Denmark residential electricity rates
23.75 EUR cents per kWh
The latest covered residential electricity price for Denmark is 23.75 EUR cents per kilowatt-hour, for 2026 H1. That is 31.9% lower than the same reporting period a year earlier.
Households using 2,500–4,999 kWh/year; all taxes and levies included. National half-year average, not a utility tariff.
Official Eurostat data ↗ · Source checked: 2026-11-09 · Cached official feed
Source figures are in euros. This is not necessarily the local billing currency. Older reporting periods remain visible when a country has not published a newer comparable observation.
What does electricity usage cost in Denmark?
These examples multiply electricity usage by the published average. They are illustrations, not bill quotes; fixed charges, tariff bands and subsidies may affect actual bills.
| Monthly electricity usage | Illustrative cost in EUR |
|---|---|
| 500 kWh | 118.75 EUR |
| 1,000 kWh | 237.50 EUR |
| 1,500 kWh | 356.25 EUR |
Denmark electricity price history
Prices remain in the source currency so exchange-rate movements do not alter this comparison.
| Observation period | EUR cents per kWh | Source flag |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 H1 | 23.75 | — |
| 2025 H2 | 33.12 | — |
| 2025 H1 | 34.85 | — |
| 2024 H2 | 37.63 | — |
| 2024 H1 | 37.08 | — |
| 2023 H2 | 35.54 | — |
| 2023 H1 | 38.11 | — |
| 2022 H2 | 58.71 | — |
| 2022 H1 | 45.59 | — |
| 2021 H2 | 34.48 | — |
| 2021 H1 | 29.00 | — |
| 2020 H2 | 28.19 | — |
| 2020 H1 | 28.33 | — |
How are these residential prices measured?
Eurostat reports household electricity prices for annual consumption of 2,500–4,999 kWh, including taxes and levies. Half-year national averages are not individual retail tariff offers.
County, city and political district boundaries do not define utility territories. The U.S. local lookup identifies possible providers by address and ZIP; its utility prices are dated 2024 averages.