European electricity prices — Tuesday 18 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 208.2 EUR/MWh, the cheapest Norway NO4 at 35.1 EUR/MWh.
Finland was the 4th cheapest of 40 price areas at 85.5 EUR/MWh.
Finland's priciest hour was 21–22 (167.9 EUR/MWh) and the cheapest 0–1 (17.4 EUR/MWh).
The gap between the priciest and cheapest area was 173.1 EUR/MWh — a factor of 5.9.
Biggest change from the previous day: Sweden SE1 +800 %.
Norway NO5 had 24 hours above 100 EUR/MWh.
Cheapest area
35.1 €/MWh
Norway NO4
Priciest area
208.2 €/MWh
Italy Sicily
Median price area
163.9 €/MWh
40 price areas
Finland's average
85.5 €/MWh
4th cheapest
Tuesday 18 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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