European electricity prices — Monday 16 February 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 190.4 EUR/MWh, the cheapest Portugal at 3.5 EUR/MWh.
Finland was the 8th cheapest of 40 price areas at 70.5 EUR/MWh.
Finland's priciest hour was 12–13 (110.0 EUR/MWh) and the cheapest 23–24 (24.8 EUR/MWh).
The gap between the priciest and cheapest area was 186.9 EUR/MWh — a factor of 54.4.
Biggest change from the previous day: Bulgaria +376 %.
Most negative prices in Portugal: 7 hours.
Cheapest area
3.5 €/MWh
Portugal
Priciest area
190.4 €/MWh
Latvia
Median price area
102.2 €/MWh
40 price areas
Finland's average
70.5 €/MWh
8th cheapest
Monday 16 February 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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