European electricity prices — Monday 24 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 215.8 EUR/MWh, the cheapest Norway NO4 at 11.6 EUR/MWh.
Finland was the 3rd cheapest of 40 price areas at 29.0 EUR/MWh.
Finland's priciest hour was 18–19 (62.3 EUR/MWh) and the cheapest 0–1 (3.7 EUR/MWh).
The gap between the priciest and cheapest area was 204.1 EUR/MWh — a factor of 18.5.
Biggest change from the previous day: Sweden SE3 +325 %.
Norway NO5 had 24 hours above 100 EUR/MWh.
Cheapest area
11.6 €/MWh
Norway NO4
Priciest area
215.8 €/MWh
Italy Sicily
Median price area
147.3 €/MWh
40 price areas
Finland's average
29.0 €/MWh
3rd cheapest
Monday 24 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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