European electricity prices — Friday 2 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 Centro-Sud at 105.8 EUR/MWh, the cheapest Norway NO4 at 20.8 EUR/MWh.
Finland was the 4th cheapest of 40 price areas at 38.2 EUR/MWh.
Finland's priciest hour was 9–10 (64.5 EUR/MWh) and the cheapest 3–4 (7.7 EUR/MWh).
The gap between the priciest and cheapest area was 84.9 EUR/MWh — a factor of 5.1.
Biggest change from the previous day: Germany +461 %.
Most negative prices in Poland: 5 hours.
Cheapest area
20.8 €/MWh
Norway NO4
Priciest area
105.8 €/MWh
Italy Centro-Sud
Median price area
82.0 €/MWh
40 price areas
Finland's average
38.2 €/MWh
4th cheapest
Friday 2 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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