European electricity prices — Friday 23 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 Romania at 250.3 EUR/MWh, the cheapest Sweden SE2 at 19.5 EUR/MWh.
Finland was the 4th cheapest of 40 price areas at 23.0 EUR/MWh.
Finland's priciest hour was 15–16 (33.0 EUR/MWh) and the cheapest 1–2 (7.0 EUR/MWh).
The gap between the priciest and cheapest area was 230.8 EUR/MWh — a factor of 12.8.
Biggest change from the previous day: Latvia +158 %.
Norway NO5 had 24 hours above 100 EUR/MWh.
Cheapest area
19.5 €/MWh
Sweden SE2
Priciest area
250.3 €/MWh
Romania
Median price area
158.0 €/MWh
40 price areas
Finland's average
23.0 €/MWh
4th cheapest
Friday 23 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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