Watford council tax
Here is council tax in Watford for 2026/27, band by band, with the average Band D charge of £2,446.70 as the starting point. Each band in Watford is shown as a yearly bill and as monthly payments.
| Band | A year | A month (10 instalments) | A month (12 instalments) | Single person discount (25%) a year | Single person discount (25%) a month (10 instalments) | Single person discount (25%) a month (12 instalments) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band A | £1,631.13 | £163.11 | £135.93 | £1,223.35 | £122.34 | £101.95 |
| Band B | £1,902.99 | £190.30 | £158.58 | £1,427.24 | £142.72 | £118.94 |
| Band C | £2,174.84 | £217.48 | £181.24 | £1,631.13 | £163.11 | £135.93 |
| Band D | £2,446.70 | £244.67 | £203.89 | £1,835.03 | £183.50 | £152.92 |
| Band E | £2,990.41 | £299.04 | £249.20 | £2,242.81 | £224.28 | £186.90 |
| Band F | £3,534.12 | £353.41 | £294.51 | £2,650.59 | £265.06 | £220.88 |
| Band G | £4,077.83 | £407.78 | £339.82 | £3,058.37 | £305.84 | £254.86 |
| Band H | £4,893.40 | £489.34 | £407.78 | £3,670.05 | £367.01 | £305.84 |
Set against the other councils, Watford comes out as the 142nd highest of the 296 councils in England.
Council tax is usually split into 10 monthly payments, which makes £244.67 a month at Band D in Watford. You can ask Watford for 12 payments instead, and the table gives that monthly figure too.
Homes in Watford pay according to the band they are placed in. The lower bands pay a set fraction of £2,446.70, and the higher bands pay a set multiple of it.
Someone living alone in Watford can apply for the single person discount, as can someone whose fellow residents are not counted for council tax. The discount column shows what the bill in Watford would then be for each band.
Parish and town councils in Watford add their own charges, and the £2,446.70 figure is the area average with those charges included.
We take the Watford figures from the published 2026/27 council tax table for England. The sources page links to the table for England.
To see your exact figure, check the bill Watford sends you, which sets out how the amount was worked out.