European electricity prices — January 2018
Monthly review: day-ahead average price by price area, price spikes and negative hours, and the change from the previous month. Prices are wholesale market prices, excluding tax.
The priciest area was Poland at 161.7 EUR/MWh, the cheapest Germany at 29.4 EUR/MWh.
Finland was the 19th cheapest of 40 price areas at 37.1 EUR/MWh.
The gap between the priciest and cheapest area was 132.3 EUR/MWh — a factor of 5.5.
Biggest change from the previous month: France −39%.
Most negative prices in Germany: 45 hours.
Poland had 729 hours above 100 EUR/MWh.
Cheapest area
29.4 €/MWh
Germany
Priciest area
161.7 €/MWh
Poland
Median price area
37.6 €/MWh
40 price areas
Finland's average
37.1 €/MWh
19th cheapest
January 2018 average price on the map
The month's average price in every price area (EUR/MWh, excluding VAT).
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