France residential electricity rates

LATEST PUBLISHED OBSERVATION

24.85 EUR cents per kWh

The latest covered residential electricity price for France is 24.85 EUR cents per kilowatt-hour, for 2026 H1. That is 7.0% 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 France?

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 usageIllustrative cost in EUR
500 kWh124.25 EUR
1,000 kWh248.50 EUR
1,500 kWh372.75 EUR

France electricity price history

Prices remain in the source currency so exchange-rate movements do not alter this comparison.

Observation periodEUR cents per kWhSource flag
2026 H124.85—
2025 H225.61—
2025 H126.71—
2024 H229.26—
2024 H128.47—
2023 H225.91—
2023 H123.00—
2022 H222.04—
2022 H120.92—
2021 H220.22—
2021 H119.46—
2020 H219.58—
2020 H118.93—

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.

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