Household consumers in Germany paid an average of 12.23 cents per kilowatt‑hour for natural gas in the second half of 2025. According to the German Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), this represents a 0.8 % increase over the first half of 2025. Compared with the same period in 2024, the seasonal average fell slightly by 0.4 %. When measured against the second half of 2021-before the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the ensuing energy crisis-the price for households was 79.1 % higher.
For electricity, private consumers paid an average of 40.55 cents per kilowatt‑hour in the second half of 2025. This is 1.6 % more than in the first half of 2025, 1.6 % less than in the second half of 2024, and almost a quarter (23.4 %) higher than in the second half of 2021.
The costs for sourcing and selling gas to households fell by 0.8 % compared with the first half of 2025, but dropped sharply by 10.0 % when compared with the second half of 2024. The share of taxes, levies and charges remained flat at 3.86 cents per kilowatt‑hour in the second half of 2025. Nevertheless, this burden increased overall by 5.8 % compared with the second half of 2024 due to rises in the CO₂ tax and gas‑storage levy from 1 January 2025, combined with a 19.7 % increase in network fees. As a result, the average price for gas in 2025 only fell slightly by 0.4 % relative to the second half of 2024.
Electricity sourcing and distribution costs for households rose 1.2 % in the second half of 2025 versus the first half. However, this component was 8.6 % lower than in the second half of 2024. Network fees dropped 1.4 % compared with 2024, while taxes, levies and charges increased by 8.3 %, mainly because of the higher offshore network levy introduced at the start of 2025 and a higher surcharge for special network use. Overall, private households paid 1.6 % less for electricity in the second half of 2025 than in the same period of 2024.
Non‑household customers-such as companies, commercial establishments, and government bodies-paid an average of 6.18 cents per kilowatt‑hour for natural gas without VAT and other deductible taxes in the second half of 2025. This amount was 8.4 % lower than in the first half of 2025 and fell 2.7 % compared with the second half of 2024, yet it was still 33.5 % higher than the level seen in the second half of 2021.
Gas prices for non‑households varied widely with consumption. For annual consumption between 1,000 and under 10,000 gigajoules, the average price in 2025 remained stable at 8.60 cents per kilowatt‑hour, but nearly doubled (93.3 %) relative to the second half of 2021. For those whose annual consumption exceeded 4 million gigajoules, the price dropped to 4.52 cents per kilowatt‑hour-a 14.7 % decrease from the first half of 2025. In this high‑consumption segment, the average price in the second half of 2025 fell 20.4 % compared with the same period in 2021, largely because the 2021 price peak was exceptionally high as gas prices surged-sometimes quadrupling-early in that year. At that time, large consumers experienced steep price increases, while smaller and medium‑sized customers, protected by longer‑term contracts, saw slower rises.
For electricity, non‑households paid 19.22 cents per kilowatt‑hour in the second half of 2025, slightly cheaper (0.6 %) than the first half of 2025 and 6.5 % cheaper than the second half of 2024. Compared with the second half of 2021, the average electricity price was 15.4 % higher.
Non‑households with annual consumption under 20 megawatt‑hours paid 32.58 cents per kilowatt‑hour in the second half of 2025, 0.7 % lower than the first half of 2025. Over the longer term, their prices had risen 28.1 % compared with the second half of 2021.
Finally, in the largest consumption bracket (over 150,000 megawatt‑hours), the average electricity price in the second half of 2025 was 13.07 cents per kilowatt‑hour-2.3 % lower than the first half of 2025-and roughly the same level as the 13.11 cents per kilowatt‑hour seen in the second half of 2021.
