NRG_PC_204 · AT

Electricity prices in Austria

Price paid by households in Eurostat band DC (2,500 to 4,999 kWh per year), expressed in euros per kWh.

Band DC · 2,500–4,999 kWh/year
Latest price incl. taxes 0.3272 €/kWh 32.72 c€/kWh H2 2025
Latest price incl. taxes0.3272 €/kWhH2 2025
1-year change+34.3 %8.35 c€/kWh
5-year change+51.0 %11.05 c€/kWh
gap vs EU-27+13.0 %0.2896 €/kWh
Half-yearly history

Electricity price trend

Austria
0.35 €0.30 €0.25 €0.20 €0.15 €S2 2007S2 2010S2 2013S2 2016S2 2019S2 2022S2 2025

Source: Eurostat · nrg_pc_204 · Band DC · 2,500–4,999 kWh/year · EUR/kWh · toutes taxes comprises.

TAX LEVELS

The three Eurostat price levels

Eurostat publishes the same price at three tax levels, making it possible to distinguish the tax-free price from the amount paid by households.

Excluding taxes and levies 0.2539 €/kWh X_TAX
Excluding VAT and recoverable taxes 0.2726 €/kWh X_VAT
Including all taxes 0.3272 €/kWh I_TAX
BENCHMARK

Comparison with the European Union

Austria0.3272 €/kWh
VS
UE-270.2896 €/kWh
gap vs EU-27+13.0 %
READING THE PRICE

What the electricity price in Austria shows

Latest trend

For H2 2025, the price including all taxes is 0.3272 €/kWh. Over one year, it rises by +34.3 %. Compared with five years earlier, the increase is 51.0 %. The level is 13.0 % above the EU-27 average of 0.2896 €/kWh for the same period.

Taxes and levies

The difference between the price excluding taxes and the all-tax price is 0.0733 €/kWh, giving an indication of the combined weight of taxes and levies in this statistical series.

What this indicator means

This page follows a standard Eurostat consumption band. It is useful for country and time comparisons, but it is not a personalised household bill simulation.

METHODOLOGY

How should this price be read?

EnergyBoard uses a standard consumption band to make countries comparable. This is not a commercial tariff offered by a supplier, but an average statistical price observed by Eurostat.

Band DC · 2,500–4,999 kWh/year · Source: Eurostat, nrg_pc_204.