European electricity prices — Wednesday 19 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 213.8 EUR/MWh, the cheapest Belgium at 85.9 EUR/MWh.
Finland was the 8th cheapest of 40 price areas at 131.1 EUR/MWh.
Finland's priciest hour was 19–20 (180.0 EUR/MWh) and the cheapest 3–4 (79.9 EUR/MWh).
The gap between the priciest and cheapest area was 127.9 EUR/MWh — a factor of 2.5.
Biggest change from the previous day: Norway NO4 +239 %.
Norway NO3 had 24 hours above 100 EUR/MWh.
Cheapest area
85.9 €/MWh
Belgium
Priciest area
213.8 €/MWh
Italy Sicily
Median price area
166.0 €/MWh
40 price areas
Finland's average
131.1 €/MWh
8th cheapest
Wednesday 19 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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