The price of diesel falls for the fifth week and is approaching the lowest levels of the year
The average price of fuel has maintained its downward trend this week started this month of Mayafter the upward spiral registered in the first four months of 2024, and in the case of diesel it has chained its fifth decline, approaching the lows of the year.
Specifically, the average price per liter of diesel has become cheaper by 0.73% compared to last week, to stand at 1,484 euros, its lowest level since the second week of January, when it marked its minimum price in 2024, according to the latest data from the European Union Oil Bulletin.
Meanwhile, the average price of a liter of gasoline has added its fourth consecutive drop, with a decrease of 0.54% compared to a week ago, to stand at 1,648 euros, its lowest level since the first week of April.
Despite these weekly falls, so far this year the price of a liter of gasoline still accumulates an increase of 7.36%although diesel is at levels at the beginning of 2024.
The average price of both fuels started this year registering its first increases in three months, after accumulating one decrease after another since the end of September that led it to say goodbye to last year’s installation at minimal levels of exercise after adding a reduction of almost 15% in the case of gasoline, and more than 13% for diesel.
The deposit is more expensive than in 2023
With current prices, fill an average tank of 55 liters of gasoline It has a cost of about 90.64 euros3.96 euros more than on the same dates last year, when it amounted to about 86.68 euros and the discount of 20 cents per liter that was in force for much of 2022 no longer existed.
For diesel vehicles, fill a medium tank It represents a disbursement of 81.62 eurosabout 4.13 euros more expensive than in the same week in 2023, at which time the price was 77.49 euros.
The average prices per liter of gasoline and diesel thus remain for another week above the levels they were at before the outbreak of the crisis. Russian invasion of Ukrainewhich began on February 24, 2022, when it was 1,592 euros and 1,479 euros per liter, respectively.
However, both fuels continue far from the maximum which were recorded in the summer of 2022, in July, when gasoline reached 2,141 euros and diesel 2.1 euros.
With these levels, the price of 95 unleaded gasoline remains the same in Spain below the European Union average, located at 1,758 euros per liter, and from the eurozone, with an average price of 1,807 euros. In the case of diesel, the price in Spain is also lower than the EU average, which is 1,610 euros, and the euro zone, where the price is 1,630 euros.
