Electricity prices Great Britain, 21 October 2026
21 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
33.4p/kWh
−6% vs. yesterday · −1% vs. 7-day average
Lowest
18.3p/kWh
Highest
52.9p/kWh
Hours with negative prices
0
Cheapest hours
- 02:00 · 26.4p/kWh
- 04:00 · 26.1p/kWh
- 23:00 · 18.3p/kWh
Best time to run
Washing machine (2 h)
22:00–00:00, average 22.7p/kWh
Dishwasher (3 h)
21:00–00:00, average 25.5p/kWh
Electric car (4 h)
01:00–05:00, average 26.4p/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
15 Oct16 Oct17 Oct18 Oct19 Oct20 Oct21 Oct00:0003:0006:0009:0012:0015:0018:0021:00
Previous days
| Date | Average | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Oct | 35.4p/kWh | 26.6p/kWh | 53.7p/kWh |
| 19 Oct | 38.0p/kWh | 29.5p/kWh | 57.8p/kWh |
| 18 Oct | 32.8p/kWh | 23.3p/kWh | 55.5p/kWh |
| 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 |
Source: Octopus Energy API