European electricity prices — Wednesday 29 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 Sicily at 116.3 EUR/MWh, the cheapest France at 3.3 EUR/MWh.
Finland was the 8th cheapest of 40 price areas at 67.1 EUR/MWh.
Finland's priciest hour was 20–21 (127.9 EUR/MWh) and the cheapest 15–16 (16.1 EUR/MWh).
The gap between the priciest and cheapest area was 113.0 EUR/MWh — a factor of 35.1.
Biggest change from the previous day: Finland +273 %.
Most negative prices in France: 9 hours.
Cheapest area
3.3 €/MWh
France
Priciest area
116.3 €/MWh
Italy Sicily
Median price area
83.6 €/MWh
40 price areas
Finland's average
67.1 €/MWh
8th cheapest
Wednesday 29 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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