Gasoline exceeds its historical record more than nine years later, 1,538 euros per liter

The price of gasoline has risen for the fifth consecutive week to set a new record of 1,538 euros per liter, thus beating the previous all-time high recorded in September 2012, more than nine years ago.

According to data released this Thursday by the Oil Bulletin of the European Union (EU), gasoline is sold this week in the Spanish State at an average of 1,538 euros per liter, while diesel is sold at 1,422 euros.

After this new rise, gasoline exceeds the record of 1,522 euros in force for a little less than ten years, while diesel, which has been on the rise for six weeks and is 1.6% below its historical maximum of 1,445 euros, marks its fifth highest price on record.

With increases of 1.2 and 1.4% in the last week, respectively, both fuels maintain the upward trend with which they began 2022, registering increases in the first five weeks of the year after the respite provided by both fuels during the past Christmas.

In this sense, gasoline and diesel have resumed the climb that began in November 2020, when they began to rise almost uninterruptedly, and which led them to almost exceed their all-time highs two months ago.

Filling the deposit costs 84 and 78 euros, respectively

With these prices, filling an average 55-liter tank with gasoline currently costs more than 84 euros, while with diesel it reaches 78 euros.

Compared to the same week in 2021, gasoline now costs 25% more, compared to 28% that diesel has risen, while, if the prices of the same week in 2020 are analyzed, a few months before the outbreak of the pandemic, gasoline is 17% more expensive and diesel 15%.

In addition, in the last month gasoline has become more expensive by 4%, while the price of diesel has risen almost 6%.

in Iparralde, the price is 1,746 euros in the case of gasoline and 1,670 euros for diesel.