European electricity prices — Wednesday 5 August 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 Centro-Nord at 208.4 EUR/MWh, the cheapest Norway NO4 at 6.6 EUR/MWh.
Finland was the 4th cheapest of 40 price areas at 26.7 EUR/MWh.
Finland's priciest hour was 8–9 (40.0 EUR/MWh) and the cheapest 14–15 (20.1 EUR/MWh).
The gap between the priciest and cheapest area was 201.8 EUR/MWh — a factor of 31.7.
Most negative prices in Netherlands: 4 hours.
Switzerland had 24 hours above 100 EUR/MWh.
Cheapest area
6.6 €/MWh
Norway NO4
Priciest area
208.4 €/MWh
Italy Centro-Nord
Median price area
119.4 €/MWh
40 price areas
Finland's average
26.7 €/MWh
4th cheapest
Wednesday 5 August 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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