Electricity prices Great Britain, 18 October 2026
18 October 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
32.8p/kWh
+2% vs. yesterday · +5% vs. 7-day average
Lowest
23.3p/kWh
Highest
55.5p/kWh
Hours with negative prices
0
Cheapest hours
- 02:00 · 24.3p/kWh
- 05:00 · 23.3p/kWh
- 06:00 · 24.4p/kWh
Best time to run
Washing machine (2 h)
05:00–07:00, average 23.9p/kWh
Dishwasher (3 h)
04:00–07:00, average 24.6p/kWh
Electric car (4 h)
02:00–06:00, average 24.9p/kWh
Hourly prices
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
12 Oct13 Oct14 Oct15 Oct16 Oct17 Oct18 Oct00:0003:0006:0009:0012:0015:0018:0021:00
Previous days
| Date | Average | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Oct | 32.2p/kWh | 24.4p/kWh | 53.0p/kWh |
| 16 Oct | 36.7p/kWh | 26.8p/kWh | 56.2p/kWh |
| 15 Oct | 32.1p/kWh | 20.7p/kWh | 58.4p/kWh |
| 14 Oct | 29.8p/kWh | 14.4p/kWh | 48.8p/kWh |
| 13 Oct | 24.5p/kWh | 12.9p/kWh | 46.9p/kWh |
| 12 Oct | 32.2p/kWh | 17.4p/kWh | 51.8p/kWh |
| 11 Oct | 31.2p/kWh | 18.0p/kWh | 54.7p/kWh |
| 10 Oct | 8.6p/kWh | -3.6p/kWh | 43.4p/kWh |
| 9 Oct | 11.0p/kWh | 2.0p/kWh | 27.7p/kWh |
| 8 Oct | 26.2p/kWh | 15.3p/kWh | 51.8p/kWh |
| 7 Oct | 32.0p/kWh | 19.7p/kWh | 50.9p/kWh |
| 6 Oct | 35.1p/kWh | 25.1p/kWh | 69.9p/kWh |
| 5 Oct | 27.4p/kWh | 11.3p/kWh | 51.1p/kWh |
| 4 Oct | 27.9p/kWh | 6.7p/kWh | 51.4p/kWh |
Source: Octopus Energy API