European electricity prices — Friday 20 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 173.6 EUR/MWh, the cheapest Norway NO4 at 6.2 EUR/MWh.
Finland was the 4th cheapest of 40 price areas at 33.5 EUR/MWh.
Finland's priciest hour was 7–8 (101.0 EUR/MWh) and the cheapest 21–22 (10.2 EUR/MWh).
The gap between the priciest and cheapest area was 167.5 EUR/MWh — a factor of 28.2.
Biggest change from the previous day: Finland +254 %.
Most negative prices in Norway NO4: 2 hours.
Cheapest area
6.2 €/MWh
Norway NO4
Priciest area
173.6 €/MWh
Italy Sicily
Median price area
131.4 €/MWh
40 price areas
Finland's average
33.5 €/MWh
4th cheapest
Friday 20 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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