Electricity price per month
Dutch electricity price May 2020
An average of €0.018 per kWh on the Dutch day-ahead market, excluding VAT and energy tax. With energy tax and VAT €0.173. In May 2019 it was €0.040.
May 2020
€0.018/kWh
Market price (day-ahead), excl. VAT and energy tax, average.
- Smart (4 cheapest hours)
- €0.010
- Evening (6 to 10 pm)
- €0.025
- €0.018/kWhaverage in May 2020-56% vs 2019
- €0.005/kWhcheapest day: Sunday, May 24
- €0.025/kWhmost expensive day: Tuesday, May 26
- 21hourswith a negative price2019: 0 h
Per day
May 2020, day by day
The average market price of every day, with the same day in May 2019 as a line. Smart charging in the 4 cheapest hours of the day cost €0.010 on average, in the evening between 6 and 10 pm €0.025.
Average market price per day, May 2020
Per kWh, excl. VAT and energy tax
See the figures
| Day | May 2020 | May 2019 |
|---|---|---|
| May 1 | €0.014 | €0.039 |
| May 2 | €0.012 | €0.041 |
| May 3 | €0.015 | €0.041 |
| May 4 | €0.023 | €0.040 |
| May 5 | €0.020 | €0.039 |
| May 6 | €0.021 | €0.046 |
| May 7 | €0.020 | €0.051 |
| May 8 | €0.022 | €0.040 |
| May 9 | €0.021 | €0.045 |
| May 10 | €0.013 | €0.045 |
| May 11 | €0.014 | €0.040 |
| May 12 | €0.022 | €0.039 |
| May 13 | €0.022 | €0.041 |
| May 14 | €0.022 | €0.041 |
| May 15 | €0.021 | €0.041 |
| May 16 | €0.018 | €0.040 |
| May 17 | €0.013 | €0.043 |
| May 18 | €0.019 | €0.037 |
| May 19 | €0.022 | €0.035 |
| May 20 | €0.024 | €0.046 |
| May 21 | €0.019 | €0.043 |
| May 22 | €0.017 | €0.040 |
| May 23 | €0.005 | €0.040 |
| May 24 | €0.005 | €0.040 |
| May 25 | €0.019 | €0.037 |
| May 26 | €0.025 | €0.026 |
| May 27 | €0.022 | €0.037 |
| May 28 | €0.020 | €0.042 |
| May 29 | €0.021 | €0.041 |
| May 30 | €0.012 | €0.032 |
| May 31 | €0.005 | €0.036 |
Energy-Charts (Fraunhofer ISE), data Bundesnetzagentur | SMARD.de (CC BY 4.0)
A year earlier
May 2020 against May 2019
The average market price was lower: €0.018 against €0.040 per kWh (-56%).
| Per kWh, market price | May 2020 | May 2019 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average | €0.018 | €0.040 | €-0.022 |
| Smart: 4 cheapest hours | €0.010 | €0.032 | €-0.022 |
| Evening (6 to 10 pm) | €0.025 | €0.046 | €-0.021 |
| Lowest quarter hour or hour | €-0.025 | €0.005 | €-0.030 |
| Highest quarter hour or hour | €0.043 | €0.068 | €-0.025 |
| Hours with a negative price | 21 | 0 | +21 |
| Average with energy tax and VAT | €0.173 | €0.191 | €-0.018 |
Energy tax and VAT of that year; without the supplier’s markup. Current month: up to the last day with prices.
Every day
Electricity price per day in May 2020
Per kWh, market price (day-ahead), excl. VAT and energy tax. Cheapest 3 hours: the 3 consecutive hours with the lowest average price that day.
