Electricity Bill for a Couple in a house in Germany (2026)

Two adults in a detached or semi-detached house. More rooms to light, a tumble dryer, a second fridge or freezer in the garage, and often a home office.

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 and water heating, 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 29% (€289.71 a year), followed by other appliances at 26%.
• A house adds a dryer, a freezer and outdoor lighting, which is why, where statistics separate the two, two people in a house use noticeably more than two in a flat.
• If either person works from home, a desktop and monitor run eight hours a day.
• Garden tools and a pressure washer add little; a hot tub or pool pump adds a lot.

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
• 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
• All-electric family house4,700 kWh/yr
• Retired couple at home all day2,700 kWh/yr

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