Electricity price per month
Dutch electricity price May 2025
An average of €0.064 per kWh on the Dutch day-ahead market, excluding VAT and energy tax. With energy tax and VAT €0.201. In May 2024 it was €0.066.
May 2025
€0.064/kWh
Market price (day-ahead), excl. VAT and energy tax, average.
- Smart (4 cheapest hours)
- €-0.014
- Evening (6 to 10 pm)
- €0.116
- €0.064/kWhaverage in May 2025-2% vs 2024
- €0.005/kWhcheapest day: Sunday, May 11
- €0.098/kWhmost expensive day: Thursday, May 8
- 145hourswith a negative price2024: 74 h
Per day
May 2025, day by day
The average market price of every day, with the same day in May 2024 as a line. Smart charging in the 4 cheapest hours of the day cost €-0.014 on average, in the evening between 6 and 10 pm €0.116.
Average market price per day, May 2025
Per kWh, excl. VAT and energy tax
See the figures
| Day | May 2025 | May 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| May 1 | €0.045 | €0.026 |
| May 2 | €0.065 | €0.047 |
| May 3 | €0.057 | €0.079 |
| May 4 | €0.033 | €0.073 |
| May 5 | €0.072 | €0.060 |
| May 6 | €0.088 | €0.094 |
| May 7 | €0.096 | €0.087 |
| May 8 | €0.098 | €0.092 |
| May 9 | €0.080 | €0.058 |
| May 10 | €0.049 | €0.073 |
| May 11 | €0.005 | €0.043 |
| May 12 | €0.063 | €-0.008 |
| May 13 | €0.075 | €0.050 |
| May 14 | €0.065 | €0.034 |
| May 15 | €0.064 | €0.064 |
| May 16 | €0.071 | €0.068 |
| May 17 | €0.059 | €0.083 |
| May 18 | €0.063 | €0.053 |
| May 19 | €0.090 | €0.039 |
| May 20 | €0.085 | €0.060 |
| May 21 | €0.073 | €0.081 |
| May 22 | €0.064 | €0.069 |
| May 23 | €0.076 | €0.087 |
| May 24 | €0.057 | €0.099 |
| May 25 | €0.019 | €0.071 |
| May 26 | €0.065 | €0.057 |
| May 27 | €0.055 | €0.090 |
| May 28 | €0.083 | €0.082 |
| May 29 | €0.060 | €0.068 |
| May 30 | €0.048 | €0.086 |
| May 31 | €0.069 | €0.073 |
Energy-Charts (Fraunhofer ISE), data Bundesnetzagentur | SMARD.de (CC BY 4.0)
A year earlier
May 2025 against May 2024
The average market price was lower: €0.064 against €0.066 per kWh (-2%).
| Per kWh, market price | May 2025 | May 2024 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average | €0.064 | €0.066 | €-0.002 |
| Smart: 4 cheapest hours | €-0.014 | €0.007 | €-0.021 |
| Evening (6 to 10 pm) | €0.116 | €0.108 | +€0.008 |
| Lowest quarter hour or hour | €-0.350 | €-0.200 | €-0.150 |
| Highest quarter hour or hour | €0.213 | €0.165 | +€0.048 |
| Hours with a negative price | 145 | 74 | +71 |
| Average with energy tax and VAT | €0.201 | €0.211 | €-0.010 |
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 2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ThuMay 1 | €0.045 | €-0.142 | €0.165 | €-0.105 | €0.129 | 12:00 (€-0.123) | 7 |
