European electricity prices — Wednesday 17 December 2025
Daily review: day-ahead average price by price area, price spikes and negative hours, and the change from the previous day. Prices are wholesale market prices, excluding tax.
The priciest area was Austria at 132.6 EUR/MWh, the cheapest Sweden SE2 at 24.2 EUR/MWh.
Finland was the 2nd cheapest of 38 price areas at 25.2 EUR/MWh.
Finland's priciest hour was 8–9 (37.0 EUR/MWh) and the cheapest 23–24 (16.6 EUR/MWh).
The gap between the priciest and cheapest area was 108.4 EUR/MWh — a factor of 5.5.
Poland had 24 hours above 100 EUR/MWh.
No area saw a negative price.
Cheapest area
24.2 €/MWh
Sweden SE2
Priciest area
132.6 €/MWh
Austria
Median price area
106.4 €/MWh
38 price areas
Finland's average
25.2 €/MWh
2nd cheapest
Wednesday 17 December 2025 average price on the map
The day's average price in every price area (EUR/MWh, excluding VAT). The day runs on Central European Time (CET).
Region
Loading map…
Monthly review · This day hour by hour on the map · Compare price areas