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    Public charging in Groningen€0.49 to €0.56 per kWh

    Who operates the public chargers in Groningen (municipality), what charging there costs per kWh and what that means per month, compared with charging at home and with other cities. All prices incl. VAT, with source and date.

    Checked on October 21, 2026 · prices per kWh incl. VAT · a source for every price

    Without a card, per kWh

    Municipal chargersRegular charging (AC)
    €0.4944
    Municipal chargers, 16:00 to 21:00Regular charging (AC)
    €0.5644

    Prices as operators and public bodies publish them, incl. VAT. October 21, 2026

    Prices

    Who operates the public chargers in Groningen

    For chargers in public space, municipalities and provinces often award multi-year concessions to an operator. According to the NAL, public clients can set conditions on the (maximum) tariff, the number and type of price components and, for example, a display. As a result prices differ between regions and sometimes within a region. The NAL reports that price transparency scores demonstrably better in concession areas than in the open market or at semi-public chargers.

    • Municipal chargers

      Regular charging (AC)

      €0.4944per kWh incl. VAT

      Municipal charger, 49.44 cents per kWh incl. VAT, outside 16:00 to 21:00. A charging card or contract can add start or transaction fees. Other providers in Groningen can charge a different price. These chargers are not in the Equans concession (GRDR) of the other Groningen municipalities. You request a charger from the municipality. First give a reaction on the possible new locations. Conditions: you live or work at least 20 hours a week in the municipality (or will within 3 months), your car drives at least 50 km electric according to the manufacturer, you have no parking space of your own and park on the street, and within 250 metres of your address (500 metres in the inner city) there is or will be no public charger. If there is a charger within that distance, you are referred to it, unless that charger supplies at least about 10,000 kWh a year. Request and placement are free. Placement takes a year on average, depending on space on the grid. Sources consulted on 11 October 2026.

      Checked on October 21, 2026

      Gemeente Groningen, Regels voor gebruik openbare laadpalenGemeente Groningen, LaadpalenGemeente Groningen, Denk mee over nieuwe laadpalenProvincie Groningen, Openbare laadpalen in Groningen

    • Municipal chargers, 16:00 to 21:00

      Regular charging (AC)

      €0.5644per kWh incl. VAT

      Municipal charger, 56.44 cents per kWh incl. VAT, between 16:00 and 21:00. Sources consulted on 11 October 2026.

      Checked on October 21, 2026

      Gemeente Groningen, Regels voor gebruik openbare laadpalen

    Costs

    What public charging in Groningen costs

    For an average electric car (18.7 kWh per 100 km) driving 15,000 km a year: 1,250 km and 234 kWh a month. At home we use the average price of a dynamic contract over October 2025 to September 2026, including energy tax, VAT and the median markup.

    • €9.25 to €10.55per 100 km at a public charger in Groningenregular charging, October 21, 2026
    • €116 to €132a month in public, at 234 kWh (1,250 km)average electric car
    • €60a month at home, dynamic contractaverage price October 2025 to September 2026
    • €43a month at home, smart charging in the 4 cheapest hoursaverage price October 2025 to September 2026
    • €660 to €860a year more than charging at home on a dynamic contractat 15,000 km a year

    Charging cost per 100 km in Groningen

    Including VAT, at 18.7 kWh per 100 km. A lighter bar runs from the lowest to the highest tariff.

    • At home, smart charging€3.48
    • At home, dynamic contract€4.83
    • Public charger in Groningen€9.25 to €10.55
    • Charging networks without a card (median of 3)€10.66
    View the numbers
    Charging typePrice per kWhPer 100 kmPer month (234 kWh)
    At home, smart charging€0.186€3.48€43
    At home, dynamic contract€0.259€4.83€60
    Public charger in Groningen€0.494 to €0.564€9.25 to €10.55€116 to €132
    Charging networks without a card (median of 3)€0.570€10.66€133

    EV Database, Energy consumption of full electric vehicles cheatsheet (consumption); Energy-Charts and Belastingdienst (home); operators and municipality (public)

    There is no official national average public charging price. For comparison we show the median of the own prices without a card of 3 charging networks (€0.57 per kWh, October 21, 2026). The fixed costs of your energy contract and the cost of a home charger are not included. Compare dynamic contracts

    Calculator: your charging costs in Groningen

    Pick your car or enter your consumption, your kilometres per month, how much you charge in public and at which charger. You see what a month costs and what charging at home would save.

