European electricity prices — Saturday 3 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 104.3 EUR/MWh, the cheapest Norway NO4 at 57.4 EUR/MWh.
Finland was the 4th cheapest of 40 price areas at 72.6 EUR/MWh.
Finland's priciest hour was 18–19 (108.4 EUR/MWh) and the cheapest 3–4 (37.4 EUR/MWh).
The gap between the priciest and cheapest area was 47.0 EUR/MWh — a factor of 1.8.
Biggest change from the previous day: Norway NO4 +175 %.
Estonia had 15 hours above 100 EUR/MWh.
Cheapest area
57.4 €/MWh
Norway NO4
Priciest area
104.3 €/MWh
Italy Centro-Sud
Median price area
92.2 €/MWh
40 price areas
Finland's average
72.6 €/MWh
4th cheapest
Saturday 3 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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