European electricity prices — Sunday 18 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 Calabria at 131.2 EUR/MWh, the cheapest Norway NO4 at 72.9 EUR/MWh.
Finland was the 3rd cheapest of 40 price areas at 91.9 EUR/MWh.
Finland's priciest hour was 18–19 (135.0 EUR/MWh) and the cheapest 0–1 (56.6 EUR/MWh).
The gap between the priciest and cheapest area was 58.3 EUR/MWh — a factor of 1.8.
Biggest change from the previous day: Sweden SE2 +138 %.
United Kingdom had 24 hours above 100 EUR/MWh.
Cheapest area
72.9 €/MWh
Norway NO4
Priciest area
131.2 €/MWh
Italy Calabria
Median price area
111.5 €/MWh
40 price areas
Finland's average
91.9 €/MWh
3rd cheapest
Sunday 18 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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