European electricity prices — Tuesday 20 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 Hungary at 326.6 EUR/MWh, the cheapest Norway NO4 at 23.5 EUR/MWh.
Finland was the 4th cheapest of 40 price areas at 65.1 EUR/MWh.
Finland's priciest hour was 15–16 (133.1 EUR/MWh) and the cheapest 1–2 (5.0 EUR/MWh).
The gap between the priciest and cheapest area was 303.1 EUR/MWh — a factor of 13.9.
Biggest change from the previous day: Finland +205 %.
Norway NO5 had 24 hours above 100 EUR/MWh.
Cheapest area
23.5 €/MWh
Norway NO4
Priciest area
326.6 €/MWh
Hungary
Median price area
195.7 €/MWh
40 price areas
Finland's average
65.1 €/MWh
4th cheapest
Tuesday 20 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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