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Fuel prices in Spain: week 48 of 2008

24 Nov – 30 Nov 2008

Diesel fell by 1.9 cents over the week, to 0.948 €. That is the lowest diesel price since May 2007. Petrol 95 fell by 0.8 cents over the week, to 0.899 €. That is the lowest petrol 95 price since our records began in 2007. A year earlier diesel cost 1.080 €: it is now 13.2 cents cheaper.

Diesel fell most in Melilla (−3.8 cents). Among the large chains, Alcampo had the cheapest diesel at 0.924 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 24 NovMon 1 DecChangeWeek average
Diesel0.9670.9481.9 ¢0.959
Petrol 950.9070.8990.8 ¢0.902
Petrol 981.0191.0120.7 ¢1.015

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

0.901.001.101.201 Sep20 Oct1 DecPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 1 DecChange
Fell most
Melilla0.7963.8 ¢
Ceuta0.7503.6 ¢
Santa Cruz de Tenerife0.6793.1 ¢
Huesca0.9352.1 ¢
Albacete0.9652.0 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 1 DecChange
Fell most
Melilla0.7002.5 ¢
Ceuta0.6892.3 ¢
Santa Cruz de Tenerife0.6752.0 ¢
Las Palmas0.6801.9 ¢
Granada0.8881.0 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1170.679 26.9 ¢0.668
Alcampo370.924 2.4 ¢0.879
Avia880.938 1.0 ¢0.887
Petronor1760.938 1.0 ¢0.888
Agla510.939 0.9 ¢0.889
Campsa830.940 0.8 ¢0.888
Cepsa6270.941 0.7 ¢0.896
Moeve5010.947 median0.898
Repsol2,2690.947 median0.897
BP5050.949 median0.900

* 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$ 47.7228.11.2008 · a week earlier: $ 44.91
Brent, € per litre0.236 €28.11.2008 · a week earlier: 0.224 €
EUR/USD1.272728.11.2008 · a week earlier: 1.2602
Spain in the EU, diesel6 / 2701.12.2008 · Spain 0.949 €, EU average 1.074 € (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.