Electricity prices in Norway in August 2025
· prices in øre/kWh (100 øre = 1 NOK) · times in Oslo time
In August 2025, the average electricity price was lowest in NO4 Northern Norway (2.52 øre VAT-free) and highest in NO2 Southwest Norway (105.38 øre incl. VAT). In August 2025, the average electricity price was lowest in NO4 Northern Norway (2.52 øre excl. VAT) and highest in NO2 Southwest Norway (84.31 øre excl. VAT).
Average in every price area
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NO1 Eastern Norway90.8272.66 øre/kWh
46% higher than July 2025 (avg 62.0549.64)
74.7559.80 øre higher than August 2024 (avg 16.0712.86)
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NO2 Southwest Norway most expensive105.3884.31 øre/kWh
2% higher than July 2025 (avg 103.2282.58)
77% higher than August 2024 (avg 59.6947.76)
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NO3 Central Norway9.607.68 øre/kWh
0.750.60 øre higher than July 2025 (avg 8.857.08)
6.305.04 øre lower than August 2024 (avg 15.9012.72)
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NO4 Northern Norway cheapest2.52 øre/kWh
0.51 øre lower than July 2025 (avg 3.03)
10.28 øre lower than August 2024 (avg 12.80)
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NO5 Western Norway45.8836.71 øre/kWh
23.4918.80 øre higher than July 2025 (avg 22.3917.91)
29.1423.32 øre higher than August 2024 (avg 16.7413.39)
øre/kWh incl. VATexcl. VAT. In NO4, households in Nordland, Troms and Finnmark pay no VAT on electricity; the part of Trøndelag in NO4 pays 25% VAT.
Records
- Cheapest day
- NO3 · 10 Aug · −1.97−1.57 øre
- Most expensive day
- NO1 · 13 Aug · 154.09123.27 øre
- Cheapest hour
- NO1 · 10 Aug 13:00–14:00 · −22.85−18.28 øre
- Most expensive hour
- NO1 · 13 Aug 20:00–21:00 · 296.14236.91 øre
- Hours below zero
- 79 h on 17 days all areas together
Daily averages
Average · 90.8272.66 øre/kWh incl. VATexcl. VAT
Average · 105.3884.31 øre/kWh incl. VATexcl. VAT
Average · 9.607.68 øre/kWh incl. VATexcl. VAT
Average · 2.52 øre/kWh VAT-free
Average · 45.8836.71 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.
Bold: the cheapest price area of the day.