Electricity price in Norway today
On Monday 26 October, the day's average price is lowest in NO4 Northern Norway, at 21.91 øre/kWh VAT-free, and highest in NO2 Southwest Norway, at 125.53 øre incl. VAT. On Monday 26 October, the day's average price is lowest in NO4 Northern Norway, at 21.91 øre/kWh excl. VAT, and highest in NO2 Southwest Norway, at 100.43 øre excl. VAT.
Prices in øre/kWh (100 øre = 1 NOK) · times in Oslo time
Price now in every area
17:30–17:45 · prices published Sun 25 Oct 13:15
øre/kWh incl. VATexcl. VAT (NO4: no VAT in the far north)
Energy only, excl. grid fees and leviesThe level compares the price now with today's average in the same area.
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NO1 Eastern Norway
Oslo, Drammen, Fredrikstad, Hamar
182.03145.62 Expensiveavg 121.0496.83 · cheapest hour 22.7718.21 · most expensive hour 182.48145.98
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NO2 Southwest Norway
Kristiansand, Stavanger, Tønsberg, Skien
214.60171.68 Very expensiveavg 125.53100.43 · cheapest hour 21.4117.13 · most expensive hour 215.69172.55 Most expensive now
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NO3 Central Norway
Trondheim, Ålesund, Molde, Førde
120.5696.45 Expensiveavg 94.9975.99 · cheapest hour 36.3629.09 · most expensive hour 120.8796.69
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NO4 Northern Norway
Tromsø, Bodø, Narvik, Alta
25.08 Very cheapavg 21.91 · cheapest hour 15.03 · most expensive hour 27.23 · VAT-free · very low all day Cheapest now
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NO5 Western Norway
Bergen, Voss, Sogndal
176.71141.37 Expensiveavg 123.6698.93 · cheapest hour 24.1219.29 · most expensive hour 180.52144.41
“Now” is the price of the current 15 minutes. The cheapest and most expensive hours are averages of whole clock hours, so the price now can be below or above them.
Difference now: 189.52 øre between NO4 and NO2. Difference now: 146.60 øre between NO4 and NO2.
Which price area am I in? ↓Cheapest 3 hours in a row from now, in each area
Average, øre/kWh incl. VATexcl. VAT (NO4: no VAT in the far north).
- NO1 tomorrow 05:00–08:00 in 11 h 17 min 64.4951.59 øre
- NO2 tomorrow 04:45–07:45 in 11 h 2 min 64.7851.83 øre
- NO3 tomorrow 05:00–08:00 in 11 h 17 min 57.3445.87 øre
- NO4 tomorrow 21:00–24:00 in 27 h 17 min 15.94 øre
- NO5 tomorrow 05:00–08:00 in 11 h 17 min 65.6252.50 øre
Tomorrow: average per area
- NO1 avg 140.01112.01 · 39.9631.97–179.40143.52 +16 %
- NO2 avg 142.56114.05 · 38.9431.15–185.95148.76 +14 %
- NO3 avg 93.9775.18 · 44.1635.33–115.0292.01 −1 %
- NO4 avg 18.89 · 15.79–23.21 −3.02 øre
- NO5 avg 140.42112.34 · 40.8832.71–179.69143.75 +14 %
øre/kWh incl. VATexcl. VAT (NO4: no VAT in the far north), day average and lowest–highest price; change from today.
