Natural gas price for households in Ireland
Households in Ireland paid €0.1183 per kWh for natural gas in H1 2026. The value for H1 2026 is the lowest since H1 2022.
Ireland, H1 2026
€0.1183
Change from H2 2025
−9.0%
European Union, H1 2026
€0.1103 per kWh
Median of European Union (27 countries), H1 2026
€0.0859 per kWh
Position in H1 2026
8th of 30
Natural gas price for households in Ireland over time
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Euro per kWh, all taxes included. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Ireland | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| H1 2026 | €0.1183 per kWh | €0.1103 per kWh |
| H2 2025 | €0.1300 per kWh | €0.1228 per kWh |
| H1 2025 | €0.1195 per kWh | €0.1143 per kWh |
| H2 2024 | €0.1347 per kWh | €0.1244 per kWh |
| H1 2024 | €0.1271 per kWh | €0.1104 per kWh |
| H2 2023 | €0.1638 per kWh | €0.1141 per kWh |
| H1 2023 | €0.1465 per kWh | €0.1163 per kWh |
| H2 2022 | €0.1544 per kWh | €0.1125 per kWh |
| H1 2022 | €0.0847 per kWh | €0.0847 per kWh |
| H2 2021 | €0.0783 per kWh | €0.0784 per kWh |
| H1 2021 | €0.0620 per kWh | €0.0640 per kWh |
| H2 2020 | €0.0702 per kWh | €0.0701 per kWh |
| H1 2020 | €0.0669 per kWh | €0.0646 per kWh |
| H2 2019 | €0.0764 per kWh | €0.0728 per kWh |
| H1 2019 | €0.0683 per kWh | €0.0674 per kWh |
| H2 2018 | €0.0761 per kWh | €0.0719 per kWh |
| H1 2018 | €0.0632 per kWh | €0.0631 per kWh |
| H2 2017 | €0.0649 per kWh | €0.0682 per kWh |
| H1 2017 | €0.0632 per kWh | €0.0619 per kWh |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −9.0% from €0.1300 per kWh in H2 2025.
- Since H1 2021, when it was €0.0620 per kWh, the figure has changed by +90.8%.
- Among the 30 countries with data for H1 2026, Ireland has the 8th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in H1 2026 was €0.1103 per kWh.
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