How many days of gas does Europe have left?
On gas day 12 October 2026, EU storage held 836 TWh (73.9% full) and was still filling: over the past seven days it gained 1.5 TWh a day on average. At the average net withdrawal of the winters 2016/17 to 2025/26 from 1 November to 31 March, 4.0 TWh a day, it would last 209 days. Even if every store withdrew at its maximum rate, it would last at least 45 days.
These are days of cover: how long the gas in storage would last on its own. Pipelines from Norway and North Africa, LNG and European production supply most of the gas Europe burns in winter, so neither figure is a countdown to running out.
How long storage would last, and against what
The first runway divides the gas in storage by the net withdrawal of the past seven gas days. While storage is still filling there is no withdrawal to divide by, so the page uses the average pace of past winters for this calendar date instead. The second runway divides the same gas by the most that could be withdrawn in a day. It is a lower bound: a store's maximum rate falls as it empties, so withdrawing flat out would in practice last longer than this.
| Measure | 12 October 2026 | Same date, 2025 | Five-year average, 2021 to 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gas in storage | 836 TWh | 949 TWh | 1,006 TWh |
| Full | 73.9% | 83.2% | 88.8% |
| Net flow, past seven days | filling 1.5 TWh a day | filling 442 GWh a day | filling 1.5 TWh a day |
| Days at the past seven days' pace | still filling | still filling | 5 of 5 years not drawing down |
| At the pace of the winters 2016/17 to 2025/26, 4.0 TWh a day | 209 days | 237 days | 251 days |
| Lower bound, at maximum withdrawal | 45 days | 50 days | 52 days |
At the same 4.0 TWh a day, today's stock lasts 28 days fewer than it did on 12 October 2025, and 42 days fewer than the five-year average for this date (2021 to 2025).
The pace of the winters 2016/17 to 2025/26: the average net withdrawal of those winters from 1 November to 31 March, read from GIE AGSI+ daily stock. Maximum withdrawal: for Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands and Austria, the capability available at today's fill from the Voltstack storage deliverability index (ENTSOG/GSE withdrawal curves applied to AGSI+ fills and declared maxima); for every other EU country, its declared technical maximum, which can only overstate what a store delivers. Five-year averages take the same calendar date in each of the five previous years and need at least three of them. Source: GIE AGSI+.
EU storage, 1 September to 30 April, winter by winter
The numbers behind the chart
| Winter | 1 November | 12 October | Lowest | Lowest on |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | ahead | 73.9% | so far | in progress |
| 2025/26 | 82.8% | 83.2% | 27.6% | 31 March 2026 |
| 2024/25 | 95.2% | 95.0% | 33.5% | 27 March 2025 |
| 2023/24 | 99.3% | 97.3% | 58.5% | 31 March 2024 |
| 2022/23 | 95.0% | 91.7% | 55.4% | 7 April 2023 |
| 2021/22 | 77.1% | 77.0% | 25.6% | 19 March 2022 |
| 2020/21 | 95.1% | 95.9% | 29.1% | 19 April 2021 |
| 2019/20 | 97.3% | 97.2% | 54.3% | 31 March 2020 |
| 2018/19 | 86.7% | 84.4% | 40.6% | 21 March 2019 |
| 2017/18 | 88.8% | 86.1% | 17.7% | 30 March 2018 |
| 2016/17 | 89.9% | 90.4% | 26.0% | 28 March 2017 |
Source: GIE AGSI+, EU aggregate, daily % full. Days a record failed the plausibility screen are left as gaps.
Storage and days of cover in every country GIE AGSI+ reports
Countries are ranked by gas in storage. The last two columns are the country's own runways: days at its past seven days' net withdrawal, and the lower bound at its declared maximum withdrawal rate. Gas crosses borders, so a small country's stock is not all it can draw on.
