European electricity prices — Thursday 8 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 Poland at 193.4 EUR/MWh, the cheapest Sweden SE2 at 15.1 EUR/MWh.
Finland was the 5th cheapest of 40 price areas at 80.3 EUR/MWh.
Finland's priciest hour was 18–19 (120.0 EUR/MWh) and the cheapest 3–4 (41.2 EUR/MWh).
The gap between the priciest and cheapest area was 178.4 EUR/MWh — a factor of 12.8.
Biggest change from the previous day: United Kingdom +83 %.
Italy Nord had 24 hours above 100 EUR/MWh.
Cheapest area
15.1 €/MWh
Sweden SE2
Priciest area
193.4 €/MWh
Poland
Median price area
146.7 €/MWh
40 price areas
Finland's average
80.3 €/MWh
5th cheapest
Thursday 8 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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