European electricity prices — Tuesday 20 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 Lithuania at 212.8 EUR/MWh, the cheapest France at 101.6 EUR/MWh.
Finland was the 10th priciest of 40 price areas at 163.8 EUR/MWh.
Finland's priciest hour was 16–17 (269.5 EUR/MWh) and the cheapest 23–24 (104.2 EUR/MWh).
The gap between the priciest and cheapest area was 111.2 EUR/MWh — a factor of 2.1.
Italy Sud had 24 hours above 100 EUR/MWh.
No area saw a negative price.
Cheapest area
101.6 €/MWh
France
Priciest area
212.8 €/MWh
Lithuania
Median price area
155.3 €/MWh
40 price areas
Finland's average
163.8 €/MWh
10th priciest
Tuesday 20 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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