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Fuel prices in Spain: week 51 of 2008

15 Dec – 21 Dec 2008

Diesel fell by 2.4 cents over the week, to 0.864 €. That is the lowest diesel price since our records began in 2007. Petrol 95 fell by 1.9 cents over the week, to 0.841 €. That is the lowest petrol 95 price since our records began in 2007. A year earlier diesel cost 1.068 €: it is now 20.4 cents cheaper.

Diesel fell most in Ceuta (−3.3 cents). Among the large chains, Alcampo had the cheapest diesel at 0.849 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 15 DecMon 22 DecChangeWeek average
Diesel0.8880.8642.4 ¢0.877
Petrol 950.8600.8411.9 ¢0.852
Petrol 980.9730.9541.9 ¢0.964

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

0.901.001.1022 Sep10 Nov22 DecPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 22 DecChange
Fell most
Ceuta0.6833.3 ¢
Albacete0.8802.5 ¢
Alicante0.8662.5 ¢
Almería0.8532.5 ¢
Álava0.8522.5 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 22 DecChange
Fell most
Ceuta0.6363.1 ¢
Las Palmas0.6412.3 ¢
Cuenca0.8562.1 ¢
Lleida0.8482.0 ¢
Zamora0.8252.0 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1160.625 23.9 ¢0.636
Alcampo370.849 1.5 ¢0.825
Petronor1690.852 1.2 ¢0.826
Campsa870.855 0.9 ¢0.831
Agla510.858 0.6 ¢0.833
Avia880.859 0.5 ¢0.830
Repsol2,2570.862 median0.836
Shell2820.862 median0.837
BP5050.864 median0.845
Cepsa6160.864 median0.839

* 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$ 39.5219.12.2008 · a week earlier: $ 42.38
Brent, € per litre0.178 €19.12.2008 · a week earlier: 0.200 €
EUR/USD1.394019.12.2008 · a week earlier: 1.3340

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.