European electricity prices — Saturday 22 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 188.4 EUR/MWh, the cheapest Norway NO4 at 47.2 EUR/MWh.
Finland was the 3rd cheapest of 40 price areas at 64.5 EUR/MWh.
Finland's priciest hour was 7–8 (102.2 EUR/MWh) and the cheapest 23–24 (6.4 EUR/MWh).
The gap between the priciest and cheapest area was 141.2 EUR/MWh — a factor of 4.0.
Biggest change from the previous day: Norway NO4 +64 %.
Most negative prices in Spain: 6 hours.
Cheapest area
47.2 €/MWh
Norway NO4
Priciest area
188.4 €/MWh
Italy Sicily
Median price area
104.8 €/MWh
40 price areas
Finland's average
64.5 €/MWh
3rd cheapest
Saturday 22 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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