How Much It Costs To Charge An EV In Europe, By Country

This chart, via Visual Capitalist’s Pallavi Rao, shows the average cost to charge an electric car for 25 minutes per 100 km at a public station in various European countries. Data is sourced from the European Alternative Fuels Observatory (EAFO), as of 2024.

To account for variance between electric cars, a Tesla Model 3 was considered for this dataset.

Price information was sourced from public DC fast-charging stations.

The EAFO then calculated one average price per country.

The Cost of Charging an Electric Car in Europe

For most of Europe, charging costs vary between €5-10 per 100 km. Cheaper outliers include: Iceland (€2.9), Portugal (€3.2), and Finland (€4.6).

Country	Subregion	Cost to charge (€ / 100 KM)
🇮🇸 Iceland	Northern Europe	2.9
🇵🇹 Portugal	Southern Europe	3.2
🇫🇮 Finland	Northern Europe	4.6
🇨🇿 Czech Republic	Eastern Europe	5.5
🇭🇺 Hungary	Eastern Europe	5.8
🇸🇰 Slovakia	Eastern Europe	6.4
🇵🇱 Poland	Eastern Europe	6.7
🇪🇸 Spain	Southern Europe	7.1
🇮🇪 Ireland	Northern Europe	7.2
🇫🇷 France	Western Europe	7.3
🇧🇬 Bulgaria	Eastern Europe	7.3
🇸🇪 Sweden	Northern Europe	7.7
🇬🇧 UK	Northern Europe	7.8
🇦🇹 Austria	Western Europe	7.8
🇨🇭 Switzerland	Western Europe	7.9
🇧🇪 Belgium	Western Europe	8.4
🇩🇰 Denmark	Northern Europe	8.8
🇭🇷 Croatia	Southern Europe	8.9
🇩🇪 Germany	Western Europe	8.9
🇮🇹 Italy	Southern Europe	9.1
🇳🇱 Netherlands	Western Europe	9.2
🇨🇾 Cyprus	Southern Europe	9.8
🇬🇷 Greece	Southern Europe	9.8
🇱🇮 Liechtenstein	Western Europe	9.8
🇱🇹 Lithuania	Northern Europe	9.8
🇱🇺 Luxembourg	Western Europe	9.8
🇱🇻 Latvia	Northern Europe	9.8
🇲🇹 Malta	Southern Europe	9.8
🇷🇴 Romania	Eastern Europe	9.8
🇹🇷 Türkiye	Southern Europe	9.8
🇪🇪 Estonia	Northern Europe	10.0
🇸🇮 Slovenia	Southern Europe	17.0
🇳🇴 Norway	Northern Europe	18.9

Euronews reports that Iceland’s abundant renewable energy sources drive down the EV charging price.

On the other hand, in Norway and Slovenia charging costs jump to €17-19 per 100 km. Of course these values are also a reflection of sources of electricity, energy prices, and taxes within the country. In Norway, for example, prices are 25% more expensive than the EU average.

Generally speaking, countries with a higher share of renewable energy have lower prices, while countries with expensive energy imports (like Germany) have higher prices.

EV adoption has been steadily ticking up around the world. Norway leads with an 80% share of EVs in all cars sold in 2023. Of the top four countries by EV adoption, three are from Europe.

As the home to some of the world’s richest countries, Europe has the ability to set up charging infrastructure that is crucial to increasing electric car use.

In 2012, Norway’s EV adoption rate stood at 3%. At 2024, it’s closer to 90% Check out Norway’s EV Market Keeps Charging Ahead by creator Chartr to see how the tide turned.