European electricity prices — Thursday 27 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 237.7 EUR/MWh, the cheapest Norway NO4 at 9.5 EUR/MWh.
Finland was the 4th cheapest of 40 price areas at 88.7 EUR/MWh.
Finland's priciest hour was 7–8 (157.0 EUR/MWh) and the cheapest 23–24 (62.8 EUR/MWh).
The gap between the priciest and cheapest area was 228.2 EUR/MWh — a factor of 24.9.
Most negative prices in Poland: 4 hours.
Norway NO2 had 24 hours above 100 EUR/MWh.
Cheapest area
9.5 €/MWh
Norway NO4
Priciest area
237.7 €/MWh
Italy Sicily
Median price area
148.8 €/MWh
40 price areas
Finland's average
88.7 €/MWh
4th cheapest
Thursday 27 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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