European electricity prices — Thursday 20 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 220.7 EUR/MWh, the cheapest Norway NO4 at 22.2 EUR/MWh.
Finland was the 3rd cheapest of 40 price areas at 86.4 EUR/MWh.
Finland's priciest hour was 18–19 (146.2 EUR/MWh) and the cheapest 23–24 (45.1 EUR/MWh).
The gap between the priciest and cheapest area was 198.5 EUR/MWh — a factor of 10.0.
Biggest change from the previous day: Norway NO4 −81 %.
Norway NO5 had 24 hours above 100 EUR/MWh.
Cheapest area
22.2 €/MWh
Norway NO4
Priciest area
220.7 €/MWh
Italy Sicily
Median price area
150.9 €/MWh
40 price areas
Finland's average
86.4 €/MWh
3rd cheapest
Thursday 20 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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