When to use it
Use it when electricity is outside warm rent and the instalment should match household size realistically.
Shared flat and fixed costs
Electricity cost calculator
Plan monthly cost from annual consumption, unit price, base price and household size.
Your monthly load
Result logic
- Monthly loadread recurring cost or ratio first
- Reservekeep buffer and follow-up cost visible
- Assumptionsmark estimates before committing
More context
When you want to check deeper.
Read the inputs correctly
Annual usage, unit price, base price and people show monthly instalment and usage risk.
Avoid this mistake
The instalment is only payment. Usage and price explain why the yearly bill differs.
Next action
If no past usage exists, use the electricity/gas consumption calculator first.
Warm rent calculatorData and documents
- meter number
- past usage
- tariff price
- base price
Directly useful templates
Common questions
Why is electricity part of housing cost?
Because it often runs separately and noticeably increases monthly housing load.
Which assumption should stay visible?
Price and usage model; actual instalments depend on tariff, meter and usage.
What is the next useful step?
If no past usage exists, use the electricity/gas consumption calculator first.
Decision help
What Electricity cost calculator really clarifies.
Use it when electricity is outside warm rent and the instalment should match household size realistically. The important part is not to treat the output as one winning number. It is a plausibility value for viewing, acceptance, moving or household planning.
Annual usage, unit price, base price and people show monthly instalment and usage risk. If an input is estimated, keep it visible. That way you later know which figure came from a contract, offer, measuring tape or bill and which was only a provisional assumption.
Check before deciding
- Annual kWh
- Unit price €/kWh
- Base price/year
- People
Keep these documents ready
- meter number
- past usage
- tariff price
- base price
Do not misread it
The instalment is only payment. Usage and price explain why the yearly bill differs.
If no past usage exists, use the electricity/gas consumption calculator first. The next useful cross-check is Warm rent calculator, because it tests the same housing decision from a second angle.
Calculation path
Do not read the output in isolation.
Calculation path
Monthly cost = (kWh × unit price + annual base price) / 12
Assumptions
Price and usage model; actual instalments depend on tariff, meter and usage.
Common misreadings
Leaving electricity out of warm rent understates housing load.