European electricity prices — Friday 22 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 128.1 EUR/MWh, the cheapest Norway NO4 at 25.5 EUR/MWh.
Finland was the 8th cheapest of 40 price areas at 69.8 EUR/MWh.
Finland's priciest hour was 7–8 (123.8 EUR/MWh) and the cheapest 14–15 (20.3 EUR/MWh).
The gap between the priciest and cheapest area was 102.6 EUR/MWh — a factor of 5.0.
Most negative prices in Spain: 5 hours.
United Kingdom had 21 hours above 100 EUR/MWh.
Cheapest area
25.5 €/MWh
Norway NO4
Priciest area
128.1 €/MWh
United Kingdom
Median price area
97.2 €/MWh
40 price areas
Finland's average
69.8 €/MWh
8th cheapest
Friday 22 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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