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Fuel prices in Spain: week 52 of 2008

22 Dec – 28 Dec 2008

Diesel fell by 1.8 cents over the week, to 0.846 €. That is the lowest diesel price since our records began in 2007. Petrol 95 fell by 1.2 cents over the week, to 0.829 €. That is the lowest petrol 95 price since our records began in 2007. A year earlier diesel cost 1.080 €: it is now 23.4 cents cheaper.

Diesel fell most in Santa Cruz de Tenerife (−2.3 cents). Among the large chains, Alcampo had the cheapest diesel at 0.829 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 22 DecMon 29 DecChangeWeek average
Diesel0.8640.8461.8 ¢0.856
Petrol 950.8410.8291.2 ¢0.836
Petrol 980.9540.9391.5 ¢0.949

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

0.901.001.1029 Sep17 Nov29 DecPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 29 DecChange
Fell most
Santa Cruz de Tenerife0.6092.3 ¢
Melilla0.7022.2 ¢
Pontevedra0.8542.2 ¢
Ceuta0.6622.1 ¢
Cáceres0.8382.1 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 29 DecChange
Fell most
Almería0.8161.5 ¢
Barcelona0.8431.5 ¢
Castellón0.8431.5 ¢
Granada0.8161.5 ¢
Madrid0.8351.5 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1150.602 24.4 ¢0.621
Alcampo370.829 1.7 ¢0.809
Avia880.837 0.9 ¢0.816
Agla520.838 0.8 ¢0.816
Petronor1660.838 0.8 ¢0.816
Cepsa6110.840 0.6 ¢0.821
Campsa860.842 median0.822
Moeve4920.845 median0.823
Shell2780.845 median0.826
Repsol2,2550.847 median0.826

* 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$ 33.7326.12.2008 · a week earlier: $ 39.52
Brent, € per litre0.151 €26.12.2008 · a week earlier: 0.178 €
EUR/USD1.400524.12.2008 · a week earlier: 1.3940

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.