The average price of electricity in Portugal, in June of 2014, has been 0.2175€ per kilowatt hour. Electricity price has increased € 0.0044 kWh, 2.06% since the last semester. Meanwhile, the average price of electricity without taxes in Portugal in that period was € 0.1268 per kilowatt hour, compared to € 0.1243 kWh in the previous semester. The price of electricity excluding taxes increased by 2.01%.
In the last twelve months the price of electricity in Portugal has increased by 4.79%.
From 2007 until now, the highest price of electricity in Portugal has been € 0.2175 kWh, in June of 2014, while in June of 2008, electricity price was € 0.1482 kWh, its minimum price in this period.
Portugal is among the European countries with the most expensive electricity.
Finally, if we compare the price of electricity with taxes and without taxes, we see that, in the last period, households paid € 0.0907 of taxes for each kilowatt hour, which means that 41.7% of what households pay for the electricity are taxes.
You can see the ranking of electricity price in Europe and see all the information about Portugal in economy of Portugal.