Retail electricity price for households (EUR / kWh) - European Union - FetchSeries Research - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: Retail prices in Europe (FSR)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In the European Union, the household retail electricity price stood at 0.322 EUR / kWh in August 2026, compared to 0.319 in July. This constitutes an increase of 0.8 percent.
Sample. The monthly series shown in the plot has 321 records. The time span covered by the series extends from December 1999 to August 2026.
History. Here are some simple statistics computed on the whole sample: the household retail electricity price averaged 0.194 EUR / kWh; it reached its minimum of 0.108 in December 1999; it hit a maximum of 0.337 in October 2022.
Latest values
| Date | Value - EUR / kWh |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | 0.316610 |
| 2026-07-31 | 0.319382 |
| 2026-08-31 | 0.321894 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Retail electricity price for households |
| Country | European Union |
| 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 |