European electricity prices — Wednesday 26 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 216.7 EUR/MWh, the cheapest Norway NO4 at 12.9 EUR/MWh.
Finland was the 4th cheapest of 40 price areas at 109.8 EUR/MWh.
Finland's priciest hour was 8–9 (180.7 EUR/MWh) and the cheapest 0–1 (58.6 EUR/MWh).
The gap between the priciest and cheapest area was 203.8 EUR/MWh — a factor of 16.8.
Norway NO5 had 24 hours above 100 EUR/MWh.
No area saw a negative price.
Cheapest area
12.9 €/MWh
Norway NO4
Priciest area
216.7 €/MWh
Italy Sicily
Median price area
159.8 €/MWh
40 price areas
Finland's average
109.8 €/MWh
4th cheapest
Wednesday 26 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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