European electricity prices — Friday 18 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 284.9 EUR/MWh, the cheapest Norway NO4 at 35.5 EUR/MWh.
Finland was the 7th cheapest of 40 price areas at 40.3 EUR/MWh.
Finland's priciest hour was 7–8 (90.1 EUR/MWh) and the cheapest 23–24 (14.9 EUR/MWh).
The gap between the priciest and cheapest area was 249.4 EUR/MWh — a factor of 8.0.
Biggest change from the previous day: Finland +53 %.
Italy Sardinia had 24 hours above 100 EUR/MWh.
Cheapest area
35.5 €/MWh
Norway NO4
Priciest area
284.9 €/MWh
Italy Sicily
Median price area
125.9 €/MWh
40 price areas
Finland's average
40.3 €/MWh
7th cheapest
Friday 18 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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