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Electricity prices Great Britain, 8 August 2026

8 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
17.3p/kWh
−25% vs. yesterday · −27% vs. 7-day average
Lowest
-3.7p/kWh
Highest
40.2p/kWh
Hours with negative prices
5

Cheapest hours

Best time to run

Washing machine (2 h)
12:00–14:00, average -3.4p/kWh
Dishwasher (3 h)
12:00–15:00, average -3.2p/kWh
Electric car (4 h)
12:00–16:00, average -3.0p/kWh

Hourly prices

036912151821
Cheapest hours highlighted. Times in local time.
Show the data as a table
HourPrice
023.8p/kWh
122.7p/kWh
222.9p/kWh
322.7p/kWh
422.9p/kWh
523.6p/kWh
622.4p/kWh
716.7p/kWh
814.3p/kWh
910.3p/kWh
100.2p/kWh
11-1.8p/kWh
12-3.7p/kWh
13-3.1p/kWh
14-3.0p/kWh
15-2.4p/kWh
1619.1p/kWh
1733.6p/kWh
1840.2p/kWh
1928.5p/kWh
2029.4p/kWh
2127.4p/kWh
2224.6p/kWh
2323.8p/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
7 Aug23.0p/kWh13.5p/kWh39.3p/kWh
6 Aug22.2p/kWh11.6p/kWh38.5p/kWh
5 Aug16.5p/kWh-4.1p/kWh35.6p/kWh
4 Aug26.4p/kWh20.8p/kWh41.1p/kWh
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

Source: Octopus Energy API