European electricity prices — Sunday 4 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 Sicily at 264.8 EUR/MWh, the cheapest Sweden SE1 at 22.1 EUR/MWh.
Finland was the 4th cheapest of 40 price areas at 26.9 EUR/MWh.
Finland's priciest hour was 18–19 (66.9 EUR/MWh) and the cheapest 23–24 (2.6 EUR/MWh).
The gap between the priciest and cheapest area was 242.7 EUR/MWh — a factor of 12.0.
Most negative prices in Greece: 9 hours.
Italy Centro-Sud had 23 hours above 100 EUR/MWh.
Cheapest area
22.1 €/MWh
Sweden SE1
Priciest area
264.8 €/MWh
Italy Sicily
Median price area
159.2 €/MWh
40 price areas
Finland's average
26.9 €/MWh
4th cheapest
Sunday 4 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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