Household electricity prices by country

Name: Household electricity price level by country, second half of 2025
Creator: Eurostat electricity price statistics
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Latest official Eurostat comparison

Household electricity prices range from 0.064 to 0.404 EUR/kWh.

In the latest official reference period, July–December 2025, the lowest published benchmark was in Turkey and the highest was in Ireland. These comparable prices include energy, network charges, taxes and levies for households using 2,500-4,999 kWh a year.

The unweighted midpoint of the 38 country benchmarks is 0.234 EUR/kWh. This dataset median is not the EU average and is not an average household bill.

Reference period: July–December 2025
Source: Eurostat electricity price statistics
Source snapshot refreshed: August 30, 2026
Last checked: August 30, 2026

Across the country benchmarks, the median was 2.4% higher than first half of 2025.

This is the latest official half-year comparison, not a live supplier tariff. For wholesale and dynamic-price timing, open the daily price comparison.

Eurostat electricity price statisticssecond half of 20252,500-4,999 kWh a yearAll costs included

Cheapest in euro🇹🇷 Turkey0.064 EUR/kWh

Most expensive in euro🇮🇪 Ireland0.404 EUR/kWh

Gap between them0.341 EUR/kWh38 countries compared

Romania is 30th cheapest in euro, but most expensive after differences in national price levels are taken into account.

Example bill arithmetic

Illustrative annual electricity cost at three price levels

Each cell multiplies annual consumption by the published country price. It makes the comparison tangible without pretending to quote an individual supplier tariff.

Annual useCheapest countryUnweighted country medianMost expensive country

Annual use2,500 kWhTurkey€159Unweighted country median€586Ireland€1,011

Annual use3,500 kWhTurkey€223Unweighted country median€820Ireland€1,415

Annual use4,500 kWhTurkey€286Unweighted country median€1,054Ireland€1,819

Actual bills can differ because standing charges, time bands, discounts and regulated components do not always scale as one flat per-kWh rate. Values are expressed in euro for comparison.

Electricity prices for household consumers by country, second half of 2025, consumption band 2,500-4,999 kWh a year, all taxes, levies and network charges included. Rank 1 is the cheapest. Source: Eurostat electricity price statistics.
Rank	Country	Price EUR/kWh	Purchasing-power rank	Country page
1	🇹🇷Turkey	€0.064	PPS #5 of 34↓ 4	View Turkey
2	🇬🇪Georgia	€0.073	No purchasing-power figure	View Georgia
3	🇽🇰Kosovo	€0.088	No purchasing-power figure	View Kosovo
4	🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina	€0.097	PPS #4 of 34—	View Bosnia and Herzegovina
5	🇲🇪Montenegro	€0.100	PPS #6 of 34↓ 1	View Montenegro
6	🇭🇺Hungary	€0.108	PPS #2 of 34↑ 4	View Hungary
7	🇲🇰North Macedonia	€0.116	PPS #14 of 34↓ 7	View North Macedonia
8	🇦🇱Albania	€0.118	PPS #7 of 34↑ 1	View Albania
9	🇷🇸Serbia	€0.119	PPS #9 of 34—	View Serbia
10	🇲🇹Malta	€0.128	PPS #1 of 34↑ 9	View Malta
11	🇧🇬Bulgaria	€0.136	PPS #12 of 34↓ 1	View Bulgaria
12	🇭🇷Croatia	€0.166	PPS #16 of 34↓ 4	View Croatia
13	🇸🇰Slovakia	€0.185	PPS #15 of 34↓ 2	View Slovakia
14	🇳🇴Norway	€0.192	PPS #3 of 34↑ 11	View Norway
15	🇱🇹Lithuania	€0.196	PPS #19 of 34↓ 4	View Lithuania
16	🇲🇩Moldova	€0.197	No purchasing-power figure	View Moldova
17	🇸🇮Slovenia	€0.212	PPS #18 of 34↓ 1	View Slovenia
18	🇫🇮Finland	€0.225	PPS #8 of 34↑ 10	View Finland
19	🇪🇪Estonia	€0.230	PPS #20 of 34↓ 1	View Estonia
20	🇬🇷Greece	€0.238	PPS #23 of 34↓ 3	View Greece
21	🇵🇹Portugal	€0.244	PPS #24 of 34↓ 3	View Portugal
22	🇱🇻Latvia	€0.245	PPS #29 of 34↓ 7	View Latvia
23	🇳🇱Netherlands	€0.256	PPS #11 of 34↑ 12	View Netherlands
24	🇫🇷France	€0.256	PPS #17 of 34↑ 7	View France
25	🇱🇺Luxembourg	€0.267	PPS #10 of 34↑ 15	View Luxembourg
26	🇪🇸Spain	€0.267	PPS #25 of 34↑ 1	View Spain
27	🇵🇱Poland	€0.271	PPS #32 of 34↓ 5	View Poland
28	🇸🇪Sweden	€0.271	PPS #13 of 34↑ 15	View Sweden
29	🇨🇾Cyprus	€0.277	PPS #26 of 34↑ 3	View Cyprus
30	🇷🇴Romania	€0.289	PPS #34 of 34↓ 4	View Romania
31	🇮🇹Italy	€0.297	PPS #27 of 34↑ 4	View Italy
32	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	€0.306	No purchasing-power figure	View Liechtenstein
33	🇨🇿Czechia	€0.322	PPS #33 of 34—	View Czechia
34	🇦🇹Austria	€0.327	PPS #22 of 34↑ 12	View Austria
35	🇩🇰Denmark	€0.331	PPS #21 of 34↑ 14	View Denmark
36	🇧🇪Belgium	€0.350	PPS #28 of 34↑ 8	View Belgium
37	🇩🇪Germany	€0.387	PPS #31 of 34↑ 6	View Germany
38	🇮🇪Ireland	€0.404	PPS #30 of 34↑ 8	View Ireland