Electricity price tomorrow in all areas →Hourly prices today in all areas
| Time | NO1 | NO2 | NO3 | NO4 | NO5 |
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| 00:00–01:00 | 51.741.4 | 61.449.1 | 59.347.5 | 15.0 | 88.170.5 |
| 01:00–02:00 | 38.430.7 | 38.030.4 | 41.933.6 | 15.0 | 39.531.6 |
| 02:00–03:00 | 27.822.2 | 27.121.7 | 36.429.1 | 15.1 | 28.823.1 |
| 03:00–04:00 | 22.818.2 | 21.417.1 | 40.432.3 | 19.4 | 24.119.3 |
| 04:00–05:00 | 33.526.8 | 26.321.0 | 48.338.6 | 20.1 | 39.431.5 |
| 05:00–06:00 | 69.755.8 | 67.554.0 | 65.852.7 | 20.3 | 72.958.3 |
| 06:00–07:00 | 142.2113.8 | 144.5115.6 | 109.887.9 | 20.9 | 144.7115.7 |
| 07:00–08:00 | 149.6119.7 | 152.8122.2 | 115.192.1 | 23.2 | 152.2121.7 |
| 08:00–09:00 | 150.2120.1 | 152.8122.2 | 118.194.5 | 23.0 | 152.8122.3 |
| 09:00–10:00 | 153.8123.0 | 156.2125.0 | 118.895.0 | 23.4 | 157.2125.8 |
| 10:00–11:00 | 142.5114.0 | 142.5114.0 | 120.996.7 | 23.4 | 145.8116.6 |
| 11:00–12:00 | 137.9110.4 | 137.8110.2 | 117.293.8 | 23.7 | 141.4113.1 |
| 12:00–13:00 | 103.682.9 | 99.579.6 | 115.592.4 | 24.2 | 107.085.6 |
| 13:00–14:00 | 133.9107.2 | 134.4107.5 | 114.391.5 | 24.3 | 136.5109.2 |
| 14:00–15:00 | 144.4115.5 | 146.6117.3 | 113.590.8 | 27.2 | 146.2117.0 |
| 15:00–16:00 | 161.0128.8 | 166.5133.2 | 107.686.1 | 23.3 | 161.6129.3 |
| 16:00–17:00 | 176.1140.9 | 184.7147.7 | 115.492.3 | 23.7 | 176.0140.8 |
| 17:00–18:00 Now | 182.1145.7 | 215.7172.5 | 119.095.2 | 24.8 | 176.7141.4 |
| 18:00–19:00 | 182.5146.0 | 214.7171.7 | 115.892.7 | 24.0 | 176.7141.3 |
| 19:00–20:00 | 182.1145.7 | 189.7151.7 | 112.790.1 | 22.4 | 180.5144.4 |
| 20:00–21:00 | 173.2138.6 | 179.8143.8 | 111.889.4 | 23.2 | 172.4137.9 |
| 21:00–22:00 | 156.1124.9 | 161.1128.9 | 104.483.6 | 21.6 | 156.2124.9 |
| 22:00–23:00 | 126.8101.5 | 129.5103.6 | 91.673.3 | 22.3 | 126.8101.5 |
| 23:00–24:00 | 63.050.4 | 62.349.8 | 66.052.8 | 22.3 | 64.451.5 |
Colours compare each price with the day’s average; a price is marked as expensive only if it is above the average by at least 12.510 øre (NO4: 10 øre).
Why is electricity cheaper than usual today?
The day's average price is lower than the average of the last 30 days in every price area. In general, Norwegian prices fall when the reservoirs are full after a wet spell, or when strong wind leaves the neighbouring countries with spare power.
Past prices
Which price area am I in?
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NO1 – Eastern Norway
Oslo, Akershus, Østfold, most of Innlandet, eastern Buskerud with Drammen, and Røros in Trøndelag.
Cities: Oslo, Drammen, Fredrikstad, Hamar
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NO2 – Southwest Norway
Agder, Rogaland, Vestfold, nearly all of Telemark, a little of Buskerud and the south of Vestland (Sunnhordland).
Cities: Kristiansand, Stavanger, Tønsberg, Skien
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NO3 – Central Norway
Møre og Romsdal, most of Trøndelag, northern Vestland (Sunnfjord and Nordfjord) and the north-west of Innlandet.
Cities: Trondheim, Ålesund, Molde, Førde
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NO4 – Northern Norway
Nordland, Troms and Finnmark, plus a small part of north-eastern Trøndelag.
Cities: Tromsø, Bodø, Narvik, Alta
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NO5 – Western Norway
Bergen and central Vestland up to the Sognefjord, inner Sogn and western Buskerud.
Cities: Bergen, Voss, Sogndal
About the prices
Source: ENTSO-E Transparency Platform. "With VAT" includes 25% VAT. In NO4, households in Nordland, Troms and Finnmark pay no VAT on electricity; the part of Trøndelag in NO4 pays 25% VAT.
Prices are converted from euros at the European Central Bank rate of Fri 23 Oct.
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What is the spot price (spotpris)?
The spot price is the wholesale price of electricity in your price area, set a day in advance for every quarter hour. It is set in the European day-ahead auction, and Nord Pool is the main power exchange in the Nordic countries, so many people call it the Nord Pool price.
Norway has five price areas, NO1 to NO5, and each has its own price. Quarter-hour prices started on 1 October 2025; before that there was one price per hour. On a spot-price contract (spotprisavtale) your supplier charges you this price plus a mark-up (påslag).
