European electricity prices — Saturday 21 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 Italy Nord at 102.8 EUR/MWh, the cheapest France at 16.7 EUR/MWh.
Finland was the 8th cheapest of 40 price areas at 50.4 EUR/MWh.
Finland's priciest hour was 18–19 (94.6 EUR/MWh) and the cheapest 0–1 (11.1 EUR/MWh).
The gap between the priciest and cheapest area was 86.0 EUR/MWh — a factor of 6.1.
Biggest change from the previous day: France −64 %.
Most negative prices in Spain: 4 hours.
Cheapest area
16.7 €/MWh
France
Priciest area
102.8 €/MWh
Italy Nord
Median price area
80.5 €/MWh
40 price areas
Finland's average
50.4 €/MWh
8th cheapest
Saturday 21 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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