2008

27 Oct – 2 Nov 2008

Diesel fell by 3.3 cents over the week, to 1.016 €. That is the lowest diesel price since Oct 2007. Petrol 95 fell by 3.0 cents over the week, to 0.992 €. That is the lowest petrol 95 price since Mar 2007. A year earlier diesel cost 1.029 €: it is now 1.3 cents cheaper.

Diesel fell most in Albacete (−4.5 cents). Among the large chains, Alcampo had the cheapest diesel at 1.002 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 27 OctMon 3 NovChangeWeek average
Diesel1.0491.0163.3 ¢1.032
Petrol 951.0220.9923.0 ¢1.007
Petrol 981.1341.1043.0 ¢1.120

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

1.001.101.204 Aug22 Sep3 NovPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 3 NovChange
Fell most
Albacete1.0304.5 ¢
Álava1.0024.5 ¢
Badajoz1.0034.5 ¢
Illes Balears1.0024.5 ¢
Bizkaia1.0024.5 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 3 NovChange
Fell most
Melilla0.7785.5 ¢
Ceuta0.7625.2 ¢
Las Palmas0.7533.6 ¢
Albacete0.9953.5 ¢
Álava0.9673.5 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1180.735 28.1 ¢0.747
Alcampo361.002 1.4 ¢0.980
Avia871.002 1.4 ¢0.970
Petronor1761.002 1.4 ¢0.968
Agla481.003 1.3 ¢0.978
Cepsa6271.007 0.9 ¢0.984
Campsa971.008 0.8 ¢0.986
Repsol2,2971.012 median0.985
Moeve4991.014 median0.988
Valcarce301.016 median0.995

* 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$ 60.0031.10.2008 · a week earlier: $ 60.57
Brent, € per litre0.296 €31.10.2008 · a week earlier: 0.302 €
EUR/USD1.275731.10.2008 · a week earlier: 1.2596
Spain in the EU, diesel8 / 2703.11.2008 · Spain 1.017 €, EU average 1.166 € (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.