Electricity prices Great Britain, 13 July 2026

Name: Electricity price Great Britain on 13 July 2026
Creator: Octopus Energy

13 July 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

22.6p/kWh

−4% vs. yesterday · −10% vs. 7-day average

Lowest

13.7p/kWh

Highest

37.4p/kWh

Hours with negative prices

Cheapest hours

12:00 · 14.1p/kWh
13:00 · 13.7p/kWh
14:00 · 14.2p/kWh

Best time to run

Washing machine (2 h)

12:00–14:00, average 13.9p/kWh

Dishwasher (3 h)

12:00–15:00, average 14.0p/kWh

Electric car (4 h)

11:00–15:00, average 14.1p/kWh

Hourly prices

0.0p10.0p20.0p30.0p40.0p

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Cheapest hours highlighted. Times in local time.

Show the data as a table

Hour	Price
0	20.8p/kWh
1	19.1p/kWh
2	19.9p/kWh
3	20.3p/kWh
4	21.2p/kWh
5	24.7p/kWh
6	24.7p/kWh
7	23.0p/kWh
8	21.0p/kWh
9	19.6p/kWh
10	18.0p/kWh
11	14.3p/kWh
12	14.1p/kWh
13	13.7p/kWh
14	14.2p/kWh
15	14.9p/kWh
16	30.7p/kWh
17	34.5p/kWh
18	37.4p/kWh
19	28.3p/kWh
20	29.1p/kWh
21	28.5p/kWh
22	25.2p/kWh
23	24.1p/kWh

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

10 Jul11 Jul12 Jul13 Jul00:0003:0006:0009:0012:0015:0018:0021:00

Cheapest hours highlighted. Times in local time.

Previous days

Date	Average	Lowest	Highest
12 Jul	23.5p/kWh	22.7p/kWh	24.1p/kWh
11 Jul	23.7p/kWh	21.4p/kWh	25.2p/kWh
10 Jul	27.8p/kWh	24.7p/kWh	30.0p/kWh

Source: Octopus Energy API