Gas prices in Romania
Romania's household gas market was fully liberalised in 2020, but since the 2022 crisis the government has capped the price households pay per kWh. The energy regulator ANRE oversees the market and sets the network tariffs.
Gas is widely used for heating and cooking in Romanian homes, including many city flats that have their own wall-mounted boiler (centrală de apartament) instead of district heating.
Romania is one of the EU's largest gas producers and covers most of its consumption from its own fields. The Neptun Deep project in the Black Sea, developed by OMV Petrom and Romgaz, is set to add significant volumes later this decade.
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 Romania?
Worked out with 0.3057 lei/kWh, Eurostat's household price for H1 2026.
- A 10-minute showerlei 1.3310 min · 12 l/min · 38 °C
- A bathlei 1.66150 litres · 38 °C
- Dinner on the hoblei 0.31Example: 1 kWh
- An hour in the ovenlei 0.46Example: 1.5 kWh
- A winter day's heatinglei 18.34Example: 60 kWh · 90 days
- A year's gas for a houselei 5,5481,650 m³ a year
Standing charges and the supplier's mark-up come on top.
Gas prices in Romania explained
The household price cap
Under emergency rules adopted in 2022, suppliers may charge households no more than a capped price per kWh including VAT, and the scheme has been extended several times; the state compensates suppliers whose costs are higher. Eurostat's figures for Romania reflect this cap.
Home-grown gas
Because most gas is produced at home by Romgaz and OMV Petrom, Romania imports only a small share of what it uses, mostly in winter. That makes it less exposed to the European market than countries that import everything, although wholesale prices still affect what suppliers pay.
Reading the Romanian figures
Eurostat reports Romania in lei and in euros. Because the cap is set in lei, the lei figure is the one shown at the top, while the comparison with Bulgaria, Hungary and Greece uses the euro figures for the same half-year.
Compared with neighbouring countries
| Romania | 0.0594 €/kWh |
|---|---|
| Bulgaria | 0.0654 €/kWh |
| Hungary | 0.0330 €/kWh |
| Greece | 0.0771 €/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 Romania?
- Eurostat's average household price in Romania was 0.3057 RON/kWh in H1 2026, all taxes included.
- Is gas cheaper in Romania than in neighbouring countries?
- In H1 2026 households in Romania paid 0.0594 €/kWh, against 0.0654 €/kWh in Bulgaria, 0.0330 €/kWh in Hungary and 0.0771 €/kWh in Greece (Eurostat, in euros). The EU average was 0.1103 €/kWh.
- How has the gas price changed in Romania?
- From H1 2025 to H1 2026 the household price rose by 9.3%, from 0.2797 RON/kWh to 0.3057 RON/kWh. Over the last three years it ranged from 0.2690 RON/kWh to 0.3057 RON/kWh.
- Are household gas prices capped in Romania?
- Yes. Since 2022 the government has capped the price per kWh, VAT included, that suppliers may charge households, and it has extended the scheme several times.
- Does Romania import gas?
- Only a small part of what it uses. Most comes from Romanian fields onshore and offshore, and imports cover the rest, mainly in winter.
- What is Neptun Deep?
- A deep-water gas project in the Romanian part of the Black Sea, developed by OMV Petrom and Romgaz, which is expected to start production around 2027 and make Romania an even larger producer.