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Electricity prices Great Britain, 26 August 2026

26 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
30.1p/kWh
+2% vs. yesterday · +3% vs. 7-day average
Lowest
24.0p/kWh
Highest
49.9p/kWh
Hours with negative prices
0

Cheapest hours

Best time to run

Washing machine (2 h)
12:00–14:00, average 24.3p/kWh
Dishwasher (3 h)
13:00–16:00, average 24.4p/kWh
Electric car (4 h)
12:00–16:00, average 24.4p/kWh

Hourly prices

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Cheapest hours highlighted. Times in local time.
Show the data as a table
HourPrice
025.2p/kWh
124.9p/kWh
224.7p/kWh
324.9p/kWh
425.2p/kWh
529.5p/kWh
631.7p/kWh
733.6p/kWh
829.6p/kWh
929.5p/kWh
1029.8p/kWh
1127.2p/kWh
1224.6p/kWh
1324.0p/kWh
1424.9p/kWh
1524.4p/kWh
1640.6p/kWh
1746.2p/kWh
1849.9p/kWh
1934.6p/kWh
2033.3p/kWh
2129.9p/kWh
2227.9p/kWh
2327.0p/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 Aug29.5p/kWh19.8p/kWh50.0p/kWh
24 Aug30.5p/kWh24.5p/kWh48.4p/kWh
23 Aug28.6p/kWh20.9p/kWh46.8p/kWh
22 Aug25.5p/kWh14.9p/kWh43.1p/kWh
21 Aug30.3p/kWh24.3p/kWh45.3p/kWh
20 Aug28.9p/kWh23.4p/kWh43.7p/kWh
19 Aug30.8p/kWh23.9p/kWh48.3p/kWh
18 Aug29.3p/kWh22.3p/kWh47.9p/kWh
17 Aug34.7p/kWh28.9p/kWh52.0p/kWh
16 Aug29.5p/kWh22.0p/kWh45.8p/kWh
15 Aug26.5p/kWh14.5p/kWh43.6p/kWh
14 Aug30.1p/kWh22.2p/kWh53.3p/kWh
13 Aug32.3p/kWh22.6p/kWh72.6p/kWh
12 Aug28.6p/kWh17.8p/kWh59.8p/kWh

Source: Octopus Energy API