European electricity prices — Friday 21 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 217.7 EUR/MWh, the cheapest Norway NO4 at 28.8 EUR/MWh.
Finland was the 3rd cheapest of 40 price areas at 110.5 EUR/MWh.
Finland's priciest hour was 18–19 (180.1 EUR/MWh) and the cheapest 2–3 (48.4 EUR/MWh).
The gap between the priciest and cheapest area was 188.9 EUR/MWh — a factor of 7.6.
Norway NO3 had 24 hours above 100 EUR/MWh.
No area saw a negative price.
Cheapest area
28.8 €/MWh
Norway NO4
Priciest area
217.7 €/MWh
Italy Sicily
Median price area
167.7 €/MWh
40 price areas
Finland's average
110.5 €/MWh
3rd cheapest
Friday 21 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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