European electricity prices — Thursday 1 January 2026
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 Italy Calabria at 106.4 EUR/MWh, the cheapest Germany at 9.8 EUR/MWh.
Finland was the 19th cheapest of 40 price areas at 63.5 EUR/MWh.
Finland's priciest hour was 0–1 (111.7 EUR/MWh) and the cheapest 23–24 (18.6 EUR/MWh).
The gap between the priciest and cheapest area was 96.7 EUR/MWh — a factor of 10.9.
Biggest change from the previous day: Germany −89 %.
Most negative prices in Germany: 4 hours.
Cheapest area
9.8 €/MWh
Germany
Priciest area
106.4 €/MWh
Italy Calabria
Median price area
64.2 €/MWh
40 price areas
Finland's average
63.5 €/MWh
19th cheapest
Thursday 1 January 2026 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).
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