Electricity prices in Europe today
Today's average spot price for the countries and bidding zones whose hourly prices we may show, converted to the currency you choose. For the other countries: what a household pays all-in, according to Eurostat.
Today electricity is cheapest in France at 7.3 c/kWh and dearest in Italy · IT-North at 24.2 c/kWh – 3.3 times as much. The gap comes mainly from how the countries make their power and how well they are connected to their neighbours.
Rate: ECB 22/10/2026
Today's spot price
| Country · zone | Today (own currency) | c/kWh | Mix 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| France Cheapest | 7.3 c/kWh | 7.3 | |
| Sweden · SE3 | 96.5 öre/kWh | 8.7 | |
| Belgium | 12.4 c/kWh | 12.4 | |
| Netherlands | 13.4 c/kWh | 13.4 | |
| Denmark · DK1 | 1.01 kr/kWh | 13.6 | |
| Norway · NO2 | 144.0 øre/kWh | 13.7 | |
| Germany and Luxembourg | 13.8 c/kWh | 13.8 | |
| Denmark · DK2 | 1.05 kr/kWh | 14.0 | |
| Sweden · SE4 | 164.9 öre/kWh | 14.8 | |
| Poland | 0.72 zł/kWh | 16.5 | |
| Czechia | 4.31 Kč/kWh | 17.8 | |
| Slovenia | 21.5 c/kWh | 21.5 | |
| Austria | 21.9 c/kWh | 21.9 | |
| Switzerland | 21.5 Rp./kWh | 23.3 | |
| Hungary | 85.8 Ft/kWh | 23.4 | |
| Italy · IT-North Dearest | 24.2 c/kWh | 24.2 |
The spot price excludes taxes, network tariffs and VAT. Sources: Energi Data Service (Energinet) for DK1, DK2, NO2, SE3, SE4 and Germany; Bundesnetzagentur | SMARD.de for the rest. Both CC BY 4.0. Rates from the ECB.
Household prices, all-in
Countries whose daily exchange price may not be shown freely. Eurostat, H1 2026, for a household using 2,500–5,000 kWh a year.
| Country | c/kWh | c/kWh | Over a year | Mix 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malta | 12.7 c/kWh | 12.7 | +1% | |
| Bulgaria | 13.4 c/kWh | 13.4 | +3% | |
| Croatia | 18.2 c/kWh | 18.2 | +12% | |
| Slovakia | 19.9 c/kWh | 19.9 | +5% | |
| Estonia | 21.2 c/kWh | 21.2 | −8% | |
| Lithuania | 21.6 c/kWh | 21.6 | +3% | |
| Portugal | 23.7 c/kWh | 23.7 | −1% | |
| Greece | 24.0 c/kWh | 24.0 | +4% | |
| Latvia | 24.1 c/kWh | 24.1 | −1% | |
| Spain | 25.1 c/kWh | 25.1 | −4% | |
| Cyprus | 26.9 c/kWh | 26.9 | −8% | |
| Finland | 26.9 c/kWh | 26.9 | +18% | |
| Romania | 28.4 c/kWh | 28.4 | +52% | |
| Ireland | 38.7 c/kWh | 38.7 | +20% | |
| United Kingdom – Ofgem's price cap, 1 October 2026 – 31 December 2026 | 26.32 p/kWh | 31.4 | – |
The United Kingdom appears with Ofgem's price cap (Open Government Licence); Eurostat's figures may not be used for the UK.
Why does the electricity price differ so much across Europe?
The spot price is set every day on the power exchange for each zone separately, by the most expensive plant needed to cover demand in that hour. Where hydro, wind and nuclear are plentiful, the price is low. When a gas plant is needed, the price rises – even in countries that make most of their power in other ways. Today Italy · IT-North was the dearest; over a full year most of its power came from gas 44%, hydro 19%.
Household prices are another matter: they include network tariffs, taxes and VAT, and the picture changes. Denmark cut its electricity tax to the EU minimum from 2026, while other countries put large taxes or support schemes on top of the market price.
Questions about the electricity price in Europe
- Where is electricity cheapest in Europe today?
- Today the spot price is lowest in France (7.3 c/kWh on average) and highest in Italy · IT-North (24.2 c/kWh). The page updates every quarter of an hour.
- Why is electricity often cheap in the Nordic countries?
- Norway and Sweden have a lot of hydro, Sweden and Finland nuclear, and Denmark a lot of wind. When it is windy and wet, cheap power is plentiful, and Nordic prices are often below the rest of Europe.
- Why don't you show hourly prices for every country?
- Exchange prices belong to the power exchanges, and only some of them may be republished freely. Where that is not allowed, we show Eurostat's official household prices instead.
- Where do households pay the most for electricity?
- According to Eurostat, Ireland, Germany and Belgium had the highest all-in household prices in H1 2026, and Malta and Hungary the lowest.
Related pages
Sources
- Source: Energinet (www.energidataservice.dk), CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur | SMARD.de, CC BY 4.0.
- Source: Eurostat (nrg_pc_204).
- Source: Eurostat (nrg_bal_peh).
- Supported by National Energy SO Open Data.
- Source: Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE/BFE), Swiss electricity balance, opendata.swiss.
- Ofgem, energy price cap. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Exchange rates: European Central Bank (ECB), euro reference rates – free to use.