How is the price set?
Producers and buyers send their bids for every quarter hour of the next day before 12:00 Norwegian time. One European algorithm then matches supply and demand in all connected price areas at once, within the limits of the power lines between them. The result comes out around 12:45–13:00, and from then on tomorrow's prices are shown here. When a line has room, the areas on each side end up with the same price. When it is full, each side gets a price of its own.
What moves the electricity price in Norway?
Nine tenths of Norway's electricity comes from hydropower, and water in the reservoirs can be saved for the hours when it is worth most. So the price depends on how full the reservoirs are, on snow and rain, and on prices abroad: cables link southern Norway to Sweden, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and the UK. Cold weather raises demand.
The lines between the price areas can carry only so much power, so each area gets its own price. The north produces far more hydropower than it uses, which is why southern Norway usually pays more. Within the day the price is usually lowest at night and highest in the morning and late afternoon, and weekends are often cheaper. When the neighbouring countries have a surplus of wind and solar power, the price can even drop below zero.
What else is on an electricity bill in Norway?
The spot price covers the energy only. Your local grid company charges nettleie (grid rent): a fixed monthly part based on your highest hourly use, and a price per kWh, which many grid companies make lower at night and at weekends. The grid bill also carries elavgift (electricity tax), 7.13 øre/kWh excl. VAT in 2026; households in Finnmark and seven municipalities in northern Troms are exempt.
Your electricity supplier adds its påslag (mark-up) and often a monthly fee. VAT (mva) is 25%, but households in Nordland, Troms and Finnmark pay none. Strømstøtte (electricity support), or Norgespris if you have ordered it, is settled on the grid bill.
Questions and answers
How much does electricity cost in Norway?
The spot price on this page is the energy part of your bill, in øre per kWh (100 øre = 1 krone). It changes every 15 minutes and differs between the five price areas; Northern Norway is usually the cheapest. What you pay per kWh in the end is higher: nettleie (grid rent), elavgift (electricity tax), your supplier's mark-up and VAT come on top, while strømstøtte or Norgespris brings it down. Grid rent differs between grid companies, so we don't show a total.
Is electricity cheap in Norway?
It depends on where you live. Northern and often Central Norway have some of the lowest prices in Europe, because they produce far more hydropower than they use. Southern Norway is linked by cable to Germany, the UK and the Netherlands, so when power is expensive there, it is expensive in the south too, as in 2022, when low reservoirs made it worse. Strømstøtte and Norgespris shield households from the highest prices.
How much is nettleie?
It depends on where you live. Nettleie (grid rent) is set by your local grid company, such as Elvia, Tensio or Lede, which you can't choose, and prices differ a lot between companies. Check your own grid company's price list: the fixed monthly part depends on your highest hourly use, so spreading out heavy use, like the EV charger and the water heater, can lower it.
Which price area has the most expensive electricity?
It changes from day to day, but it is usually one of the southern areas, NO1, NO2 or NO5, which are most closely tied to prices in Europe. NO4 in the north is usually the cheapest, with NO3 in between. The overview at the top shows which area is cheapest and most expensive right now.
When is electricity cheapest today?
See the cheapest 3 hours in a row for each price area above. In Norway the price is usually lowest at night and highest in the morning and late afternoon, especially in winter. On a spot-price contract it pays to run the washing machine, dishwasher or EV charger in the cheap hours. With Norgespris every hour costs the same, so moving your use saves nothing.
Can the electricity price be negative in Norway?
Yes, though less often than in Denmark or Finland. It happens mostly on summer days, when wind, solar and river power in Norway and its neighbours produce more than is needed, and in recent years it has reached Central and Northern Norway too. On a spot-price contract the energy then costs almost nothing, or you get a little back, but nettleie and elavgift still apply.
What is Norgespris?
Norgespris is the state's fixed price for household power: 40 øre/kWh excl. VAT (50 øre incl. VAT) until 31 December 2026. You order it on Min side (My page) at Elhub, and the difference from the spot price is settled on your grid bill. If you don't order it, you get the spot price with strømstøtte, which covers 90% of the price above 77 øre/kWh excl. VAT in 2026. Which is cheaper depends on your area and on when you use power. For 2027 the government has proposed 45 øre excl. VAT, and Norgespris has to be ordered again.