| FriMay 2 | €0.065 | €-0.004 | €0.140 | €-0.002 | €0.115 | 12:00 (€-0.003) | 5 |
| SatMay 3 | €0.057 | €-0.003 | €0.102 | €-0.002 | €0.076 | 12:00 (€-0.002) | 5 |
| SunMay 4 | €0.033 | €-0.005 | €0.118 | €-0.002 | €0.097 | 13:00 (€-0.003) | 7 |
| MonMay 5 | €0.072 | €-0.002 | €0.119 | €-0.001 | €0.104 | 13:00 (€-0.002) | 3 |
| TueMay 6 | €0.088 | €0.032 | €0.168 | €0.040 | €0.131 | 12:00 (€0.036) | 0 |
| WedMay 7 | €0.096 | €0.056 | €0.151 | €0.060 | €0.124 | 12:00 (€0.058) | 0 |
| ThuMay 8 | €0.098 | €0.050 | €0.186 | €0.056 | €0.139 | 12:00 (€0.053) | 0 |
| FriMay 9 | €0.080 | €-0.001 | €0.153 | €-0.0002 | €0.126 | 12:00 (€-0.0002) | 4 |
| SatMay 10 | €0.049 | €-0.127 | €0.145 | €-0.089 | €0.118 | 12:00 (€-0.103) | 7 |
| SunMay 11 | €0.005 | €-0.350 | €0.125 | €-0.270 | €0.107 | 12:00 (€-0.323) | 9 |
| MonMay 12 | €0.063 | €-0.057 | €0.169 | €-0.040 | €0.128 | 12:00 (€-0.050) | 7 |
| TueMay 13 | €0.075 | €-0.022 | €0.213 | €-0.011 | €0.146 | 12:00 (€-0.013) | 5 |
| WedMay 14 | €0.065 | €-0.046 | €0.163 | €-0.034 | €0.122 | 12:00 (€-0.039) | 6 |
| ThuMay 15 | €0.064 | €-0.030 | €0.131 | €-0.022 | €0.106 | 13:00 (€-0.026) | 6 |
| FriMay 16 | €0.071 | €-0.020 | €0.153 | €-0.012 | €0.123 | 13:00 (€-0.015) | 6 |
| SatMay 17 | €0.059 | €-0.011 | €0.138 | €-0.008 | €0.105 | 13:00 (€-0.009) | 7 |
| SunMay 18 | €0.063 | €-0.015 | €0.128 | €-0.008 | €0.107 | 13:00 (€-0.010) | 6 |
| MonMay 19 | €0.090 | €0.005 | €0.193 | €0.013 | €0.146 | 12:00 (€0.009) | 0 |
| TueMay 20 | €0.085 | €-0.001 | €0.172 | €0.001 | €0.135 | 12:00 (€-0.0003) | 2 |
| WedMay 21 | €0.073 | €-0.006 | €0.130 | €-0.004 | €0.108 | 13:00 (€-0.005) | 4 |
| ThuMay 22 | €0.064 | €-0.018 | €0.127 | €-0.012 | €0.096 | 13:00 (€-0.014) | 8 |
| FriMay 23 | €0.076 | €-0.001 | €0.132 | €0.003 | €0.112 | 13:00 (€-0.001) | 3 |
| SatMay 24 | €0.057 | €-0.0002 | €0.106 | €-0.0001 | €0.100 | 11:00 (€-0.0001) | 4 |
| SunMay 25 | €0.019 | €-0.032 | €0.115 | €-0.026 | €0.077 | 13:00 (€-0.029) | 9 |
| MonMay 26 | €0.065 | €-0.003 | €0.150 | €-0.003 | €0.123 | 12:00 (€-0.003) | 6 |
| TueMay 27 | €0.055 | €-0.0002 | €0.141 | €0.0005 | €0.120 | 12:00 (€-0.0001) | 2 |
| WedMay 28 | €0.083 | €0.037 | €0.167 | €0.046 | €0.127 | 13:00 (€0.044) | 0 |
| ThuMay 29 | €0.060 | €-0.003 | €0.112 | €-0.002 | €0.070 | 13:00 (€-0.002) | 4 |
| FriMay 30 | €0.048 | €-0.003 | €0.150 | €-0.002 | €0.116 | 13:00 (€-0.003) | 6 |
| SatMay 31 | €0.069 | €-0.013 | €0.192 | €-0.007 | €0.151 | 12:00 (€-0.008) | 7 |
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).