European electricity prices — Wednesday 22 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 196.2 EUR/MWh, the cheapest Norway NO4 at 13.3 EUR/MWh.
Finland was the 3rd cheapest of 40 price areas at 19.9 EUR/MWh.
Finland's priciest hour was 19–20 (23.2 EUR/MWh) and the cheapest 23–24 (8.3 EUR/MWh).
The gap between the priciest and cheapest area was 182.9 EUR/MWh — a factor of 14.8.
United Kingdom had 24 hours above 100 EUR/MWh.
No area saw a negative price.
Cheapest area
13.3 €/MWh
Norway NO4
Priciest area
196.2 €/MWh
Italy Sicily
Median price area
113.8 €/MWh
40 price areas
Finland's average
19.9 €/MWh
3rd cheapest
Wednesday 22 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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