European electricity prices — Saturday 17 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 Spain at 127.2 EUR/MWh, the cheapest Sweden SE2 at 38.5 EUR/MWh.
Finland was the 3rd cheapest of 40 price areas at 39.0 EUR/MWh.
Finland's priciest hour was 17–18 (58.5 EUR/MWh) and the cheapest 4–5 (21.6 EUR/MWh).
The gap between the priciest and cheapest area was 88.7 EUR/MWh — a factor of 3.3.
Poland had 24 hours above 100 EUR/MWh.
No area saw a negative price.
Cheapest area
38.5 €/MWh
Sweden SE2
Priciest area
127.2 €/MWh
Spain
Median price area
115.3 €/MWh
40 price areas
Finland's average
39.0 €/MWh
3rd cheapest
Saturday 17 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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