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Electricity prices in Norway in May 2026

· prices in øre/kWh (100 øre = 1 NOK) · times in Oslo time

In May 2026, the average electricity price was lowest in NO4 Northern Norway (38.99 øre VAT-free) and highest in NO5 Western Norway (137.42 øre incl. VAT). In May 2026, the average electricity price was lowest in NO4 Northern Norway (38.99 øre excl. VAT) and highest in NO5 Western Norway (109.94 øre excl. VAT).

Average in every price area

Price with or without VAT
  1. NO1 Eastern Norway

    4% lower than April 2026 (avg 138.87111.09)

    50% higher than May 2025 (avg 88.9871.19)

    133.15106.52 øre/kWh
  2. NO2 Southwest Norway

    5% higher than April 2026 (avg 129.34103.47)

    45% higher than May 2025 (avg 93.5374.83)

    135.59108.47 øre/kWh
  3. NO3 Central Norway

    24% lower than April 2026 (avg 129.12103.29)

    82.9766.38 øre higher than May 2025 (avg 15.7512.60)

    98.7278.98 øre/kWh
  4. NO4 Northern Norway cheapest

    24.56 øre higher than April 2026 (avg 14.43)

    30.98 øre higher than May 2025 (avg 8.01)

    38.99 øre/kWh
  5. NO5 Western Norway most expensive

    10% lower than April 2026 (avg 153.36122.69)

    118% higher than May 2025 (avg 63.1650.53)

    137.42109.94 øre/kWh

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
NO4 · 24 May · 2.32 øre
Most expensive day
NO5 · 12 May · 181.64145.31 øre
Cheapest hour
NO1 · 24 May 14:00–15:00 · −15.49−12.40 øre
Most expensive hour
NO1 · 7 May 20:00–21:00 · 285.25228.20 øre
Hours below zero
32 h on 7 days all areas together

Daily averages

Price area

Average · 133.15106.52 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 NO1 NO2 NO3 NO4 NO5
1 May 100.680.5 98.678.9 67.854.2 13.0 124.699.7
2 May 106.985.5 107.586.0 67.654.1 7.1 136.6109.3
3 May 121.797.3 124.599.6 94.075.2 31.6 132.5106.0
4 May 151.6121.3 151.8121.4 110.088.0 55.2 148.7119.0
5 May 167.5134.0 167.1133.7 105.384.3 52.9 161.7129.3
6 May 164.3131.5 163.4130.7 148.0118.4 95.4 164.0131.2
7 May 180.1144.0 179.7143.8 180.4144.3 144.3 180.2144.1
8 May 154.7123.7 155.6124.5 141.4113.1 102.0 160.1128.1
9 May 148.2118.6 149.1119.3 95.876.7 31.2 144.7115.7
10 May 147.3117.9 144.8115.9 110.288.2 39.5 145.2116.2
11 May 163.1130.5 159.2127.4 166.0132.8 83.7 167.5134.0
12 May 150.5120.4 144.7115.8 160.3128.2 102.8 181.6145.3
13 May 160.1128.0 158.6126.9 144.0115.2 50.9 165.3132.2
14 May 142.1113.7 141.9113.5 94.175.3 20.0 158.6126.9
15 May 149.7119.8 151.4121.1 130.2104.1 22.5 162.4129.9
16 May 130.7104.5 134.7107.8 126.5101.2 24.4 161.5129.2
17 May 134.2107.4 140.7112.5 121.997.5 21.5 167.5134.0
18 May 178.3142.6 180.9144.7 152.1121.7 67.1 174.6139.7
19 May 161.2129.0 160.7128.5 129.9103.9 25.1 158.6126.9
20 May 143.3114.6 144.2115.4 93.875.0 25.4 135.1108.0
21 May 148.2118.5 147.2117.7 96.277.0 23.5 143.8115.0
22 May 130.8104.6 132.1105.7 85.268.2 27.5 135.9108.7
23 May 88.971.1 92.974.4 37.830.3 12.4 83.666.8
24 May 62.049.6 87.069.6 22.918.3 2.3 72.057.6
25 May 95.576.4 101.881.4 33.726.9 7.4 86.669.3
26 May 104.083.2 111.288.9 32.826.2 8.6 85.468.3
27 May 101.981.5 102.982.3 41.833.4 8.0 105.784.6
28 May 118.494.7 120.496.3 49.339.5 12.1 113.590.8
29 May 107.586.0 114.891.8 70.856.6 33.8 112.289.7
30 May 102.682.1 111.689.3 68.654.9 29.5 90.372.3
31 May 112.089.6 122.497.9 82.165.7 28.2 100.180.1

Bold: the cheapest price area of the day.