Retail electricity price for households (EUR / kWh) - Euro Area - FetchSeries Research - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: Retail prices in Europe (FSR)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In the Euro Area, the household retail electricity price was 0.330 EUR / kWh in August 2026, compared to 0.328 in July 2026. This marks an increase of 0.6 percent.
Sample. In the monthly series presented in the plot, there are 368 records. The series covers the time range going from January 1996 to August 2026.
History. Here's a peek at a few descriptive statistics computed on the whole sample: the household retail electricity price had a mean value of 0.194 EUR / kWh; it hit a minimum of 0.124 in December 1999; it reached its maximum of 0.375 in October 2022.
Latest values
| Date | Value - EUR / kWh |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | 0.324020 |
| 2026-07-31 | 0.328408 |
| 2026-08-31 | 0.330361 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Retail electricity price for households |
| Country | Euro Area |
| Economic concept | Price |
| Data type | Price |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| Deflation method | Current prices |
| Rescaling | None |
| Measure type | Level |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Unit | EUR / kWh |
| Source | FetchSeries Research; calculations on Eurostat data |
| Source type | Data research lab |
| Data licence | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) + FetchSeries disclaimers |
| Other information | Consumption band: 2,500–4,999 kWh per year; all taxes and levies included |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LM1 |
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Aggregates
| Series Name | Observations | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retail electricity price for households (EUR / kWh) - European Union - FetchSeries Research - Monthly | 321 | 1999-12-31 | 2026-08-31 |
| Retail electricity price for households (EUR / kWh) - Euro Area - FetchSeries Research - Monthly | 368 | 1996-01-31 | 2026-08-31 |