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Electricity prices Great Britain, 25 July 2026

25 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
14.9p/kWh
−41% vs. yesterday · −39% vs. 7-day average
Lowest
-6.3p/kWh
Highest
39.8p/kWh
Hours with negative prices
8

Cheapest hours

Best time to run

Washing machine (2 h)
12:00–14:00, average -6.1p/kWh
Dishwasher (3 h)
11:00–14:00, average -5.5p/kWh
Electric car (4 h)
10:00–14:00, average -5.2p/kWh

Hourly prices

036912151821
Cheapest hours highlighted. Times in local time.
Show the data as a table
HourPrice
025.6p/kWh
125.9p/kWh
223.8p/kWh
320.7p/kWh
420.9p/kWh
519.7p/kWh
617.9p/kWh
714.1p/kWh
8-1.4p/kWh
9-3.7p/kWh
10-4.3p/kWh
11-4.3p/kWh
12-6.3p/kWh
13-6.0p/kWh
14-4.1p/kWh
15-4.1p/kWh
1610.0p/kWh
1726.0p/kWh
1839.8p/kWh
1929.0p/kWh
2031.5p/kWh
2129.9p/kWh
2228.5p/kWh
2328.0p/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

Cheapest hours highlighted. Times in local time.

Previous days

DateAverageLowestHighest
24 Jul25.1p/kWh11.7p/kWh42.9p/kWh
23 Jul29.0p/kWh23.0p/kWh44.4p/kWh
22 Jul26.6p/kWh21.5p/kWh41.9p/kWh
21 Jul25.7p/kWh20.4p/kWh39.8p/kWh
20 Jul27.3p/kWh21.5p/kWh43.7p/kWh
19 Jul18.6p/kWh8.9p/kWh37.3p/kWh
18 Jul19.6p/kWh4.0p/kWh34.8p/kWh
17 Jul25.7p/kWh18.8p/kWh39.0p/kWh
16 Jul28.4p/kWh18.0p/kWh51.0p/kWh
15 Jul25.6p/kWh16.8p/kWh41.9p/kWh
14 Jul23.9p/kWh16.6p/kWh39.8p/kWh
13 Jul22.6p/kWh13.7p/kWh37.4p/kWh
12 Jul23.5p/kWh22.7p/kWh24.1p/kWh
11 Jul23.7p/kWh21.4p/kWh25.2p/kWh

Source: Octopus Energy API