European electricity prices — Monday 18 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 Croatia at 143.2 EUR/MWh, the cheapest Spain at 60.7 EUR/MWh.
Finland was the 7th cheapest of 40 price areas at 97.9 EUR/MWh.
Finland's priciest hour was 20–21 (144.7 EUR/MWh) and the cheapest 2–3 (49.6 EUR/MWh).
The gap between the priciest and cheapest area was 82.5 EUR/MWh — a factor of 2.4.
Biggest change from the previous day: Norway NO4 +212 %.
Norway NO5 had 24 hours above 100 EUR/MWh.
Cheapest area
60.7 €/MWh
Spain
Priciest area
143.2 €/MWh
Croatia
Median price area
136.1 €/MWh
40 price areas
Finland's average
97.9 €/MWh
7th cheapest
Monday 18 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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