Wholesale electricity prices

Wholesale market prices only. They show what generators were paid, not what households pay. Compare household prices by country.

29 countriesPublished wholesale pricesUpdated May 31, 18:36 GMT+2Monthly archiveVolatility report
Lowest average🇫🇷 France1.4 EUR/MWh
Highest average🇮🇪 Ireland115.8 EUR/MWh
Widest spread🇭🇺 Hungary401.4 EUR/MWh

Country ranking

Average wholesale price; multi-area countries use a simple area average.

Daily wholesale reference electricity price country ranking for Monday, April 6, 2026. Values are normalized to EUR/MWh, exclude supplier tariffs and use a simple price-area average for countries with multiple areas.
RankCountryAvg EUR/MWhLow EUR/MWhHigh EUR/MWhSpread EUR/MWhCheapest 3hMobile summary
1
🇫🇷France
1.4-125.213:0054.405:00179.613:00-16:00-96.1 EUR/MWhLow -125.2 · High 54.4Lowest at 13:00Highest at 05:00Low -125.2 · High 54.4
2
🇱🇹Lithuania
3.0-1.812:0018.206:0020.012:00-15:00-1.3 EUR/MWhLow -1.8 · High 18.2Lowest at 12:00Highest at 06:00Low -1.8 · High 18.2
3
🇱🇻Latvia
3.0-1.812:0018.206:0020.012:00-15:00-1.3 EUR/MWhLow -1.8 · High 18.2Lowest at 12:00Highest at 06:00Low -1.8 · High 18.2
4
🇩🇪Germany / Lux.
3.0-125.613:00116.005:00241.713:00-16:00-111.3 EUR/MWhLow -125.6 · High 116.0Lowest at 13:00Highest at 05:00Low -125.6 · High 116.0
5
🇱🇺Luxembourg
3.0-125.613:00116.005:00241.713:00-16:00-111.3 EUR/MWhLow -125.6 · High 116.0Lowest at 13:00Highest at 05:00Low -125.6 · High 116.0
6
🇸🇪Sweden
4 price areas
3.7-0.113:0013.105:0013.213:00-16:001.3 EUR/MWhLow -0.1 · High 13.1Lowest at 13:00Highest at 05:00Low -0.1 · High 13.1
7
🇫🇮Finland
7.92.003:0026.106:0024.103:00-06:002.2 EUR/MWhLow 2.0 · High 26.1Lowest at 03:00Highest at 06:00Low 2.0 · High 26.1
8
🇪🇪Estonia
8.02.003:0026.106:0024.103:00-06:002.2 EUR/MWhLow 2.0 · High 26.1Lowest at 03:00Highest at 06:00Low 2.0 · High 26.1
9
🇸🇰Slovakia
8.7-154.213:00145.705:00299.913:00-16:00-120.6 EUR/MWhLow -154.2 · High 145.7Lowest at 13:00Highest at 05:00Low -154.2 · High 145.7
10
🇨🇿Czechia
9.6-135.013:00126.605:00261.613:00-16:00-107.0 EUR/MWhLow -135.0 · High 126.6Lowest at 13:00Highest at 05:00Low -135.0 · High 126.6
11
🇩🇰Denmark
2 price areas
16.0-4.712:00100.005:00104.712:00-15:00-4.4 EUR/MWhLow -4.7 · High 100.0Lowest at 12:00Highest at 05:00Low -4.7 · High 100.0
12
🇪🇸Spain
19.5-14.213:0054.405:0068.613:00-16:00-11.0 EUR/MWhLow -14.2 · High 54.4Lowest at 13:00Highest at 05:00Low -14.2 · High 54.4
13
🇵🇹Portugal
24.3-6.009:0050.004:0056.009:00-12:00-3.9 EUR/MWhLow -6.0 · High 50.0Lowest at 09:00Highest at 04:00Low -6.0 · High 50.0
14
🇨🇭Switzerland
25.3-103.913:00125.005:00228.913:00-16:00-89.1 EUR/MWhLow -103.9 · High 125.0Lowest at 13:00Highest at 05:00Low -103.9 · High 125.0
15
🇧🇷Brazil
4 price areas
