European electricity prices — Wednesday 20 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 United Kingdom at 131.5 EUR/MWh, the cheapest Norway NO4 at 23.5 EUR/MWh.
Finland was the 4th cheapest of 40 price areas at 46.5 EUR/MWh.
Finland's priciest hour was 9–10 (79.4 EUR/MWh) and the cheapest 0–1 (10.0 EUR/MWh).
The gap between the priciest and cheapest area was 107.9 EUR/MWh — a factor of 5.6.
Most negative prices in France: 7 hours.
United Kingdom had 24 hours above 100 EUR/MWh.
Cheapest area
23.5 €/MWh
Norway NO4
Priciest area
131.5 €/MWh
United Kingdom
Median price area
103.2 €/MWh
40 price areas
Finland's average
46.5 €/MWh
4th cheapest
Wednesday 20 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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