European electricity prices — Friday 23 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 Hungary at 229.8 EUR/MWh, the cheapest Spain at 38.4 EUR/MWh.
Finland was the 14th priciest of 40 price areas at 158.3 EUR/MWh.
Finland's priciest hour was 8–9 (211.3 EUR/MWh) and the cheapest 23–24 (101.1 EUR/MWh).
The gap between the priciest and cheapest area was 191.4 EUR/MWh — a factor of 6.0.
Czechia had 24 hours above 100 EUR/MWh.
No area saw a negative price.
Cheapest area
38.4 €/MWh
Spain
Priciest area
229.8 €/MWh
Hungary
Median price area
156.6 €/MWh
40 price areas
Finland's average
158.3 €/MWh
14th priciest
Friday 23 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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