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Fuel prices in Spain: week 50 of 2008

8 Dec – 14 Dec 2008

Diesel fell by 3.3 cents over the week, to 0.888 €. That is the lowest diesel price since Feb 2007. Petrol 95 fell by 3.0 cents over the week, to 0.860 €. That is the lowest petrol 95 price since our records began in 2007. A year earlier diesel cost 1.059 €: it is now 17.1 cents cheaper.

Diesel fell most in Granada (−3.9 cents). Among the large chains, Alcampo had the cheapest diesel at 0.874 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 8 DecMon 15 DecChangeWeek average
Diesel0.9210.8883.3 ¢0.904
Petrol 950.8900.8603.0 ¢0.877
Petrol 981.0030.9733.0 ¢0.990

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

0.901.001.1015 Sep3 Nov15 DecPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 15 DecChange
Fell most
Granada0.8783.9 ¢
Jaén0.8793.9 ¢
Valencia0.8913.9 ¢
Barcelona0.9053.7 ¢
Huelva0.8783.7 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 15 DecChange
Rose most
Ceuta0.6671.2 ¢
Fell most
Toledo0.8683.8 ¢
Jaén0.8503.7 ¢
Valencia0.8733.7 ¢
Almería0.8433.6 ¢
Barcelona0.8733.6 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1160.645 24.3 ¢0.651
Alcampo370.874 1.4 ¢0.840
Avia880.878 1.0 ¢0.847
Petronor1710.878 1.0 ¢0.841
Campsa870.881 0.7 ¢0.847
Cepsa6190.881 0.7 ¢0.854
Agla520.884 median0.854
Shell2800.884 median0.860
Moeve4960.886 median0.856
Repsol2,2610.887 median0.858

* 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$ 42.3812.12.2008 · a week earlier: $ 37.04
Brent, € per litre0.200 €12.12.2008 · a week earlier: 0.184 €
EUR/USD1.334012.12.2008 · a week earlier: 1.2665
Spain in the EU, diesel7 / 2715.12.2008 · Spain 0.889 €, EU average 0.998 € (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.