European electricity prices — Wednesday 6 May 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 Nord at 147.5 EUR/MWh, the cheapest Portugal at 76.2 EUR/MWh.
Finland was the 5th cheapest of 40 price areas at 94.3 EUR/MWh.
Finland's priciest hour was 20–21 (152.4 EUR/MWh) and the cheapest 0–1 (39.0 EUR/MWh).
The gap between the priciest and cheapest area was 71.3 EUR/MWh — a factor of 1.9.
Biggest change from the previous day: Sweden SE2 +113 %.
Norway NO5 had 24 hours above 100 EUR/MWh.
Cheapest area
76.2 €/MWh
Portugal
Priciest area
147.5 €/MWh
Italy Nord
Median price area
121.4 €/MWh
40 price areas
Finland's average
94.3 €/MWh
5th cheapest
Wednesday 6 May 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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