| Country | Full | vs last year | vs 5-yr avg | In storage | Net flow, 7 days | Days, 7-day pace | Days at max, at least |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EU total | 73.9% | -9.2 pts | -14.9 pts | 836 TWh | +1.5 TWh/d | filling | 45 days |
| Italy | 89.0% | -4.7 pts | -4.8 pts | 181 TWh | +249 GWh/d | filling | 63 days |
| Germany | 60.0%E | -16.1 pts | -27.5 pts | 147 TWh | +72 GWh/d | filling | 21 days |
| France | 87.3% | -5.7 pts | -8.0 pts | 108 TWh | +327 GWh/d | filling | 45 days |
| Netherlands | 63.0% | -9.0 pts | -20.2 pts | 90.7 TWh | +475 GWh/d | filling | 41 days |
| Austria | 69.3% | -16.2 pts | -14.2 pts | 69.5 TWh | +74 GWh/d | filling | 64 days |
| Hungary | 77.5% | +5.3 pts | -6.7 pts | 52.5 TWh | +105 GWh/d | filling | 64 days |
| Poland | 99.1% | -2.1 pts | +0.5 pts | 36.5 TWh | -4 GWh/d | over a year | 61 days |
| Czech Republic | 77.4%E | -14.8 pts | -14.3 pts | 35.1 TWh | +28 GWh/d | filling | 48 days |
| Romania | 85.7% | -10.9 pts | -7.2 pts | 29.0 TWh | +112 GWh/d | filling | 93 days |
| Spain | 77.5% | -9.2 pts | -13.7 pts | 27.8 TWh | +86 GWh/d | filling | 133 days |
| Slovakia | 55.8% | -19.4 pts | -30.7 pts | 21.1 TWh | -19 GWh/d | over a year | 31 days |
| Latvia | 49.8%E | -8.3 pts | -22.0 pts | 12.2 TWh | +19 GWh/d | filling | 164 days |
| Denmark | 82.2% | +26.4 pts | +1.5 pts | 7.1 TWh | +6 GWh/d | filling | 45 days |
| Bulgaria | 81.1% | -1.2 pts | -5.2 pts | 5.7 TWh | +24 GWh/d | filling | 121 days |
| Belgium | 65.1% | -26.4 pts | -32.2 pts | 5.0 TWh | +13 GWh/d | filling | 29 days |
| Croatia | 81.6% | +14.1 pts | -5.3 pts | 3.9 TWh | -24 GWh/d | 161 days | 76 days |
| Portugal | 95.5%E | -0.7 pts | +2.8 pts | 3.4 TWh | no change | no change | 40 days |
| Sweden | 85.1% | +5.0 pts | +11.9 pts | 0.1 TWh | no change | filling | 8 days |
| Ukraine · non-EU | 37.1% | +9.3 pts | +6.0 pts | 119 TWh | +178 GWh/d | filling | 65 days |
| United Kingdom · non-EUGIE estimate over part of British storage | 34.9%E | n/a | n/a | 3.4 TWh | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Gas day 12 October 2026. Net flow: + filling, - drawing, seven-day average. E: GIE marks the reading as estimated. AGSI+ lists Ireland, United Kingdom (pre-Brexit record), Serbia without storage data. The United Kingdom row is GIE's estimate over part of British storage; its days are not computed here, and measured British storage is on the UK page. Source: GIE AGSI+. Download this table as CSV
Storage is the buffer, not the supply
In a normal winter, storage supplies a minority of the gas Europe burns. The rest arrives as it is used: by pipeline from Norway, North Africa and Azerbaijan, as LNG through more than two dozen import terminals, and from European production. Storage covers the gap between that steady supply and demand that swings with the weather, which is why it is drawn hardest on the coldest days and why its level in late winter matters more than any single number of days.
Two live pages track what arrives alongside storage: Norway gas flows to Europe today, by landing point against last year and the five-year average, with open Gassco outages, and Europe's LNG send-out this week, by country and terminal.
The runways here show how much buffer is left, not how long until the gas stops. A falling runway in January means the buffer is being used. It matters most when storage is already low as a late cold spell arrives, as it did in March 2018 on the chart above.
Questions people ask about Europe's gas
Is Europe running out of gas?
Europe does not live on storage alone, so storage running low is not the same as running out. On gas day 12 October 2026 EU storage held 836 TWh (73.9% full). Even withdrawn at the maximum rate every day, it would last at least 45 days. Through the winter, pipelines from Norway and North Africa, LNG and European production keep supplying most of what Europe burns; storage covers the rest and the cold spells. What matters is how low storage runs by March, which depends on the weather and on LNG, and that is what the runways and the winter chart on this page track.
How many days of gas does Europe have left?
On gas day 12 October 2026, EU storage held 836 TWh (73.9% full) and was still filling: over the past seven days it gained 1.5 TWh a day on average. At the average net withdrawal of the winters 2016/17 to 2025/26 from 1 November to 31 March, 4.0 TWh a day, it would last 209 days. Even if every store withdrew at its maximum rate, it would last at least 45 days. These are days of cover: how long the gas in storage would last on its own. Pipelines from Norway and North Africa, LNG and European production supply most of the gas Europe burns in winter, so neither figure is a countdown to running out.
