European electricity prices — Friday 20 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 Poland at 117.5 EUR/MWh, the cheapest Sweden SE2 at 26.9 EUR/MWh.
Finland was the 20th priciest of 40 price areas at 94.0 EUR/MWh.
Finland's priciest hour was 8–9 (198.0 EUR/MWh) and the cheapest 23–24 (21.6 EUR/MWh).
The gap between the priciest and cheapest area was 90.7 EUR/MWh — a factor of 4.4.
Biggest change from the previous day: Portugal +103 %.
Most negative prices in Spain: 7 hours.
Cheapest area
26.9 €/MWh
Sweden SE2
Priciest area
117.5 €/MWh
Poland
Median price area
94.0 €/MWh
40 price areas
Finland's average
94.0 €/MWh
20th priciest
Friday 20 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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