From price level to household decisions

What this electricity price means for flexible homes

The published country average describes the overall price level. It does not reveal the cheapest hour, a home's exact tariff or the value of a particular device. Those decisions need the daily curve and the home's own equipment, limits and priorities.

Solar PV

At this benchmark, 1,000 kWh of grid imports represents about €234. That is context, not a solar-savings forecast: export credit, self-consumption and the actual tariff still decide the result.

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Home battery

A national average cannot prove that charging low and discharging high will pay. The usable spread must cover round-trip losses, cycle wear and tariff rules while preserving the reserve the household needs.

Read the battery-arbitrage guide

EV charging

An EV is a large load that can often move in time. The useful comparison is the car's required energy across the available charging window—not an assumption that every off-peak or dynamic tariff is automatically cheaper.

Coordinate solar, battery and EV charging

Heat pump

Heating can sometimes shift part of its demand toward solar or lower-priced hours, but comfort, weather, efficiency and manufacturer-supported controls come before chasing the lowest interval.

Read the heat-pump guide

Next step: open the daily price curve before making a timing decision. This benchmark is not a quote, tariff recommendation or promise of savings.

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Source and method

Source: Eurostat electricity price statistics, electricity prices for household consumers (nrg_pc_204), period 2025-S2.
Included: Energy, network charges, all taxes and levies, for the 2,500-4,999 kWh a year consumption band. This is a published statistic, not an estimate and not a quote for your address.
Excluded: Wholesale market prices, supplier tariffs and consumer estimates. Those answer a different question and are never mixed into this ranking.
Purchasing power: The second view adjusts the price for the country's overall price level, using Eurostat's purchasing power standard. PPS is a comparison unit, not an amount on a bill.
Updated: Eurostat reports twice a year. This build uses second half of 2025 and checked the source on August 30, 2026; the source snapshot was refreshed August 30, 2026.

Source: Eurostat, Electricity prices for household consumers (nrg_pc_204), processed by GridPassport.

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Three price questions

Is electricity expensive here?

This page. Household end-user prices, all taxes and charges in, updated twice a year.

When is it cheap today?

The daily market price comparison shows wholesale or dynamic-price timing. It is not the national household average above or a quote from your supplier.

How did the market move?

The wholesale market ranking compares what generators were paid. It is not what a household pays.