Gas prices in Hungary
Hungary regulates household gas prices under its utility cost reduction programme (rezsicsökkentés): households are supplied by the state-owned universal service provider MVM Next at a price the government fixes, and that price has stayed low for years. The energy regulator MEKH oversees the market.
Gas is Hungary's main heating fuel; a very large share of homes have a gas boiler or gas convector heaters, so the regulated price matters to almost every household.
Since August 2022 the low price applies only up to average consumption, set at 1,729 cubic metres a year per home; gas used above that is charged at a much higher, market-based price. Hungary still buys most of its gas from Russia under a long-term contract, delivered via TurkStream and Serbia.
Sources: Eurostat, World Bank, ECB
≈ at the ECB rate of 22 October 2026; ECB rates are free at ecb.europa.eu.
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Source: Eurostat (nrg_pc_202).
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What does it cost to use gas in Hungary?
Worked out with 12.28 Ft/kWh, Eurostat's household price for H1 2026.
- A 10-minute showerFt 53.3210 min · 12 l/min · 38 °C
- A bathFt 66.65150 litres · 38 °C
- Dinner on the hobFt 12.28Example: 1 kWh
- An hour in the ovenFt 18.42Example: 1.5 kWh
- A winter day's heatingFt 736.97Example: 60 kWh · 90 days
- A year's gas for a houseFt 222,9331,650 m³ a year
Standing charges and the supplier's mark-up come on top.
Gas prices in Hungary explained
Two prices on one bill
A Hungarian household pays the regulated price up to the average-consumption threshold and a market-based price above it, which is several times higher. VAT on gas is 27%, the highest standard rate in the EU, and applies to both parts.
Why prices stayed low in 2022
Because the government fixes the household price, it did not follow the wholesale market when prices soared in 2022; the state and MVM covered the difference. Since August 2022 only consumption above the threshold has felt market prices.
Reading the Hungarian figures
Eurostat's figure is in forint per kWh with all taxes, for households using 20–199 GJ a year, and mostly reflects the regulated price. Households that go over the threshold pay considerably more per kWh for that part of their use than this average suggests.
Compared with neighbouring countries
| Hungary | 0.0330 €/kWh |
|---|---|
| Austria | 0.1240 €/kWh |
| Slovakia | 0.0626 €/kWh |
| Romania | 0.0594 €/kWh |
| EU average | 0.1103 €/kWh |
Eurostat, H1 2026, € per kWh with all taxes.
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Questions about the gas price
- What does gas cost in Hungary?
- Eurostat's average household price in Hungary was 12.2828 HUF/kWh in H1 2026, all taxes included.
- Is gas cheaper in Hungary than in neighbouring countries?
- In H1 2026 households in Hungary paid 0.0330 €/kWh, against 0.1240 €/kWh in Austria, 0.0626 €/kWh in Slovakia and 0.0594 €/kWh in Romania (Eurostat, in euros). The EU average was 0.1103 €/kWh.
- How has the gas price changed in Hungary?
- From H1 2025 to H1 2026 the household price fell by 0.7%, from 12.3755 HUF/kWh to 12.2828 HUF/kWh. Over the last three years it ranged from 10.7099 HUF/kWh to 13.0889 HUF/kWh.
- What is rezsicsökkentés?
- Hungary's utility cost reduction programme, introduced in 2013, under which the government fixes low household prices for gas, electricity and district heating. Since August 2022 the reduced gas price applies only up to average consumption.
- Why is gas cheaper in Hungary than in Sweden?
- Hungary's government fixes the household price below the market level up to average consumption, while Sweden adds high energy and carbon taxes and spreads the cost of a small network over few customers. Hungary even has the higher VAT rate, so the difference lies in regulation and energy taxes, not in the price of the gas itself.
- What happens above 1,729 cubic metres a year?
- Gas above the yearly threshold is billed at a much higher, market-based price, so a large house heated with gas can pay far more per cubic metre for the last part of its consumption.