European electricity prices — Wednesday 21 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 Latvia at 180.2 EUR/MWh, the cheapest Portugal at 82.4 EUR/MWh.
Finland was the 17th cheapest of 40 price areas at 111.8 EUR/MWh.
Finland's priciest hour was 8–9 (150.7 EUR/MWh) and the cheapest 23–24 (88.0 EUR/MWh).
The gap between the priciest and cheapest area was 97.8 EUR/MWh — a factor of 2.2.
Greece had 24 hours above 100 EUR/MWh.
No area saw a negative price.
Cheapest area
82.4 €/MWh
Portugal
Priciest area
180.2 €/MWh
Latvia
Median price area
146.2 €/MWh
40 price areas
Finland's average
111.8 €/MWh
17th cheapest
Wednesday 21 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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