Electricity price today: Great Britain
9 November 2026 · Consumer price including taxes and charges.
Great Britain has no single public hourly price for households. We show Octopus Agile half-hourly prices (one supplier's dynamic tariff, inc. VAT), averaged over its 14 regions. The Ofgem price cap below applies to standard tariffs.
Average
53.1p/kWh
+30% vs. yesterday · +24% vs. 7-day average
Lowest
31.8p/kWh
Highest
94.3p/kWh
Hours with negative prices
0
Cheapest hours
- 02:00 · 33.6p/kWh
- 03:00 · 32.6p/kWh
- 04:00 · 31.8p/kWh
Best time to run
Washing machine (2 h)
03:00–05:00, average 32.2p/kWh
Dishwasher (3 h)
02:00–05:00, average 32.7p/kWh
Electric car (4 h)
02:00–06:00, average 33.0p/kWh
Hourly prices · Today
Hourly prices · Tomorrow
Not published yet. Tomorrow's prices are usually published in the early afternoon.
The average household tariff in the United Kingdom is 33.7p/kWh (all taxes and fixed charges included, Oct–Dec 2026).
Last 7 days, hour by hour
3 Nov4 Nov5 Nov6 Nov7 Nov8 Nov9 Nov00:0003:0006:0009:0012:0015:0018:0021:00
Previous days
| Date | Average | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Nov | 40.9p/kWh | 30.6p/kWh | 65.1p/kWh |
| 7 Nov | 44.8p/kWh | 37.1p/kWh | 68.2p/kWh |
| 6 Nov | 48.6p/kWh | 34.9p/kWh | 75.9p/kWh |
| 5 Nov | 41.7p/kWh | 31.9p/kWh | 64.5p/kWh |
| 4 Nov | 40.2p/kWh | 32.9p/kWh | 60.8p/kWh |
| 3 Nov | 42.4p/kWh | 33.8p/kWh | 60.8p/kWh |
| 2 Nov | 42.4p/kWh | 34.6p/kWh | 66.1p/kWh |
| 1 Nov | 43.2p/kWh | 37.4p/kWh | 63.0p/kWh |
| 31 Oct | 43.8p/kWh | 37.3p/kWh | 63.5p/kWh |
| 30 Oct | 41.8p/kWh | 33.9p/kWh | 64.7p/kWh |
| 29 Oct | 43.7p/kWh | 36.4p/kWh | 65.1p/kWh |
| 28 Oct | 38.7p/kWh | 28.4p/kWh | 58.5p/kWh |
| 27 Oct | 22.3p/kWh | 2.2p/kWh | 58.8p/kWh |
| 26 Oct | 26.7p/kWh | 4.2p/kWh | 54.7p/kWh |
Source: Octopus Energy API