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Electricity prices Great Britain, 10 August 2026

10 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
26.1p/kWh
+40% vs. yesterday · +21% vs. 7-day average
Lowest
19.5p/kWh
Highest
44.3p/kWh
Hours with negative prices
0

Cheapest hours

Best time to run

Washing machine (2 h)
13:00–15:00, average 19.6p/kWh
Dishwasher (3 h)
12:00–15:00, average 19.7p/kWh
Electric car (4 h)
11:00–15:00, average 19.8p/kWh

Hourly prices

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Cheapest hours highlighted. Times in local time.
Show the data as a table
HourPrice
022.6p/kWh
122.3p/kWh
221.2p/kWh
321.3p/kWh
421.9p/kWh
525.4p/kWh
625.7p/kWh
725.7p/kWh
826.2p/kWh
921.3p/kWh
1020.1p/kWh
1120.0p/kWh
1219.9p/kWh
1319.5p/kWh
1419.7p/kWh
1520.2p/kWh
1634.0p/kWh
1737.6p/kWh
1844.3p/kWh
1934.5p/kWh
2034.2p/kWh
2133.5p/kWh
2229.1p/kWh
2325.3p/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
9 Aug18.6p/kWh1.7p/kWh39.4p/kWh
8 Aug17.3p/kWh-3.7p/kWh40.2p/kWh
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

Source: Octopus Energy API