European electricity prices — Thursday 16 April 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 Calabria at 130.2 EUR/MWh, the cheapest Norway NO4 at 23.2 EUR/MWh.
Finland was the 16th priciest of 40 price areas at 120.1 EUR/MWh.
Finland's priciest hour was 6–7 (175.9 EUR/MWh) and the cheapest 15–16 (80.0 EUR/MWh).
The gap between the priciest and cheapest area was 107.0 EUR/MWh — a factor of 5.6.
Most negative prices in Spain: 1 hours.
Norway NO5 had 24 hours above 100 EUR/MWh.
Cheapest area
23.2 €/MWh
Norway NO4
Priciest area
130.2 €/MWh
Italy Calabria
Median price area
113.8 €/MWh
40 price areas
Finland's average
120.1 €/MWh
16th priciest
Thursday 16 April 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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