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Fuel prices in Spain: week 46 of 2008

10 Nov – 16 Nov 2008

Diesel fell by 0.8 cents over the week, to 0.997 €. That is the lowest diesel price since Oct 2007. Petrol 95 fell by 2.4 cents over the week, to 0.943 €. That is the lowest petrol 95 price since Feb 2007. A year earlier diesel cost 1.050 €: it is now 5.3 cents cheaper.

Diesel fell most in Albacete (−1.5 cents). Among the large chains, Alcampo had the cheapest diesel at 0.980 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 10 NovMon 17 NovChangeWeek average
Diesel1.0050.9970.8 ¢1.004
Petrol 950.9670.9432.4 ¢0.958
Petrol 981.0791.0552.4 ¢1.070

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

1.001.101.2018 Aug6 Oct17 NovPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 17 NovChange
Fell most
Albacete1.0151.5 ¢
Alicante1.0011.5 ¢
Almería0.9881.5 ¢
Álava0.9871.5 ¢
Badajoz0.9881.5 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 17 NovChange
Fell most
Melilla0.7512.7 ¢
Jaén0.9292.6 ¢
Ceuta0.7372.5 ¢
Cuenca0.9552.4 ¢
Barcelona0.9552.3 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1170.722 27.5 ¢0.711
Alcampo370.980 1.7 ¢0.929
Petronor1730.987 1.0 ¢0.928
Agla480.988 0.9 ¢0.930
Avia860.989 0.8 ¢0.930
Campsa830.991 0.6 ¢0.935
Cepsa6230.994 median0.932
Shell2640.994 median0.938
Repsol2,2790.997 median0.939
Moeve5000.998 median0.936

* 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$ 50.7014.11.2008 · a week earlier: $ 56.84
Brent, € per litre0.252 €14.11.2008 · a week earlier: 0.280 €
EUR/USD1.267514.11.2008 · a week earlier: 1.2756
Spain in the EU, diesel8 / 2717.11.2008 · Spain 0.998 €, EU average 1.124 € (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.