European electricity prices — Thursday 22 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 263.2 EUR/MWh, the cheapest Sweden SE2 at 19.8 EUR/MWh.
Finland was the 4th cheapest of 40 price areas at 22.5 EUR/MWh.
Finland's priciest hour was 12–13 (29.0 EUR/MWh) and the cheapest 3–4 (14.5 EUR/MWh).
The gap between the priciest and cheapest area was 243.4 EUR/MWh — a factor of 13.3.
United Kingdom had 24 hours above 100 EUR/MWh.
No area saw a negative price.
Cheapest area
19.8 €/MWh
Sweden SE2
Priciest area
263.2 €/MWh
Hungary
Median price area
156.3 €/MWh
40 price areas
Finland's average
22.5 €/MWh
4th cheapest
Thursday 22 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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