Gas consumption in Germany 2022/2023: This is how much households and industry saved in March

To Germany does not have an overview of current gas production and current gas consumption to lose, the Federal Network Agency provides new figures and calculations at regular intervals. In this article, we show you how much gas is consumed in Germany in different periods of time and how the energy demand is divided between industrial and private customers. For this purpose, this article is updated daily for you on the basis of current data.

Monthly gas consumption in Germany

In our first table, we show you how much gas is consumed in Germany each month. The information shows the monthly average of gigawatt hours consumed per day. On the other hand, the consumption is split between industrial and private customers. Especially with the latter, the monthly average temperature plays a decisive role in the current demand. The current energy demand figures in gigawatt hours can also be compared with the average values ​​for total consumption from 2018 to 2021.

Month	household/commercial	industrial customers	Total consumption 2022	Average total consumption 2018-2021	Average temperature 2022
January	1709 GWh	1589 GWh	4012 GWh	4156 GWh	3,5 °C
February	1708 GWh	1651 GWh	3652 GWh	4069 GWh	3,1 °C
March	1382 GWh	1488 GWh	3218 GWh	3486 GWh	5,7 °C
April			2562 GWh	2475 GWh
May			1624 GWh	2019 GWh
June			1372 GWh	1561 GWh
July			1220 GWh	1528 GWh
August			1159 GWh	1489 GWh
September			1464 GWh	1765 GWh
October			1720 GWh	2514 GWh
November			2558 GWh	3483 GWh
December			3463 GWh	3818 GWh	°C

Who uses the most gas in Germany?

In the following table we show you how much gas is currently saved in percentage terms compared to the previous years 2018 to 2021. A distinction is made between the consumption of industrial customers and private households as well as small businesses. This is also offset by Germany’s total gas consumption. When distinguishing between industrial and private customers, it should also be noted that the needs of small consumers must be considered in relation to the outside temperature. If temperatures are significantly cooler earlier in the year, gas consumption will also increase faster than usual as a result of a greater need for heating.

For a detailed breakdown of Gas consumption in private households and temperature conditions, you can get more information from this article.

Month	Germany overall	private households	Industry
January	-3,5%	-2,4%	-4,5%
February	-10,2%	-9,2%	-11,1%
March	-7,7%	-11,2%	-4,4%
April	3,5%	14,8%	-3,8%
May	-19,6%	-35,6%	-11,8%
June	-12,1%	-4%	-13,9%
July	-20,2%	-13,8%	-21,4%
August	-22,2%	-23,6%	-22%
September	-17,1%	-1,9%	-21,7%
October	-31,6%	-38,4%	-27,4%
November	-26,6%	-26,3%	-26,8%
December	-9,3%	-3,5%	-15,3%

Will Germany achieve the savings target of 20% in gas consumption?

In order to avoid a gas emergency in winter, 20 percent of gas consumption must be saved. So far, industrial customers have consumed on average 14% less than in the previous years 2018 to 2021. In the households it was 0% fewer. Overall, Germany saved around 14% gas on. So the savings target was missed.

By the way: How about the Level of gas storage in Germany and Europe is ordered, you can find out in this article from us.

This is how much gas Germany uses per week

The table below shows the total weekly gas consumption in Germany and is given as a weekly average in gigawatt hours per day. The consumption results from the sum of the values ​​measured by industrial customers and private households.

