European electricity prices — Monday 12 October 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 Bulgaria at 235.5 EUR/MWh, the cheapest Norway NO4 at 30.8 EUR/MWh.
Finland was the 3rd cheapest of 36 price areas at 102.7 EUR/MWh.
Finland's priciest hour was 16–17 (208.0 EUR/MWh) and the cheapest 1–2 (34.0 EUR/MWh).
The gap between the priciest and cheapest area was 204.7 EUR/MWh — a factor of 7.6.
Biggest change from the previous day: Sweden SE2 +144 %.
Norway NO3 had 24 hours above 100 EUR/MWh.
Cheapest area
30.8 €/MWh
Norway NO4
Priciest area
235.5 €/MWh
Bulgaria
Median price area
197.2 €/MWh
36 price areas
Finland's average
102.7 €/MWh
3rd cheapest
Monday 12 October 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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