European electricity prices — Saturday 18 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 170.1 EUR/MWh, the cheapest Sweden SE2 at 7.3 EUR/MWh.
Finland was the 3rd cheapest of 40 price areas at 10.2 EUR/MWh.
Finland's priciest hour was 7–8 (13.6 EUR/MWh) and the cheapest 23–24 (1.7 EUR/MWh).
The gap between the priciest and cheapest area was 162.8 EUR/MWh — a factor of 23.3.
Most negative prices in Germany: 6 hours.
Italy Sud had 24 hours above 100 EUR/MWh.
Cheapest area
7.3 €/MWh
Sweden SE2
Priciest area
170.1 €/MWh
Italy Sicily
Median price area
90.7 €/MWh
40 price areas
Finland's average
10.2 €/MWh
3rd cheapest
Saturday 18 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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