European electricity prices — Thursday 19 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 Lithuania at 183.7 EUR/MWh, the cheapest Portugal at 14.8 EUR/MWh.
Finland was the 4th priciest of 40 price areas at 181.6 EUR/MWh.
Finland's priciest hour was 8–9 (453.0 EUR/MWh) and the cheapest 3–4 (100.4 EUR/MWh).
The gap between the priciest and cheapest area was 168.9 EUR/MWh — a factor of 12.4.
Biggest change from the previous day: Portugal +190 %.
Most negative prices in Spain: 7 hours.
Cheapest area
14.8 €/MWh
Portugal
Priciest area
183.7 €/MWh
Lithuania
Median price area
113.0 €/MWh
40 price areas
Finland's average
181.6 €/MWh
4th priciest
Thursday 19 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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