How many days of gas does the UK have left?
At the end of gas day 12 October 2026, Britain's storage sites held 12.3 TWh, as measured by National Gas: 10 days of Britain's average demand over the past week (1.2 TWh a day). That is not how long the UK's gas lasts: storage supplies only part of Britain's gas, and at the rate it is actually drawn it lasts far longer. The UK page sets out both numbers and why each is true. Source: National Gas Transmission Data Portal. UK gas storage today
Wie voll sind die Gasspeicher?
Am Gastag 12. Oktober 2026 waren die deutschen Gasspeicher zu 60,0 % gefüllt (147,0 TWh). Zum Vergleich: vor einem Jahr waren es 76,1 %, im Fünfjahresdurchschnitt für diesen Tag 87,5 %. Die Speicher in der EU insgesamt waren zu 73,9 % gefüllt. Quelle: GIE AGSI+. Deutschland im Detail
Why does this page give two different numbers of days?
They answer different questions. The first divides the gas in storage by what storage has actually given up over the past week (or, while it is still filling, by the average pace of past winters): how long it would last if things carried on as they are. The second divides it by the most every store could send out in a day, which gives the shortest time storage could possibly be emptied in. Neither is a forecast, and neither counts the pipeline gas, LNG and production that arrive alongside it.
How does EU gas storage compare with last year?
At 73.9% full it is 9.2 points below a year earlier and 14.9 points below the five-year average. At the same 4.0 TWh a day, today's stock would last 28 days fewer than on 12 October 2025, and 42 days fewer than the five-year average for this date.
Where does this data come from, and can I use it?
Storage levels, flows and declared withdrawal capacity come from GIE AGSI+, the gas storage transparency platform run by Gas Infrastructure Europe, read once per gas day for every reporting country. The withdrawal ceiling for Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands and Austria comes from the Voltstack storage deliverability index. You can reproduce the figures with a credit to Voltstack and a link to this page; GIE must be credited as the data source.
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On gas day 12 October 2026, EU storage held 836 TWh (73.9% full) and was still filling: over the past seven days it gained 1.5 TWh a day on average. At the average net withdrawal of the winters 2016/17 to 2025/26 from 1 November to 31 March, 4.0 TWh a day, it would last 209 days. Even if every store withdrew at its maximum rate, it would last at least 45 days. Source: Voltstack, Days of Gas (https://voltstack.energy/days-of-gas), from GIE AGSI+.
The country table is available as a CSV file, refreshed with the page.
How the days are worked out
- Past-week pace. Gas in storage at the end of the gas day, divided by the fall in storage over the past seven gas days, divided by seven. It is shown only while storage is being drawn down; a draw so slow that the stock would last more than a year is reported as slow rather than as a number of days.
- The pace of the winters 2016/17 to 2025/26. The average net withdrawal of those winters over the part of the withdrawal season still ahead of this calendar date: from 1 November to 31 March before the season starts, from this date to 31 March once it has. Today that is 4.0 TWh a day. It stands in while storage is still filling, and is shown alongside the past-week pace all winter.
- Lower bound. Gas in storage divided by the maximum withdrawal rate. Maximum withdrawal: for Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands and Austria, the capability available at today's fill from the Voltstack storage deliverability index (ENTSOG/GSE withdrawal curves applied to AGSI+ fills and declared maxima); for every other EU country, its declared technical maximum, which can only overstate what a store delivers. Because a store's capability falls as it empties, withdrawing flat out would in practice last longer, so the true figure is at least this.
- Comparisons. The same calendar date in each of the five previous years (28 February stands in for 29 February), each year worked out the same way. A five-year average needs at least three of the five years.
- Withheld readings. Every AGSI+ record passes the plausibility screen the storage tracker uses (fill within 0 to 110%, stock no more than 10% above working volume). A record that fails is left out and the figure it would have fed is shown as n/a; no older number is put in its place.
GIE AGSI+ publishes each gas day once, at 19:30 CET the following day, and may revise recent days. This page refreshes every six hours. Storage levels only: no prices are used or shown.
Days of cover are an arithmetic view of storage, not a forecast of supply or a warning of shortage. Produced by Voltstack for information only; not investment advice. Storage data: GIE AGSI+. Corrections to research@voltstack.energy.