European electricity prices — Thursday 21 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 127.5 EUR/MWh, the cheapest Norway NO4 at 21.8 EUR/MWh.
Finland was the 8th cheapest of 40 price areas at 73.0 EUR/MWh.
Finland's priciest hour was 20–21 (136.6 EUR/MWh) and the cheapest 0–1 (26.7 EUR/MWh).
The gap between the priciest and cheapest area was 105.7 EUR/MWh — a factor of 5.8.
Biggest change from the previous day: Finland +57 %.
Most negative prices in Spain: 6 hours.
Cheapest area
21.8 €/MWh
Norway NO4
Priciest area
127.5 €/MWh
Italy Nord
Median price area
106.3 €/MWh
40 price areas
Finland's average
73.0 €/MWh
8th cheapest
Thursday 21 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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