What households and businesses in Portugal pay for electricity and natural gas, in US dollars, from free official sources. Figures from Eurostat, latest period H2 2025.
At $0.277 per kWh, household electricity in Portugal is the 17th most expensive of the 29 countries Voltlas tracks — about 5% below the median of $0.291/kWh. Household natural gas runs $0.160 per kWh, 5th of 25. Filling up costs $2.24 per liter of gasoline ($8.49/gal), the 7th highest of 30 — and roughly 50% of that pump price is duties and VAT. Behind the meter, 81% of Portugal's electricity came from renewables in 2025, with grid carbon intensity around 128 gCO₂ per kWh.
Household electricity costs about $0.346 per kWh in international dollars (nominal $0.277), reflecting local purchasing power rather than the market exchange rate. Illustrative.
How Portugal makes its electricity
Share of generation, 2025 · 128 gCO₂/kWh · 51 TWh · Ember
Methodology. Prices are all-taxes-included, sourced from Eurostat and converted to USD at recent reference rates. Electricity and gas are end-user retail prices per kWh. Voltlas aggregates only freely republishable official data; coverage and update frequency vary by country.