Germany natural gas consumption
Germany natural gas consumption stood at 1,950.32 GWh on Oct 16, 2026, according to Bundesnetzagentur. It is one of the indicators in the Daily natural gas balance table (Value · Daily), with a complete series running from Oct 1, 2021 to Oct 16, 2026. The complete series with an interactive chart, free to download.
This indicator in the Daily natural gas balance table
| Indicator | 16-10-2026 | 15-10-2026 | 14-10-2026 | 13-10-2026 | 12-10-2026 | 11-10-2026 | 10-10-2026 | 09-10-2026 | 08-10-2026 | 07-10-2026 | |
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| Total gas consumption (SLP + RLM)3 | 1,950.32 | 2,153.62 | 2,170.02 | 2,233.81 | 2,267.06 | 1,869.48 | 1,595.28 | 1,775.01 | 1,686.55 | 1,664.92 | |
| Households and small businesses (SLP) | 617.6 | 697.85 | 703.7 | 760.19 | 807.25 | 754.5 | 650.37 | 612.07 | 497.81 | 413.22 | |
| Industry and large consumers (RLM) | 1,332.72 | 1,455.78 | 1,466.32 | 1,473.62 | 1,459.81 | 1,114.98 | 944.91 | 1,162.94 | 1,188.74 | 1,251.7 |
Understanding germany natural gas consumption
Aggregating the daily domestic offtake across all network levels, this measure combines the Standard Load Profile deliveries to households and small businesses with the Registered Load Measure metered for industrial facilities and power generators. It encompasses the entirety of end-user natural gas combustion within the national borders, accounting for both high-calorific and low-calorific streams. Unlike granular customer group breakdowns that isolate either residential heating demand or manufacturing baseload requirements, this overarching total presents the net daily draw on the distribution grids regardless of the final consumer. It excludes volumes pumped into storage reservoirs, focusing strictly on final burn.
Daily readings are highly sensitive to weather variations, making temperature-adjusted comparisons more reliable for assessing structural changes in demand than raw day-to-day figures. Weekend and public holiday effects create predictable intra-week dips, meaning rolling weekly averages often provide a clearer picture of underlying consumption patterns. Early figures are preliminary allocations based on standard profiles and initial meter reads, undergoing routine revisions as finalized physical flow measurements replace initial estimates. When comparing this total against cross-border inflows, analysts must account for storage withdrawals, local extraction, and transit volumes, as domestic consumption represents only one part of the daily energy balance.
Frequently asked questions
- Does this figure include gas injected into national storage facilities?
- No, it measures only the physical volumes drawn from the network for final combustion by end users.
- Are standard load profile and registered load measure deliveries measured exactly the same way?
- Industrial consumption is metered directly on a daily or hourly basis, whereas residential deliveries are initially estimated using standard load profiles before being reconciled with actual readings.
- Why might the total consumption differ from total daily imports?
- The overall daily balance relies on domestic production and storage withdrawals to supplement imports, while portions of imported gas are transited directly to neighbouring countries.