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Electricity prices in Norway in August 2026

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

In August 2026, the average electricity price was lowest in NO4 Northern Norway (16.53 øre VAT-free) and highest in NO2 Southwest Norway (177.05 øre incl. VAT). In August 2026, the average electricity price was lowest in NO4 Northern Norway (16.53 øre excl. VAT) and highest in NO2 Southwest Norway (141.64 øre excl. VAT).

Average in every price area

Price with or without VAT
  1. NO1 Eastern Norway

    21% higher than July 2026 (avg 136.26109.01)

    82% higher than August 2025 (avg 90.8272.66)

    165.37132.29 øre/kWh
  2. NO2 Southwest Norway most expensive

    23% higher than July 2026 (avg 143.97115.18)

    68% higher than August 2025 (avg 105.3884.31)

    177.05141.64 øre/kWh
  3. NO3 Central Norway

    36% higher than July 2026 (avg 92.1973.75)

    116.2292.98 øre higher than August 2025 (avg 9.607.68)

    125.82100.66 øre/kWh
  4. NO4 Northern Norway cheapest

    0.68 øre lower than July 2026 (avg 17.21)

    14.01 øre higher than August 2025 (avg 2.52)

    16.53 øre/kWh
  5. NO5 Western Norway

    12% higher than July 2026 (avg 138.73110.98)

    240% higher than August 2025 (avg 45.8836.71)

    156.02124.82 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 · 11 Aug · 1.91 øre
Most expensive day
NO3 · 27 Aug · 241.47193.18 øre
Cheapest hour
NO2 · 8 Aug 13:00–14:00 · −0.14−0.12 øre
Most expensive hour
NO2 · 12 Aug 19:00–20:00 · 384.03307.22 øre
Hours below zero
3 h on 3 days all areas together

Daily averages

Price area

Average · 165.37132.29 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.

August 2026, øre/kWh incl. VATexcl. VAT.
Day NO1 NO2 NO3 NO4 NO5
1 Aug 133.7106.9 149.0119.2 99.879.8 8.3 136.7109.4
2 Aug 118.594.8 137.1109.7 84.367.5 8.8 125.2100.1
3 Aug 162.7130.2 174.5139.6 110.788.5 8.9 160.6128.5
4 Aug 172.1137.6 180.1144.1 122.097.6 7.2 169.8135.8
5 Aug 157.2125.7 164.1131.3 111.789.4 7.2 152.7122.1
6 Aug 156.7125.4 161.5129.2 102.882.2 5.5 157.8126.2
7 Aug 157.9126.3 165.8132.6 100.480.3 4.6 155.6124.4
8 Aug 113.590.8 127.8102.2 68.454.7 3.0 101.280.9
9 Aug 108.786.9 122.497.9 65.752.6 2.4 95.776.5
10 Aug 133.2106.6 150.5120.4 82.365.8 6.0 116.493.2
11 Aug 128.5102.8 140.0112.0 75.560.4 1.9 117.894.2
12 Aug 180.5144.4 206.2164.9 108.086.4 2.3 150.4120.3
13 Aug 176.5141.2 201.8161.4 125.7100.6 2.6 146.3117.0
14 Aug 163.8131.0 184.8147.8 105.884.7 9.0 139.5111.6
15 Aug 152.9122.3 170.6136.5 96.877.5 9.9 137.8110.3
16 Aug 157.5126.0 176.7141.3 93.074.4 8.5 141.3113.1
17 Aug 199.0159.2 224.4179.5 109.787.7 6.1 165.5132.4
18 Aug 197.5158.0 216.0172.8 141.7113.4 38.4 170.0136.0
19 Aug 206.5165.2 220.1176.1 170.0136.0 129.8 178.1142.4
20 Aug 199.1159.3 211.7169.4 163.0130.4 24.2 180.8144.6
21 Aug 207.4165.9 216.3173.0 176.3141.0 31.4 197.6158.1
22 Aug 158.8127.1 158.5126.8 120.396.2 51.5 161.9129.6
23 Aug 163.3130.6 169.7135.8 99.879.9 6.8 161.9129.5
24 Aug 197.4157.9 200.1160.1 170.9136.7 12.7 193.3154.7
25 Aug 199.6159.7 199.5159.6 218.0174.4 13.6 191.3153.0
26 Aug 210.2168.2 209.7167.7 230.4184.3 14.0 192.1153.7
27 Aug 186.1148.9 180.9144.7 241.5193.2 10.4 191.1152.8
28 Aug 169.1135.3 177.9142.3 161.0128.8 10.2 174.0139.2
29 Aug 142.1113.7 145.7116.6 90.272.2 5.6 154.9123.9
30 Aug 143.6114.8 154.6123.7 106.985.6 16.6 145.8116.7
31 Aug 172.9138.3 190.8152.6 148.0118.4 45.4 173.7139.0

Bold: the cheapest price area of the day.