| Day | Average | Lowest | Highest | Smart | Evening | Cheapest 3 hours | Hours < 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FriMay 1 | €0.014 | €0.002 | €0.028 | €0.004 | €0.024 | 03:00 (€0.005) | 0 |
| SatMay 2 | €0.012 | €0.005 | €0.028 | €0.006 | €0.024 | 14:00 (€0.006) | 0 |
| SunMay 3 | €0.015 | €0.006 | €0.029 | €0.006 | €0.027 | 13:00 (€0.006) | 0 |
| MonMay 4 | €0.023 | €0.015 | €0.035 | €0.017 | €0.026 | 13:00 (€0.017) | 0 |
| TueMay 5 | €0.020 | €0.013 | €0.030 | €0.014 | €0.027 | 14:00 (€0.014) | 0 |
| WedMay 6 | €0.021 | €0.015 | €0.029 | €0.016 | €0.025 | 14:00 (€0.016) | 0 |
| ThuMay 7 | €0.020 | €0.015 | €0.033 | €0.015 | €0.026 | 14:00 (€0.015) | 0 |
| FriMay 8 | €0.022 | €0.015 | €0.035 | €0.016 | €0.030 | 02:00 (€0.016) | 0 |
| SatMay 9 | €0.021 | €0.012 | €0.035 | €0.014 | €0.030 | 10:00 (€0.014) | 0 |
| SunMay 10 | €0.013 | €0.001 | €0.021 | €0.003 | €0.014 | 14:00 (€0.002) | 0 |
| MonMay 11 | €0.014 | €-0.0000 | €0.025 | €0.001 | €0.022 | 02:00 (€0.0001) | 1 |
| TueMay 12 | €0.022 | €0.017 | €0.033 | €0.017 | €0.027 | 14:00 (€0.017) | 0 |
| WedMay 13 | €0.022 | €0.016 | €0.033 | €0.016 | €0.024 | 12:00 (€0.016) | 0 |
| ThuMay 14 | €0.022 | €0.015 | €0.028 | €0.016 | €0.027 | 02:00 (€0.017) | 0 |
| FriMay 15 | €0.021 | €0.016 | €0.027 | €0.017 | €0.024 | 02:00 (€0.017) | 0 |
| SatMay 16 | €0.018 | €0.011 | €0.033 | €0.013 | €0.027 | 14:00 (€0.012) | 0 |
| SunMay 17 | €0.013 | €0.002 | €0.024 | €0.004 | €0.021 | 09:00 (€0.005) | 0 |
| MonMay 18 | €0.019 | €0.013 | €0.030 | €0.013 | €0.026 | 14:00 (€0.013) | 0 |
| TueMay 19 | €0.022 | €0.016 | €0.037 | €0.016 | €0.034 | 01:00 (€0.016) | 0 |
| WedMay 20 | €0.024 | €0.015 | €0.041 | €0.016 | €0.036 | 11:00 (€0.016) | 0 |
| ThuMay 21 | €0.019 | €0.012 | €0.038 | €0.014 | €0.030 | 13:00 (€0.013) | 0 |
| FriMay 22 | €0.017 | €0.010 | €0.023 | €0.011 | €0.022 | 14:00 (€0.011) | 0 |
| SatMay 23 | €0.005 | €-0.023 | €0.017 | €-0.020 | €0.012 | 14:00 (€-0.020) | 6 |
| SunMay 24 | €0.005 | €-0.025 | €0.043 | €-0.017 | €0.028 | 06:00 (€-0.020) | 10 |
| MonMay 25 | €0.019 | €0.009 | €0.037 | €0.011 | €0.030 | 03:00 (€0.010) | 0 |
| TueMay 26 | €0.025 | €0.017 | €0.040 | €0.018 | €0.036 | 14:00 (€0.018) | 0 |
| WedMay 27 | €0.022 | €0.018 | €0.030 | €0.019 | €0.023 | 15:00 (€0.019) | 0 |
| ThuMay 28 | €0.020 | €0.012 | €0.026 | €0.014 | €0.025 | 14:00 (€0.013) | 0 |
| FriMay 29 | €0.021 | €0.012 | €0.029 | €0.013 | €0.025 | 13:00 (€0.013) | 0 |
| SatMay 30 | €0.012 | €0.002 | €0.018 | €0.004 | €0.017 | 14:00 (€0.003) | 0 |
| SunMay 31 | €0.005 | €-0.015 | €0.022 | €-0.010 | €0.011 | 13:00 (€-0.011) | 4 |
Price per hour; lowest and highest are per hour. Green: below zero. Dutch time. Source: Energy-Charts (Fraunhofer ISE), data Bundesnetzagentur | SMARD.de (CC BY 4.0).