European electricity prices — Monday 23 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 180.7 EUR/MWh, the cheapest Sweden SE2 at 3.7 EUR/MWh.
Finland was the 2nd cheapest of 40 price areas at 7.5 EUR/MWh.
Finland's priciest hour was 17–18 (12.2 EUR/MWh) and the cheapest 1–2 (2.6 EUR/MWh).
The gap between the priciest and cheapest area was 177.0 EUR/MWh — a factor of 48.7.
Biggest change from the previous day: Lithuania +133 %.
Most negative prices in Spain: 4 hours.
Cheapest area
3.7 €/MWh
Sweden SE2
Priciest area
180.7 €/MWh
Italy Sicily
Median price area
141.0 €/MWh
40 price areas
Finland's average
7.5 €/MWh
2nd cheapest
Monday 23 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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