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Electricity prices Great Britain, 26 July 2026

26 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
15.2p/kWh
+2% vs. yesterday · −37% vs. 7-day average
Lowest
-5.0p/kWh
Highest
36.7p/kWh
Hours with negative prices
5

Cheapest hours

Best time to run

Washing machine (2 h)
14:00–16:00, average -4.8p/kWh
Dishwasher (3 h)
13:00–16:00, average -4.8p/kWh
Electric car (4 h)
12:00–16:00, average -4.7p/kWh

Hourly prices

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Cheapest hours highlighted. Times in local time.
Show the data as a table
HourPrice
027.1p/kWh
124.8p/kWh
223.5p/kWh
321.4p/kWh
419.7p/kWh
517.4p/kWh
617.5p/kWh
715.6p/kWh
87.8p/kWh
91.5p/kWh
101.1p/kWh
11-3.6p/kWh
12-4.3p/kWh
13-4.9p/kWh
14-4.6p/kWh
15-5.0p/kWh
1615.5p/kWh
1729.7p/kWh
1836.7p/kWh
1927.2p/kWh
2027.0p/kWh
2126.8p/kWh
2226.3p/kWh
2319.4p/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
25 Jul14.9p/kWh-6.3p/kWh39.8p/kWh
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

Source: Octopus Energy API