EV charging · Prices by country
How much does fast charging cost in each European country?
Verdict
Cheapest at the fast charger: Spain and France. Most expensive: Italy, Switzerland and Belgium.
Paying at the charger with no subscription, a typical ultra-fast kWh costs about €0.59 in Spain and €0.60 in France, against €0.78 to €0.80 in Belgium, Switzerland and Italy. On a 1,000 km leg at 20 kWh per 100 km that is roughly €120 against €160, before any subscription. Portugal looks cheaper still, but only one network publishes a price there.
"Typical" is the middle of the no-subscription prices the big fast-charging networks publish for that country; "cheapest published" includes Electra's app price, which needs the app but no subscription. Every figure was read on the operator's own page on 30 September 2026 and includes VAT. Prices outside the euro are converted at the European Central Bank's reference rate.
| # | Country | Typical per kWh | Cheapest published | Networks and their no-subscription price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portugal * | €0.45 | €0.45 | Atlante €0.45 |
| 2 | Spain | €0.59 | €0.39 | Ionity €0.66 · Fastned €0.59 · Electra from €0.59 (app from €0.39) · Zunder €0.59 |
| 3 | France | €0.60 | €0.39 | Ionity €0.55 · Fastned €0.61 · Electra from €0.64 (app from €0.39) · Allego €0.59 |
| 4 | Austria | €0.69 | €0.54 | Ionity €0.69 · Electra from €0.69 (app from €0.54) · SMATRICS €0.65 |
| 5 | Luxembourg * | €0.69 | €0.59 | Electra from €0.69 (app from €0.59) |
| 6 | Slovakia | €0.70 | €0.70 | Ionity €0.70 · GreenWay €0.71 |
| 7 | Germany | €0.72 | €0.54 | Ionity €0.72 · Fastned €0.69 · Electra from €0.69 (app from €0.54) · Allego €0.76 · Aral pulse €0.79 |
| 8 | Slovenia * | €0.73 | €0.73 | Ionity €0.73 |
| 9 | Czechia | €0.74 | €0.61 | Ionity 21.00 Kč · PRE 15.00 Kč |
| 10 | Poland | €0.74 | €0.62 | Ionity 3.27 zł · ORLEN Charge 2.69 zł · GreenWay 3.25 zł |
| 11 | Netherlands | €0.76 | €0.59 | Ionity €0.76 · Fastned €0.77 · Electra from €0.69 (app from €0.59) · Allego €0.75 |
| 12 | Hungary * | €0.76 | €0.76 | Ionity 279 Ft |
| 13 | Belgium | €0.78 | €0.54 | Ionity €0.75 · Fastned €0.77 · Electra from €0.79 (app from €0.54) · Allego €0.79 |
| 14 | Switzerland | €0.79 | €0.68 | Ionity CHF 0.80 · Fastned CHF 0.75 · Electra from CHF 0.69 (app from CHF 0.64) |
| 15 | Italy | €0.80 | €0.69 | Ionity €0.85 · Fastned €0.83 · Electra from €0.79 (app from €0.69) · Ewiva €0.80 · Free To X €0.79 |
Ionity Power subscription prices per kWh: France €0.31, Germany €0.41, Austria €0.39, Switzerland CHF 0.46, Italy €0.48, Spain €0.37, Belgium €0.43, Netherlands €0.43, Poland 1.86 zł, Czechia 12.00 Kč, Slovakia €0.40, Slovenia €0.41, Hungary 159 Ft.
* Luxembourg: Only Electra publishes a price for its fast chargers here; Luxembourg's public Chargy network lists indicative prices that are not specific to fast chargers.
* Slovenia: Only Ionity publishes a fast-charging price we could read at source.
* Hungary: Only Ionity publishes an ad hoc fast-charging price we could read at source; other networks show prices per charger in their apps.
* Portugal: Only one network publishes a single all-in price. Portugal's Mobi.E system adds an operator fee, a retailer fee and taxes, so other networks cost what the app or terminal shows.
When a subscription pays
A month of Ionity Power costs €11.99 and cuts Ionity's French price from €0.55 to €0.31 a kWh, so it pays for itself after about 50 kWh: one large fill. Fastned Gold takes 30% off Fastned's standard price and costs €5.99 a month until 31 October 2026, a half-price offer. Electra's subscription takes up to €0.20 off every Electra kWh. If a trip is longer than a weekend, I take one subscription for the network I will use most and cancel it when I get home. Which one is worth it on your route.
How the prices were collected
- Prices come from the operators' own tariff pages, not from charging-map apps. I list the networks that publish a price for fast charging without an account; where only one network does, the country is marked with an asterisk and the price is a single data point, not a typical one.
- Tesla Superchargers open to other cars set a price per site and time of day, shown only in the Tesla app, so they are not in the tables.
- The figures move quickly. The Observatory updates every month; I recheck the prices and the counts at least every quarter, and the date above changes when I do.
Next on the road
Sources
- Ionity: published prices
- Fastned: published prices
- Electra: published prices
- Allego: published prices
- Aral pulse: published prices
- SMATRICS: published prices
- Ewiva: published prices
- Free To X: published prices
- Zunder: published prices
- ORLEN Charge: published prices
- GreenWay (Poland): published prices (PDF)
- PRE: published prices
- GreenWay (Slovakia): published prices (PDF)
- Atlante: published prices (PDF)
- European Central Bank: euro reference rates
Prices are the operators' own, including VAT, without subscription unless stated. We don't sell charging cards or subscriptions.