Electricity price now: what the current quarter hour costs
The calculator reads your clock and picks the quarter hour you are in. Add your contract’s purchase fee to see what you pay right now.
Average for 24 October 2026
15.2 ct/kWh
All-in price, Netherlands
| Daily average, all-in | 15.2 ct/kWh |
| Cheapest hour (13:00) | 11.6 ct/kWh |
| Most expensive hour (19:00) | 23.6 ct/kWh |
| Exchange price, daily average | 3.4 ct/kWh |
| Negative quarter hours | 0 |
Every hour as a table
| Hour | Exchange | All-in |
|---|---|---|
| 00:00 | 2.7 ct/kWh | 14.4 ct/kWh |
| 01:00 | 2.6 ct/kWh | 14.2 ct/kWh |
| 02:00 | 1.9 ct/kWh | 13.4 ct/kWh |
| 03:00 | 2.0 ct/kWh | 13.5 ct/kWh |
| 04:00 | 1.8 ct/kWh | 13.3 ct/kWh |
| 05:00 | 2.0 ct/kWh | 13.5 ct/kWh |
| 06:00 | 2.0 ct/kWh | 13.5 ct/kWh |
| 07:00 | 3.6 ct/kWh | 15.5 ct/kWh |
| 08:00 | 4.9 ct/kWh | 17.1 ct/kWh |
| 09:00 | 5.5 ct/kWh | 17.8 ct/kWh |
| 10:00 | 3.4 ct/kWh | 15.2 ct/kWh |
| 11:00 | 1.5 ct/kWh | 13.0 ct/kWh |
| 12:00 | 0.8 ct/kWh | 12.0 ct/kWh |
| 13:00 | 0.4 ct/kWh | 11.6 ct/kWh |
| 14:00 | 0.4 ct/kWh | 11.6 ct/kWh |
| 15:00 | 0.8 ct/kWh | 12.0 ct/kWh |
| 16:00 | 2.3 ct/kWh | 13.8 ct/kWh |
| 17:00 | 5.5 ct/kWh | 17.8 ct/kWh |
| 18:00 | 10.0 ct/kWh | 23.2 ct/kWh |
| 19:00 | 10.3 ct/kWh | 23.6 ct/kWh |
| 20:00 | 8.3 ct/kWh | 21.1 ct/kWh |
| 21:00 | 3.8 ct/kWh | 15.7 ct/kWh |
| 22:00 | 2.8 ct/kWh | 14.5 ct/kWh |
| 23:00 | 1.3 ct/kWh | 12.7 ct/kWh |
Exchange price + 0.00 ct purchase fee + energy tax 9.161 ct, plus 21% VAT. Dutch grid costs are a fixed charge per connection, so they are not in the hourly price.
Latest day with prices: 25 October 2026. Day-ahead wholesale prices: Bundesnetzagentur | SMARD.de (CC BY 4.0), fetched on 24 October 2026. Calculation: Radif Partners
The electricity price right now, on a Dutch dynamic contract, is the day-ahead exchange price of the current quarter hour plus your supplier’s purchase fee, the energy tax of 9.161 ct/kWh per kWh and 21% VAT. The price for each quarter hour was fixed the day before, so “now” never surprises you: it was known since early yesterday afternoon. On 24 October 2026 the exchange price in the Dutch zone averages 3.4 ct/kWh, from 0.3 ct/kWh at 13:45 to 11.5 ct/kWh at 19:00; 34 of the day’s 96 quarter hours are above that average. Before any purchase fee, the average comes to about 15.2 ct/kWh all-in. Over the last 30 days the cheapest hour of the day was, on average, the one starting at 13:00, so if the price now is high, the calculator below shows how much waiting would save. Network charges are a daily amount per connection and are not part of this quarter-hourly price.
Checked by Radif Partners · Editorial policy · Method and sources
Today in the Dutch and Belgian zones
| Netherlands | Belgium | |
|---|---|---|
| Average | 3.36 ct/kWh | 3.75 ct/kWh |
| Lowest quarter hour | 0.30 ct/kWh (13:45) | 0.72 ct/kWh (13:45) |
| Highest quarter hour | 11.54 ct/kWh (19:00) | 11.78 ct/kWh (19:00) |
| Negative quarter hours | 0 | 0 |
The values come from Bundesnetzagentur | SMARD.de: wholesale electricity prices (CC BY 4.0), which publishes the results for all European bidding zones under the CC BY 4.0 licence. The Dutch energy tax is set in the Environmental Taxes Act (Wbm), articles 59 and 63 (1 January 2026), VAT in the Dutch VAT Act 1968, article 9 (21% VAT).
Now, today, tomorrow
This page answers one question: what does the current quarter hour cost. The whole day hour by hour is on hourly electricity prices, the next day from early afternoon on electricity price tomorrow, and the best start for an appliance on cheapest hour. Whether a dynamic contract beats your current one over a month is on dynamic electricity tariff.