European electricity prices — Friday 16 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 Slovakia at 278.7 EUR/MWh, the cheapest Sweden SE1 at 15.9 EUR/MWh.
Finland was the 2nd cheapest of 40 price areas at 17.1 EUR/MWh.
Finland's priciest hour was 15–16 (33.8 EUR/MWh) and the cheapest 4–5 (0.4 EUR/MWh).
The gap between the priciest and cheapest area was 262.8 EUR/MWh — a factor of 17.5.
Biggest change from the previous day: Sweden SE1 +131 %.
Norway NO5 had 24 hours above 100 EUR/MWh.
Cheapest area
15.9 €/MWh
Sweden SE1
Priciest area
278.7 €/MWh
Slovakia
Median price area
206.2 €/MWh
40 price areas
Finland's average
17.1 €/MWh
2nd cheapest
Friday 16 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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