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    Charging at home

    Charging in Groningen

    Your charging cost per month

    €116

    €9.25 per 100 km · 234 kWh per month

    Per month, if you charge everything one way

    • Everything at this public charger€116
    • Everything at home, dynamic contract€60
    • Everything at home, smart charging€43

    Difference per year

    Your public sessions cost €660 a year more than charging at home and €865 more than smart charging at home.

    Amounts incl. VAT, excluding the fixed costs of your energy contract and any charging card costs. Charging at home needs your own charger or socket on your own property.

    Consumption per model: WLTP median (EEA), a laboratory value; often higher in practice. Average car: EV Database, Energy consumption of full electric vehicles cheatsheet. Home: average all-in price October 2025 to September 2026 on a dynamic contract (€0.259 per kWh), smart in the 4 cheapest hours each day (€0.186). More options, such as fast charging and your own supplier, in the EV cost scan.

    Other cities

    Groningen next to the other cities and regions

    Regular charging in Groningen costs €0.49 to €0.56 per kWh: higher than the middle of the 14 municipal AC tariffs in our overview (€0.46) and lower than the median of the charging networks without a card (€0.57).

    Municipal chargers: regular charging (AC) per kWh

    Without a card, incl. VAT, low to high. Groningen is highlighted.

    1. NijmegenQwello, former Equans chargers€0.36
    2. Gelderland and OverijsselVattenfall InCharge€0.368
    3. AmsterdamVelian (formerly Equans)€0.39
    4. FrieslandTotalEnergies€0.41
    5. Gelderland and OverijsselAllego€0.422
    6. AmsterdamTotalEnergies€0.44
    7. The HagueVattenfall InCharge (AC)€0.46
    8. UtrechtTotalEnergies€0.46
    9. RotterdamVelian (formerly Equans)€0.47
    10. North Brabant and LimburgVattenfall InCharge€0.4903
    11. GroningenMunicipal chargers€0.4944
    12. Groningen and DrentheVelian (formerly Equans)€0.50
    13. UtrechtVelian (formerly Equans)€0.57
    14. Gelderland and OverijsselQwello (formerly Park&Charge / EVnetNL)€0.59

    Middle of 14 municipal tariffs

    €0.46

    Median of 3 charging networks without a card

    €0.57

    View the numbers
    City or regionOperatorPer kWh
    NijmegenQwello, former Equans chargers€0.36
    Gelderland and OverijsselVattenfall InCharge€0.368
    AmsterdamVelian (formerly Equans)€0.39
    FrieslandTotalEnergies€0.41
    Gelderland and OverijsselAllego€0.422
    AmsterdamTotalEnergies€0.44
    The HagueVattenfall InCharge (AC)€0.46
    UtrechtTotalEnergies€0.46
    RotterdamVelian (formerly Equans)€0.47
    North Brabant and LimburgVattenfall InCharge€0.4903
    GroningenMunicipal chargers€0.4944
    Groningen and DrentheVelian (formerly Equans)€0.50
    UtrechtVelian (formerly Equans)€0.57
    Gelderland and OverijsselQwello (formerly Park&Charge / EVnetNL)€0.59

    Checked on October 21, 2026. Not a national average: only the tariffs in our overview.

    Not in the chart, because there is no single price: North Holland, Flevoland and Utrecht, Almere, Breda, Haarlem, Amersfoort, Zaanstad, Leiden.

    Charging cards

    With or without a card in Groningen

    Without a card (ad hoc, for example via the QR code on the charger or with your payment card where there is a reader) you only pay the operator’s price. A charging card passes that price on under its own terms and adds its own costs: subscription, start fee or surcharge.

    Whether a card works at these chargers and which price applies must be visible beforehand in the card’s app or on its site (AFIR Art. 5(5)). Cards that set their own price per charger cannot be worked out beforehand; they are not in this list.

    Compare all charging cards

    Per month at Municipal chargers, €0.4944 per kWh

    100 kWh in 8 sessions, the worked example of our card comparison. The five lowest of 21 cards anyone can get whose price can be worked out beforehand:

    Charging cost per month with and without a card in Groningen
    Paying withExtra per monthTotal per month
    Without a card (ad hoc)€0.00€49.44
    Tap ElectricLight€2.47*€51.91*
    TanQyou laadpas€2.50€51.94
    Tap ElectricRoamer€2.50*€51.94*
    Tango electric laadpas€2.80€52.24
    Greenchoice laadpasLaadpas zonder abonnement€3.20*€52.64*
    Median of the 21 cards€4.00€53.44

    Amounts incl. VAT. * Amount as the provider publishes it; the provider does not say whether it includes VAT. Every price with source and date on the card’s page.

