European electricity prices — Thursday 16 July 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 Sicily at 173.2 EUR/MWh, the cheapest Sweden SE1 at 7.4 EUR/MWh.
Finland was the 2nd cheapest of 40 price areas at 8.1 EUR/MWh.
Finland's priciest hour was 7–8 (15.1 EUR/MWh) and the cheapest 23–24 (0.2 EUR/MWh).
The gap between the priciest and cheapest area was 165.9 EUR/MWh — a factor of 23.5.
Most negative prices in Sweden SE1: 1 hours.
Norway NO5 had 24 hours above 100 EUR/MWh.
Cheapest area
7.4 €/MWh
Sweden SE1
Priciest area
173.2 €/MWh
Italy Sicily
Median price area
152.2 €/MWh
40 price areas
Finland's average
8.1 €/MWh
2nd cheapest
Thursday 16 July 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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