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Electricity prices Great Britain, 4 August 2026

4 August 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
26.4p/kWh
−3% vs. yesterday · +1% vs. 7-day average
Lowest
20.8p/kWh
Highest
41.1p/kWh
Hours with negative prices
0

Cheapest hours

Best time to run

Washing machine (2 h)
14:00–16:00, average 21.0p/kWh
Dishwasher (3 h)
13:00–16:00, average 21.4p/kWh
Electric car (4 h)
12:00–16:00, average 21.5p/kWh

Hourly prices

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Cheapest hours highlighted. Times in local time.
Show the data as a table
HourPrice
023.4p/kWh
122.4p/kWh
222.3p/kWh
322.7p/kWh
423.6p/kWh
526.0p/kWh
627.7p/kWh
727.4p/kWh
824.9p/kWh
923.3p/kWh
1023.5p/kWh
1121.9p/kWh
1221.6p/kWh
1322.1p/kWh
1420.8p/kWh
1521.3p/kWh
1635.4p/kWh
1737.8p/kWh
1841.1p/kWh
1931.3p/kWh
2031.4p/kWh
2130.1p/kWh
2226.9p/kWh
2324.8p/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
3 Aug27.1p/kWh19.6p/kWh47.0p/kWh
2 Aug26.9p/kWh21.5p/kWh43.4p/kWh
1 Aug22.9p/kWh6.5p/kWh40.2p/kWh
31 Jul27.2p/kWh20.0p/kWh41.1p/kWh
30 Jul25.8p/kWh14.3p/kWh42.7p/kWh
29 Jul26.9p/kWh19.6p/kWh48.6p/kWh
28 Jul25.3p/kWh13.6p/kWh44.6p/kWh
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

Source: Octopus Energy API