European electricity prices — Wednesday 28 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 Poland at 180.5 EUR/MWh, the cheapest Portugal at 27.5 EUR/MWh.
Finland was the 3rd priciest of 40 price areas at 174.0 EUR/MWh.
Finland's priciest hour was 16–17 (232.8 EUR/MWh) and the cheapest 3–4 (109.1 EUR/MWh).
The gap between the priciest and cheapest area was 153.0 EUR/MWh — a factor of 6.6.
United Kingdom had 24 hours above 100 EUR/MWh.
No area saw a negative price.
Cheapest area
27.5 €/MWh
Portugal
Priciest area
180.5 €/MWh
Poland
Median price area
136.4 €/MWh
40 price areas
Finland's average
174.0 €/MWh
3rd priciest
Wednesday 28 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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