Week	Gas consumption 2022	Gas consumption 2023	Gas consumption 2021	Average gas consumption 2018-2021	Minimum 2018-2021	Maximum 2018-2021
1	3778 GWh	2497 GWh	4587 GWh	3948 GWh	3456 GWh	4587 GWh
2	4385 GWh	2802 GWh	4781 GWh	4189 GWh	3790 GWh	4781 GWh
3	4164 GWh	3860 GWh	4123 GWh	4101 GWh	3715 GWh	4384 GWh
4	4109 GWh	4114 GWh	4477 GWh	4398 GWh	3599 GWh	4993 GWh
5	3846 GWh	3494 GWh	4227 GWh	4070 GWh	3598 GWh	4574 GWh
6	3771 GWh	3791 GWh	5712 GWh	4571 GWh	3808 GWh	5712 GWh
7	3397 GWh	3042 GWh	3925 GWh	3937 GWh	3687 GWh	4356 GWh
8	3643 GWh	3032 GWh	3158 GWh	3705 GWh	3158 GWh	4687 GWh
9	3916 GWh	3677 GWh	3830 GWh	3984 GWh	3169 GWh	5252 GWh
10	3414 GWh	3439 GWh	3736 GWh	3546 GWh	3184 GWh	3736 GWh
11	3138 GWh	2662 GWh	4018 GWh	3613 GWh	3255 GWh	4018 GWh
12	2667 GWh	2238 GWh	3336 GWh	3367 GWh	2973 GWh	4033 GWh
13	3180 GWh	2503 GWh	2592 GWh	3024 GWh	2592 GWh	3331 GWh
14	3090 GWh	2688 GWh	3546 GWh	2998 GWh	2569 GWh	3546 GWh
15	2260 GWh		3601 GWh	2670 GWh	1944 GWh	3601 GWh
16	2150 GWh		2841 GWh	2238 GWh	1749 GWh	2841 GWh
17	2248 GWh		2720 GWh	2126 GWh	1869 GWh	2720 GWh
18	1906 GWh		2725 GWh	2272 GWh	1879 GWh	2725 GWh
19	1537 GWh		2079 GWh	2053 GWh	1521 GWh	2549 GWh
20	1459 GWh		2244 GWh	2118 GWh	1658 GWh	2317 GWh
21	1480 GWh		2185 GWh	1812 GWh	1455 GWh	2185 GWh
22	1600 GWh		1595 GWh	1607 GWh	1374 GWh	1766 GWh
23	1384 GWh		1610 GWh	1565 GWh	1443 GWh	1680 GWh
24	1310 GWh		1492 GWh	1576 GWh	1492 GWh	1735 GWh
25	1324 GWh		1588 GWh	1586 GWh	1500 GWh	1700 GWh
26	1294 GWh		1614 GWh	1549 GWh	1471 GWh	1614 GWh
27	1248 GWh		1570 GWh	1523 GWh	1441 GWh	1570 GWh
28	1259 GWh		1510 GWh	1590 GWh	1497 GWh	1713 GWh
29	1238 GWh		1458 GWh	1544 GWh	1434 GWh	1680 GWh
30	1164 GWh		1369 GWh	1451 GWh	1369 GWh	1599 GWh
31	1105 GWh		1428 GWh	1456 GWh	1375 GWh	1527 GWh
32	1071 GWh		1371 GWh	1435 GWh	1371 GWh	1553 GWh
33	1185 GWh		1450 GWh	1470 GWh	1420 GWh	1512 GWh
34	1207 GWh		1571 GWh	1529 GWh	1504 GWh	1571 GWh
35	1199 GWh		1617 GWh	1576 GWh	1495 GWh	1617 GWh
36	1201 GWh		1531 GWh	1625 GWh	1531 GWh	1722 GWh
37	1338 GWh		1647 GWh	1682 GWh	1565 GWh	1804 GWh
38	1706 GWh		1811 GWh	1780 GWh	1554 GWh	2033 GWh
39	1844 GWh		1843 GWh	1966 GWh	1843 GWh	2121 GWh
40	1633 GWh		2250 GWh	2283 GWh	2241 GWh	2389 GWh
41	1816 GWh		2656 GWh	2407 GWh	2002 GWh	2656 GWh
42	1790 GWh		2602 GWh	2543 GWh	2216 GWh	3052 GWh
43	1689 GWh		2679 GWh	2628 GWh	2424 GWh	2794 GWh
44	1938 GWh		3066 GWh	2981 GWh	2652 GWh	3118 GWh
45	2159 GWh		3503 GWh	3146 GWh	2825 GWh	3503 GWh
46	2708 GWh		3404 GWh	3414 GWh	3178 GWh	3777 GWh
47	2972 GWh		4009 GWh	3807 GWh	3317 GWh	4090 GWh
48	3444 GWh		4104 GWh	3923 GWh	3624 GWh	4109 GWh
49	3828 GWh		4311 GWh	4033 GWh	3385 GWh	4427 GWh
50	4608 GWh		3702 GWh	4081 GWh	3702 GWh	4347 GWh
51	2850 GWh		4249 GWh	3758 GWh	3375 GWh	4249 GWh
52	2281 GWh		3007 GWh	3226 GWh	2550 GWh	3570 GWh

How is gas consumption data collected in Germany?

Data collection on the consumption of natural gas in Germany, the Federal Network Agency provides updates at regular intervals. It obtains the data from the organization Trading Hub Europe (THE), which in turn collects consumption from end users from industry, commerce and private households.

A distinction is made here between large-scale consumers from industry, the so-called RLM customers, who automatically report their data via the registering service entry (RLM) from a certain consumption level. On the other hand, there are small businesses and private households with a so-called standard load profile (SLP). In the case of the latter, gas consumption depends heavily on the outside temperature, since gas is the preferred heating medium here.

The table data can change retrospectively depending on the final billing and is updated every Thursday by the Federal Network Agency.

We will tell you here how you can also save energy costs for electricity and heating.

You can read more information about current maintenance work at German gas storage locations in this article, which is updated daily.

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+++ Editorial note: This text was created automatically based on current data from the Federal Network Agency on current gas consumption. If you have any comments or questions, please contact [email protected]. +++

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