European electricity prices — Tuesday 6 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 United Kingdom at 173.1 EUR/MWh, the cheapest Spain at 62.9 EUR/MWh.
Finland was the 16th priciest of 40 price areas at 127.8 EUR/MWh.
Finland's priciest hour was 9–10 (168.7 EUR/MWh) and the cheapest 23–24 (68.8 EUR/MWh).
The gap between the priciest and cheapest area was 110.2 EUR/MWh — a factor of 2.8.
Italy Calabria had 24 hours above 100 EUR/MWh.
No area saw a negative price.
Cheapest area
62.9 €/MWh
Spain
Priciest area
173.1 €/MWh
United Kingdom
Median price area
127.1 €/MWh
40 price areas
Finland's average
127.8 €/MWh
16th priciest
Tuesday 6 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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