Electricity Bill for a All-electric family house in Germany (2026)

A family of four whose heating and hot water are electric, with a heat pump or resistance heating and an electric water heater. Heating and hot water are the bill; appliances are a minority.

Where the electricity goes

End-use shares: BDEW / Stromspiegel 2025: information & communication technology 29%, washing & drying 13%, lighting 12%, refrigeration 10%, cooking about 10%, remainder other. Electric hot water, where present, is the difference between the with- and without-hot-water Stromspiegel values. These shares are official. This benchmark excludes heating & cooling, which are on gas or counted separately in this country's statistics.

Through the day

What drives this household's bill

• The largest share here is tv, computing & network at 23% (€407.74 a year), followed by other appliances at 21%.
• Space heating and hot water are typically half to two-thirds of the total, and they depend on insulation and climate more than on anything you plug in.
• A heat pump instead of resistance heating cuts the heating share by half or more.
• Lower the water heater to 55 to 60 C and fit low-flow showerheads before touching any appliance.

Appliance by appliance

Each end-use bucket above is spread over this household's appliances in proportion to their typical use, never at more than twice that use or more hours than the appliance can realistically run. What the listed appliances cannot account for appears as "not listed" rows, so the table still adds up to the official figures. Hours are implied, not measured.

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Each row uses that country's own regulator benchmark and average price, in local currency. Differences reflect climate, heating fuel and appliance ownership as much as price.

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Other households in Germany

• Single person in an apartment1,200 kWh/yr
• Couple in an apartment1,900 kWh/yr
• Couple in a house2,700 kWh/yr
• Family of four in a house3,800 kWh/yr
• Family of five or more in a house4,500 kWh/yr
• Student house share3,100 kWh/yr
• Retired couple at home all day2,700 kWh/yr

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