European electricity prices — Friday 4 September 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 227.0 EUR/MWh, the cheapest Norway NO4 at 20.1 EUR/MWh.
Finland was the 3rd cheapest of 40 price areas at 55.0 EUR/MWh.
Finland's priciest hour was 7–8 (97.0 EUR/MWh) and the cheapest 23–24 (26.2 EUR/MWh).
The gap between the priciest and cheapest area was 206.9 EUR/MWh — a factor of 11.3.
Most negative prices in Germany: 5 hours.
Poland had 24 hours above 100 EUR/MWh.
Cheapest area
20.1 €/MWh
Norway NO4
Priciest area
227.0 €/MWh
Italy Sicily
Median price area
130.7 €/MWh
40 price areas
Finland's average
55.0 €/MWh
3rd cheapest
Friday 4 September 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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