European electricity prices — Thursday 1 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 Italy Centro-Nord at 211.4 EUR/MWh, the cheapest Sweden SE2 at 23.1 EUR/MWh.
Finland was the 4th cheapest of 40 price areas at 30.6 EUR/MWh.
Finland's priciest hour was 7–8 (54.4 EUR/MWh) and the cheapest 23–24 (11.8 EUR/MWh).
The gap between the priciest and cheapest area was 188.3 EUR/MWh — a factor of 9.2.
Biggest change from the previous day: Finland −78 %.
Most negative prices in Greece: 7 hours.
Cheapest area
23.1 €/MWh
Sweden SE2
Priciest area
211.4 €/MWh
Italy Centro-Nord
Median price area
164.5 €/MWh
40 price areas
Finland's average
30.6 €/MWh
4th cheapest
Thursday 1 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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