Day-ahead · Nord Pool · DK1 and DK2

Electricity prices hour by hour in DK1 and DK2

The Danish electricity price is set for every hour on the Nord Pool exchange the day before delivery, and it moves with wind, sun and consumption. Below is the day-ahead spot price in øre per kWh for both Danish bidding zones — today and, once the auction has cleared, tomorrow.

Spot price hour by hour

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Tomorrow's prices have not been published yet. The day-ahead auction clears around 13:00 CET, and this page updates afterwards.

DK1 · Jutland and Funen · Friday 6 November

Cheapest hour: 2.37 DKK; 03–04
Most expensive hour: 3.96 DKK; 17–18
Average: 2.97 DKK; across the day
Spread: 1.59 DKK; most expensive minus cheapest

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Resolution

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Day-ahead electricity price in DKK per kWh, hour by hour, DK1, Friday 6 November
Hour	Total price	Level
00–01 now	2.50	Normal
01–02 now	2.48	Normal
02–03 now	2.41	Normal
03–04 now	2.37	Cheap
04–05 now	2.39	Normal
05–06 now	2.42	Normal
06–07 now	3.05	Normal
07–08 now	3.38	Normal
08–09 now	3.34	Normal
09–10 now	3.02	Normal
10–11 now	2.72	Normal
11–12 now	2.52	Normal
12–13 now	2.48	Normal
13–14 now	2.54	Normal
14–15 now	2.79	Normal
15–16 now	3.22	Normal
16–17 now	3.52	Normal
17–18 now	3.96	Expensive
18–19 now	3.96	Expensive
19–20 now	3.86	Expensive
20–21 now	3.61	Expensive
21–22 now	3.09	Normal
22–23 now	2.94	Normal
23–00 now	2.72	Normal

DK2 · Zealand and the islands · Friday 6 November

Cheapest hour: 2.38 DKK; 03–04
Most expensive hour: 4.30 DKK; 17–18
Average: 3.09 DKK; across the day
Spread: 1.92 DKK; most expensive minus cheapest

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Day-ahead electricity price in DKK per kWh, hour by hour, DK2, Friday 6 November
Hour	Total price	Level
00–01 now	2.51	Normal
01–02 now	2.49	Normal
02–03 now	2.41	Cheap
03–04 now	2.38	Cheap
04–05 now	2.40	Cheap
05–06 now	2.44	Cheap
06–07 now	3.07	Normal
07–08 now	3.54	Normal
08–09 now	3.57	Normal
09–10 now	3.20	Normal
10–11 now	2.85	Normal
11–12 now	2.61	Normal
12–13 now	2.55	Normal
13–14 now	2.69	Normal
14–15 now	3.02	Normal
15–16 now	3.75	Expensive
16–17 now	4.01	Expensive
17–18 now	4.30	Expensive
18–19 now	4.08	Expensive
19–20 now	3.91	Expensive
20–21 now	3.68	Normal
21–22 now	3.09	Normal
22–23 now	2.88	Normal
23–00 now	2.80	Normal

Total price per kWh including the supplier's markup, the grid company's hourly tariff, Energinet's transmission and system tariff, electricity tax and VAT. Subscriptions are kroner per month and are therefore not part of a per-kWh price — they are listed below.

Showing an average grid company and an average contract, so you see a realistic total straight away. Pick your own grid company and contract above — or enter your postcode — for your own price.

Source: Energinet's Energi Data Service · dataset DayAheadPrices · updated 6 November 2026 at 00:34

What makes up your electricity price?

The spot price is only one part of the bill, and the parts behave differently. Some change every hour, others stay fixed for months. That is why two households with the same consumption can pay very different amounts.

Part of the price	Who sets it	Does it vary hourly?
Spot price (the raw electricity price)	The market via Nord Pool	Yes
The supplier's markup	Your electricity supplier	No
Grid tariff (transport)	Your grid company	Yes
Transmission and system tariff	Energinet	No
Electricity tax	The state	No
VAT	The state	No

Note the grid tariff in particular: many grid companies charge more to transport power during the loaded hours and less at night. The cheap hours are therefore often doubly cheap — both spot price and tariff are low — while the late-afternoon peak is doubly expensive.

Enter your postcode in the tool above and we add it all up for you: your grid company's hourly tariff, Energinet's transmission and system tariff, electricity tax, your contract's markup and VAT. The rates come from elpris.dk, the Danish Utility Regulator's price portal where suppliers are legally required to report — last fetched 20 August 2026.

Shifting consumption from expensive to cheap hours

The gap between the cheapest and the most expensive hour of the day is rarely small — see the spread in the table above. On an hourly settled contract you pay the price that applies in the hour the power is used. And a large share of an ordinary home's consumption genuinely does not care when it happens.

The physics is what makes it possible

Flexible consumption is consumption that can be moved in time without compromising what the device is there for. Three examples from ordinary Danish homes:

Water heater and heating element. A tank of hot water does not care whether it was heated at 3 in the morning or at 5 in the afternoon. The water is equally hot when you shower.
Heat pump. The house itself is a large thermal store — walls, floors and furniture hold the heat long after a short pause. Heating can therefore be shifted without a noticeable change in temperature.
Home battery. It can charge when power is cheap and cover the household's consumption when it is expensive. A battery has no comfort task to protect.

Two things have to be in place before it pays: an hourly settled contract, so your price follows the market, and control that does it automatically. Nobody wants to look up spot prices every evening — and good flexibility should not be noticeable. The water stays hot and the house keeps the temperature you chose. NM1 is working on exactly that kind of price-based control — it is coming soon.

The same devices can earn on top of that

Shifting consumption by spot price is a saving on your own bill. But the same devices can do more: Energinet pays to have fast flexibility available so the grid frequency can be held at 50 Hz. That is an income rather than a saving, and the two do not exclude each other.

NM1 aggregates household devices into one virtual power plant and sells the combined flexibility as FCR-D to Energinet in daily auctions. The revenue is shared with the household — see what your device can earn under calculate your earnings. See how it works, or read the background in our guide to ancillary services.

Frequently asked questions about electricity prices

When are tomorrow's electricity prices published?

The Nord Pool day-ahead auction clears each day around 12:45–13:00 CET, and the prices for the whole next day are known from then. Before that, tomorrow’s prices do not exist anywhere.

Why do DK1 and DK2 have different prices?

Denmark is split into two bidding zones: DK1 west of the Great Belt and DK2 east of it. The interconnectors between the regions and to neighbouring countries cannot move unlimited amounts of power, so the two zones can settle at different prices in the same hour.

Is the spot price what I actually pay?

No. The spot price is the raw market price. On top of it come your supplier’s markup, transport to your grid company, Energinet’s transmission and system tariff, electricity tax and VAT.

Can the electricity price go negative?

Yes. When wind and solar produce more than is being consumed, the price can fall below zero, meaning you are in principle paid to consume in that hour. It happens most often in the middle of a windy, sunny day.

Do I need a particular contract to benefit from hourly prices?

Yes, an hourly settled contract — often called a spot contract. On a fixed-price contract you pay the same around the clock, so there is nothing to gain from shifting consumption.

Want to go deeper into the market behind the prices? Read about grid balancing or see all articles.

Do you have a heat pump, a heating element or a home battery?

Then the same flexibility that lets you shift consumption to the cheap hours can also earn money keeping the grid in balance. See the three device types, or sign up.

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Earnings depend on, among other things, market prices, Energinet's needs, regulation and your own consumption and equipment, and they can change over time. FCR-D prices are set in daily auctions. Historical earnings are no guarantee of future earnings.