European electricity prices — Saturday 8 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 Sud at 172.4 EUR/MWh, the cheapest Norway NO4 at 2.7 EUR/MWh.
Finland was the 3rd cheapest of 40 price areas at 3.8 EUR/MWh.
Finland's priciest hour was 19–20 (12.9 EUR/MWh) and the cheapest 13–14 (0.6 EUR/MWh).
The gap between the priciest and cheapest area was 169.7 EUR/MWh — a factor of 64.1.
Most negative prices in France: 6 hours.
Italy Sicily had 24 hours above 100 EUR/MWh.
Cheapest area
2.7 €/MWh
Norway NO4
Priciest area
172.4 €/MWh
Italy Sud
Median price area
107.1 €/MWh
40 price areas
Finland's average
3.8 €/MWh
3rd cheapest
Saturday 8 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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