    Your rights

    Charging without a card in Groningen

    The EU AFIR regulation also applies to the municipal chargers: you must be able to charge without a subscription and see the price beforehand.

    Is the bill wrong?

    First complain to your card provider or the operator. If that does not help, report it to ACM ConsuWijzer.

    ACM ConsuWijzer, Tarieven laadpalenWhere to go

    Charging without a contract must be possible everywhere (AFIR Art. 5(1))

    Operators must offer ad hoc charging at every publicly accessible charging point. Under AFIR Art. 2, ad hoc means without registering, without a written agreement and without a commercial relationship beyond buying the charging session. According to the European Commission (Q&A 5.9), an operator or mobility service provider app that requires an account therefore does not count as an ad hoc payment option. Cash-only payment is not sufficient either (Q&A 5.7). Does not apply to charging points where charging is free.

    Verordening (EU) 2023/1804 (AFIR), EUR-LexEuropese Commissie, Q&A over AFIR (EU) 2023/1804

    New chargers: pay with a widely used payment card (AFIR Art. 5(1))

    At publicly accessible charging points deployed from 13 April 2024, ad hoc charging must be possible with a payment instrument widely used in the EU. The operator must offer at least one of: (a) a payment card reader, (b) a contactless device that can at least read payment cards, or (c) only for points below 50 kW: a secure online payment option, for example via a QR code. The Commission confirms that a static QR code (sticker) can comply if the payment is secure (Q&A 5.10), and that a contactless reader may accept payment cards in a mobile wallet (Q&A 5.9). One terminal may serve several points in a charging pool.

    Verordening (EU) 2023/1804 (AFIR), EUR-LexEuropese Commissie, Q&A over AFIR (EU) 2023/1804

    Chargers below 50 kW: all price components available beforehand, in a fixed order (AFIR Art. 5(4))

    At charging points below 50 kW, the operator must make the ad hoc price with all its components clearly and easily available at the station so you know it before starting. The order is fixed: price per kWh, price per minute, price per session, then any other component. This may be digital, for example via a QR code or link at the charger (Q&A 5.19). According to the Commission, this duty applies since 13 April 2024 to all publicly accessible points below 50 kW, including existing ones (Q&A 5.20).

    Verordening (EU) 2023/1804 (AFIR), EUR-LexEuropese Commissie, Q&A over AFIR (EU) 2023/1804

    Charge card providers: full price beforehand, no surcharge for charging abroad (AFIR Art. 5(5))

    Prices charged by mobility service providers (charge card and app providers) must be reasonable, transparent and non-discriminatory. Before a session starts, they must make all price information for that session available through freely available, widely supported electronic means, listing all price components separately, including e-roaming costs and their own fees. According to the Commission, the aim is that you can compare the ad hoc price with your card price beforehand (Q&A 5.27). Providers may not add extra charges for cross-border e-roaming.

    Verordening (EU) 2023/1804 (AFIR), EUR-LexEuropese Commissie, Q&A over AFIR (EU) 2023/1804

    Questions

    Questions about public charging in Groningen

    What does public charging cost in Groningen?

    As of October 21, 2026, charging without a card at the public chargers in Groningen costs €0.4944 at Municipal chargers and €0.5644 at Municipal chargers, 16:00 to 21:00 per kWh, including VAT. Per 100 km that is €9.25 to €10.55. At 234 kWh a month that is €116 to €132. At home, a month at the same consumption averages €60 on a dynamic contract (October 2025 to September 2026).

    What does 100 km cost if you charge in public in Groningen?

    At an average consumption of 18.7 kWh per 100 km, 100 km costs €9.25 to €10.55 at a regular public charger. At home it is €4.83 on a dynamic contract and €3.48 if you charge smart in the 4 cheapest hours (average price October 2025 to September 2026).

    Is public charging in Groningen more expensive than charging at home?

    Yes, usually. At 15,000 km a year you charge about 234 kWh a month. At a public charger in Groningen that costs €116 to €132 a month, at home €60 on average on a dynamic contract and €43 with smart charging. Per year, public charging costs €660 to €860 more than charging at home and €865 to €1,060 more than smart charging at home. Charging at home needs your own charger; the fixed costs of your energy contract are not included.

    Can I charge in Groningen without a charging card?

    Yes. Under the EU AFIR rules every publicly accessible charger must offer charging without a subscription or registration (ad hoc), since April 13, 2024. At chargers deployed from April 13, 2024 you can pay with a widely used payment card, contactless or (below 50 kW) through a secure online payment, for example via a QR code. At chargers below 50 kW you must be able to see all price components before you start.