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Electricity prices Great Britain, 28 July 2026

28 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
25.3p/kWh
+1% vs. yesterday · +10% vs. 7-day average
Lowest
13.6p/kWh
Highest
44.6p/kWh
Hours with negative prices
0

Cheapest hours

Best time to run

Washing machine (2 h)
13:00–15:00, average 13.7p/kWh
Dishwasher (3 h)
12:00–15:00, average 14.0p/kWh
Electric car (4 h)
12:00–16:00, average 14.3p/kWh

Hourly prices

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Cheapest hours highlighted. Times in local time.
Show the data as a table
HourPrice
027.0p/kWh
124.2p/kWh
223.2p/kWh
323.3p/kWh
423.0p/kWh
526.8p/kWh
627.1p/kWh
725.7p/kWh
824.8p/kWh
923.6p/kWh
1019.0p/kWh
1116.3p/kWh
1214.4p/kWh
1313.6p/kWh
1413.9p/kWh
1515.4p/kWh
1630.2p/kWh
1737.9p/kWh
1844.6p/kWh
1934.9p/kWh
2035.0p/kWh
2132.8p/kWh
2226.8p/kWh
2324.3p/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
27 Jul25.1p/kWh15.0p/kWh41.3p/kWh
26 Jul15.2p/kWh-5.0p/kWh36.7p/kWh
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

Source: Octopus Energy API