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Electricity prices in Denmark in May 2026

· prices in øre/kWh (100 øre = 1 DKK) · times in Copenhagen time

In May 2026, the average electricity price was about the same in every price area: 93.02 øre incl. VAT. In May 2026, the average electricity price was about the same in every price area: 74.41 øre excl. VAT.

Average in every price area

Price with or without VAT
  1. DK1 West Denmark

    20% higher than April 2026 (avg 77.6862.15)

    56% higher than May 2025 (avg 59.9047.92)

    93.3874.71 øre/kWh
  2. DK2 East Denmark

    25% higher than April 2026 (avg 74.1359.30)

    58% higher than May 2025 (avg 58.8347.06)

    93.0274.41 øre/kWh

øre/kWh incl. VATexcl. VAT

Records

Cheapest day
DK2 · 27 May · 58.9047.12 øre
Most expensive day
DK1 · 18 May · 129.79103.83 øre
Cheapest hour
DK1 · 24 May 14:00–15:00 · −28.02−22.42 øre
Most expensive hour
DK1 · 28 May 20:00–21:00 · 367.94294.35 øre
Hours below zero
83 h on 16 days all areas together

Daily averages

Price area

Average · 93.3874.71 øre/kWh incl. VATexcl. VAT

øre/kWh incl. VATexcl. VAT. Each bar is a day's average; its colour compares it with the month average.

Day averages by price area

Tap a price for the day hour by hour. Colours compare each price with the month average of all price areas.

May 2026, øre/kWh incl. VATexcl. VAT.
Day DK1 DK2
1 May 61.849.5 62.049.6
2 May 67.253.8 64.051.2
3 May 82.265.7 79.963.9
4 May 115.992.7 117.393.8
5 May 119.795.8 120.396.3
6 May 114.491.5 113.590.8
7 May 126.9101.5 127.3101.8
8 May 105.984.7 105.484.3
9 May 83.366.6 82.766.2
10 May 75.260.2 77.261.8
11 May 111.489.1 112.089.6
12 May 87.469.9 99.379.5
13 May 107.986.3 108.787.0
14 May 88.270.5 88.570.8
15 May 99.979.9 101.080.8
16 May 77.662.1 79.763.8
17 May 79.063.2 78.562.8
18 May 129.8103.8 122.798.2
19 May 119.795.7 118.995.1
20 May 101.681.3 102.081.6
21 May 101.881.4 104.083.2
22 May 100.480.3 102.081.6
23 May 73.658.9 73.458.7
24 May 65.852.6 66.953.5
25 May 74.059.2 67.554.0
26 May 82.365.8 73.558.8
27 May 67.854.3 58.947.1
28 May 113.590.8 111.789.3
29 May 94.775.8 92.073.6
30 May 78.262.6 80.564.4
31 May 87.970.3 92.273.8

Bold: the cheapest price area of the day.