In Western Europe, gas can be up to nine times and electricity five times more expensive than what we pay. Budapest remains one of the continent's cheapest capitals. Only in Serbia did one kilowatt-hour of electricity cost slightly less.

From the point of view of domestic consumers, the favorable trend continues, and in June, gas was the cheapest in Europe in Hungary as well - according to the Finnish VaasaETT survey , which was commissioned by the Austrian regulatory authority, Energie-Control Austria and the Hungarian Energy and Public Utilities Regulatory Office. This also shows that the price of electricity in Hungary was the second cheapest on the continent, only in Serbia a kilowatt-hour of electricity cost somewhat less in the middle of the summer, reports Híradó.hu .

VaasaETT is a global energy consulting firm specializing in complex end-user market issues. In his analysis, he collected end-user price information using the data of the service providers and regulatory authorities of each country. The investigated consumers are the average consumers of the capital cities, i.e. consumers with the average consumption volume and characteristics typical of each capital city. In June, the Swedes paid the most for a unit of gas, in Stockholm they asked for 23.78 eurocents for one kilowatt-hour of gas energy. This is about 95 forints calculated at the euro exchange rate of 400 forints. The second most expensive is Amsterdam (23.19 euro cents), the third is Copenhagen (20.27 euro cents). In Budapest, the same is 2.68 euro cents, less than HUF 11. In other words, it is eight to nine times lower than in the Northern European capitals. In May, by the way, Amsterdam led the gas price list with 26.85 euro cents. Stockholm was second with a rate of 22.89 euro cents. In Budapest, they asked for 2.75 eurocents for one kilowatt of gas energy. The relatively small price change was caused by the change in the euro-forint exchange rate.

The reduced utility price is provided to all Hungarian families up to the average household consumption: this means a Hungarian household will save HUF 181,101 per month and HUF 2,174,829 annually, the Government Information Center announced after the new rules for the utility reduction were published. In Berlin, the price level in Budapest is more than five times higher. the gas. Compared to Vienna, the difference is even more spectacular: the multiplier is almost seven times. The Hungarian superiority is also strong in terms of the region. The price advantage of the Hungarian capital is almost six times that of Prague, almost 2.5 times that of Bucharest, and twice that of Warsaw and Bratislava.

In June, the Italians brought together the most expensive electricity prices, in Rome it cost 51.31 euro cents per kilowatt hour. This exceeds HUF 206. A similar amount of 50.67 euro cents was charged in London, 48.61 euro cents in Copenhagen. Compared to this, the end user in Budapest paid 9.92 euro cents per kilowatt hour, which is about HUF 39. So, the consumer price here is more than five times more favorable than in Western Europe. Only Belgrade was able to undercut the Budapest price with its 8.1 euro cent tariff. At the same time, the average price in the Austrian capital was 45.73 euro cents in June (about HUF 183), also almost five times the Hungarian price. The service providers charged 40.4 euro cents in Prague, 39.77 in Berlin, and 35.05 euro cents in Brussels: these are three- to four-fold surcharges.

The situation is somewhat more favorable in Central Europe. Bratislava's 19.03 euro cents is only twice the electricity price in Budapest, and Warsaw (18.1 euro cents) is also close to this. In Bucharest, they asked for 16.17 euro cents, converted to HUF 65, for one kilowatt hour, and in Zagreb, 14.76 euro cents, roughly sixty HUF.

In May, London led the way in terms of electricity with 49.75 euro cents. Rome (49.32) and Copenhagen (48.71) could take the second place on the expensive podium. In Hungary, at the end of spring, consumers could expect a price of 10.17 euro cents, the minimal price drop compared to this was - as in the case of gas - caused by the change in the euro-forint exchange rate.

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