European electricity prices — Thursday 5 March 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 153.3 EUR/MWh, the cheapest Norway NO4 at 33.0 EUR/MWh.
Finland was the 4th cheapest of 40 price areas at 61.4 EUR/MWh.
Finland's priciest hour was 8–9 (130.8 EUR/MWh) and the cheapest 0–1 (17.4 EUR/MWh).
The gap between the priciest and cheapest area was 120.4 EUR/MWh — a factor of 4.7.
Biggest change from the previous day: Finland +515 %.
Most negative prices in Poland: 2 hours.
Cheapest area
33.0 €/MWh
Norway NO4
Priciest area
153.3 €/MWh
Italy Sicily
Median price area
115.9 €/MWh
40 price areas
Finland's average
61.4 €/MWh
4th cheapest
Thursday 5 March 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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