European electricity prices — Monday 17 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 Sicily at 195.5 EUR/MWh, the cheapest Norway NO4 at 5.6 EUR/MWh.
Finland was the 4th cheapest of 40 price areas at 16.5 EUR/MWh.
Finland's priciest hour was 18–19 (35.4 EUR/MWh) and the cheapest 4–5 (2.7 EUR/MWh).
The gap between the priciest and cheapest area was 189.9 EUR/MWh — a factor of 34.9.
Biggest change from the previous day: Estonia +698 %.
Norway NO5 had 24 hours above 100 EUR/MWh.
Cheapest area
5.6 €/MWh
Norway NO4
Priciest area
195.5 €/MWh
Italy Sicily
Median price area
176.6 €/MWh
40 price areas
Finland's average
16.5 €/MWh
4th cheapest
Monday 17 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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