26.49.802:0046.400:0036.502:00-05:0014.2 EUR/MWhLow 9.8 · High 46.4Lowest at 02:00Highest at 00:00Low 9.8 · High 46.4
16
🇸🇮Slovenia
28.7-118.913:00150.405:00269.313:00-16:00-92.8 EUR/MWhLow -118.9 · High 150.4Lowest at 13:00Highest at 05:00Low -118.9 · High 150.4
17
🇭🇷Croatia
36.0-103.113:00159.005:00262.113:00-16:00-80.5 EUR/MWhLow -103.1 · High 159.0Lowest at 13:00Highest at 05:00Low -103.1 · High 159.0
18
🇧🇪Belgium
36.8-117.713:00220.005:00337.713:00-16:00-90.9 EUR/MWhLow -117.7 · High 220.0Lowest at 13:00Highest at 05:00Low -117.7 · High 220.0
19
🇭🇺Hungary
47.3-198.413:00203.005:00401.413:00-16:00-149.2 EUR/MWhLow -198.4 · High 203.0Lowest at 13:00Highest at 05:00Low -198.4 · High 203.0
20
🇦🇹Austria
62.1-232.613:00138.305:00370.913:00-16:00-23.4 EUR/MWhLow -232.6 · High 138.3Lowest at 13:00Highest at 05:00Low -232.6 · High 138.3
21
🇳🇴Norway
5 price areas
64.138.310:0087.105:0048.710:00-13:0049.4 EUR/MWhLow 38.3 · High 87.1Lowest at 10:00Highest at 05:00Low 38.3 · High 87.1
22
🇧🇬Bulgaria
66.3-25.011:00185.906:00210.911:00-14:00-15.2 EUR/MWhLow -25.0 · High 185.9Lowest at 11:00Highest at 06:00Low -25.0 · High 185.9
23
🇷🇴Romania
67.5-39.211:00185.906:00225.111:00-14:00-26.8 EUR/MWhLow -39.2 · High 185.9Lowest at 11:00Highest at 06:00Low -39.2 · High 185.9
24
🇬🇷Greece
74.9-25.011:00185.906:00210.911:00-14:00-15.2 EUR/MWhLow -25.0 · High 185.9Lowest at 11:00Highest at 06:00Low -25.0 · High 185.9
25
🇳🇱Netherlands
78.7-65.013:00247.105:00312.113:00-16:00-54.1 EUR/MWhLow -65.0 · High 247.1Lowest at 13:00Highest at 05:00Low -65.0 · High 247.1
26
🇦🇱Albania
80.30.015:00160.005:00160.015:00-18:005.7 EUR/MWhLow 0.0 · High 160.0Lowest at 15:00Highest at 05:00Low 0.0 · High 160.0
27
🇬🇧Great Britain wholesale
91.8-59.813:00144.804:00204.613:00-16:00-47.7 EUR/MWhLow -59.8 · High 144.8Lowest at 13:00Highest at 04:00Low -59.8 · High 144.8
28
🇮🇹Italy
7 price areas
109.70.014:00172.405:00172.414:00-17:008.3 EUR/MWhLow 0.0 · High 172.4Lowest at 14:00Highest at 05:00Low 0.0 · High 172.4
29
🇮🇪Ireland
115.847.213:00202.504:00155.313:00-16:0050.3 EUR/MWhLow 47.2 · High 202.5Lowest at 13:00Highest at 04:00Low 47.2 · High 202.5

On Monday, April 6, 2026, France ranked lowest by average wholesale reference price, while Ireland ranked highest. The widest price spread was in Hungary: 401.4 EUR/MWh.

Daily country electricity price ranking for 2026-04-06, based on published wholesale reference prices in EUR/MWh.

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Methodology and source caveats

Included
Current wholesale reference markets only. Multi-area countries use a simple price-area average, not a load-weighted national average.
Excluded
Supplier tariffs, consumer estimates, stale data and historical benchmarks.
Sources
ENTSO-E Transparency Platform, SMARD Bundesnetzagentur, CCEE Open Data, Elexon BMRS Open Data