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Fuel prices in Spain: week 49 of 2008

1 Dec – 7 Dec 2008

Diesel fell by 2.7 cents over the week, to 0.921 €. That is the lowest diesel price since Mar 2007. Petrol 95 fell by 0.9 cents over the week, to 0.890 €. That is the lowest petrol 95 price since our records began in 2007. A year earlier diesel cost 1.070 €: it is now 14.9 cents cheaper.

Diesel fell most in Huesca (−3.3 cents). Among the large chains, Alcampo had the cheapest diesel at 0.906 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 1 DecMon 8 DecChangeWeek average
Diesel0.9480.9212.7 ¢0.935
Petrol 950.8990.8900.9 ¢0.895
Petrol 981.0121.0030.9 ¢1.008

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

0.901.001.101.208 Sep27 Oct8 DecPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 8 DecChange
Fell most
Huesca0.9023.3 ¢
Illes Balears0.9073.1 ¢
Albacete0.9353.0 ¢
Álava0.9073.0 ¢
Bizkaia0.9073.0 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 8 DecChange
Fell most
Melilla0.6623.8 ¢
Ceuta0.6553.4 ¢
Álava0.8721.5 ¢
Asturias0.9001.5 ¢
Bizkaia0.8721.5 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1160.676 24.5 ¢0.672
Alcampo360.906 1.5 ¢0.875
Petronor1710.908 1.3 ¢0.873
Campsa860.910 1.1 ¢0.880
Cepsa6220.914 0.7 ¢0.886
Moeve4990.916 0.5 ¢0.887
Avia880.917 median0.887
Agla490.918 median0.883
Repsol2,2570.920 median0.888
Ballenoil950.924 median0.892

* 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$ 37.0405.12.2008 · a week earlier: $ 47.72
Brent, € per litre0.184 €05.12.2008 · a week earlier: 0.236 €
EUR/USD1.266505.12.2008 · a week earlier: 1.2727
Spain in the EU, diesel8 / 2708.12.2008 · Spain 0.921 €, EU average 1.043 € (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.