European electricity prices — Thursday 26 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 Sicily at 115.6 EUR/MWh, the cheapest France at 22.7 EUR/MWh.
Finland was the 7th cheapest of 40 price areas at 51.9 EUR/MWh.
Finland's priciest hour was 8–9 (74.1 EUR/MWh) and the cheapest 0–1 (34.3 EUR/MWh).
The gap between the priciest and cheapest area was 92.9 EUR/MWh — a factor of 5.1.
Most negative prices in Spain: 7 hours.
Italy Sicily had 14 hours above 100 EUR/MWh.
Cheapest area
22.7 €/MWh
France
Priciest area
115.6 €/MWh
Italy Sicily
Median price area
77.0 €/MWh
40 price areas
Finland's average
51.9 €/MWh
7th cheapest
Thursday 26 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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