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, 18:35 GMT+2Monthly archiveVolatility report
Lowest average🇨🇭 Switzerland1.8 EUR/MWh
Highest average🇮🇪 Ireland192.3 EUR/MWh
Widest spread🇨🇭 Switzerland591.9 EUR/MWh

Country ranking

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

Daily wholesale reference electricity price country ranking for Saturday, May 2, 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
🇨🇭Switzerland
1.8-463.7-128.2-591.912:00-15:00-344.0 EUR/MWhLow -463.7 · High 128.2High 128.2Low -463.7Low -463.7 · High 128.2
2
🇱🇹Lithuania
4.8-5.0-20.0-25.013:00-16:00-4.2 EUR/MWhLow -5.0 · High 20.0High 20.0Low -5.0Low -5.0 · High 20.0
3
🇱🇻Latvia
5.1-4.8-20.0-24.812:00-15:00-2.1 EUR/MWhLow -4.8 · High 20.0High 20.0Low -4.8Low -4.8 · High 20.0
4
🇸🇪Sweden
4 price areas
5.1-3.8-19.3-23.212:00-15:00-3.1 EUR/MWhLow -3.8 · High 19.3High 19.3Low -3.8Low -3.8 · High 19.3
5
🇪🇪Estonia
5.5-2.3-19.3-21.613:00-16:00-1.6 EUR/MWhLow -2.3 · High 19.3High 19.3Low -2.3Low -2.3 · High 19.3
6
🇫🇮Finland
5.6-2.3-19.3-21.613:00-16:00-1.5 EUR/MWhLow -2.3 · High 19.3High 19.3Low -2.3Low -2.3 · High 19.3
7
🇫🇷France
25.9-129.6-94.7-224.312:00-15:00-85.6 EUR/MWhLow -129.6 · High 94.7High 94.7Low -129.6Low -129.6 · High 94.7
8
🇧🇷Brazil
4 price areas
28.59.8-74.1-64.307:00-10:009.8 EUR/MWhLow 9.8 · High 74.1High 74.1Low 9.8Low 9.8 · High 74.1
9
🇵🇱Poland
41.9-233.7-208.7-442.312:00-15:00-200.6 EUR/MWhLow -233.7 · High 208.7High 208.7Low -233.7Low -233.7 · High 208.7
10
🇪🇸Spain
45.3-4.5-94.7-99.213:00-16:00-0.6 EUR/MWhLow -4.5 · High 94.7High 94.7Low -4.5Low -4.5 · High 94.7
11
🇦🇹Austria
46.2-335.0-173.0-508.012:00-15:00-102.8 EUR/MWhLow -335.0 · High 173.0High 173.0Low -335.0Low -335.0 · High 173.0
12
🇩🇪Germany / Lux.
47.8-200.0-165.5-365.512:00-15:00-103.3 EUR/MWhLow -200.0 · High 165.5High 165.5Low -200.0Low -200.0 · High 165.5
13
🇵🇹Portugal
49.50.0-94.7-94.714:00-17:000.9 EUR/MWhLow 0.0 · High 94.7High 94.7Low 0.0Low 0.0 · High 94.7
14
🇭🇺Hungary
55.3-217.9-281.2-499.212:00-15:00-147.3 EUR/MWhLow -217.9 · High 281.2High 281.2Low -217.9Low -217.9 · High 281.2
15
🇸🇰Slovakia
58.0-157.5-253.9-411.412:00-15:00-106.4 EUR/MWhLow -157.5 · High 253.9High 253.9Low -157.5Low -157.5 · High 253.9
16
🇨🇿Czechia
58.6-147.9-253.2-401.112:00-15:00-100.1 EUR/MWhLow -147.9 · High 253.2High 253.2Low -147.9Low -147.9 · High 253.2
17
🇱🇺Luxembourg
58.9-130.0-195.5-325.512:00-15:00-100.2 EUR/MWhLow -130.0 · High 195.5High 195.5Low -130.0Low -130.0 · High 195.5
18
🇸🇮Slovenia
60.9-129.0-256.2-385.212:00-15:00-86.9 EUR/MWhLow -129.0 · High 256.2High 256.2Low -129.0Low -129.0 · High 256.2
19
🇭🇷Croatia
62.5-117.7-256.0-373.712:00-15:00-79.0 EUR/MWhLow -117.7 · High 256.0High 256.0Low -117.7Low -117.7 · High 256.0
20
🇳🇴Norway
5 price areas
62.733.9-87.0-53.112:00-15:0040.1 EUR/MWhLow 33.9 · High 87.0High 87.0Low 33.9Low 33.9 · High 87.0
21
🇬🇷Greece
64.2-5.0-182.7-187.713:00-16:00-4.0 EUR/MWhLow -5.0 · High 182.7High 182.7Low -5.0Low -5.0 · High 182.7
22
🇧🇪Belgium
68.5-123.1-252.6-375.712:00-15:00-80.1 EUR/MWhLow -123.1 · High 252.6High 252.6Low -123.1Low -123.1 · High 252.6
23
🇩🇰Denmark
2 price areas
71.2-5.9-251.1-257.012:00-15:00-5.1 EUR/MWhLow -5.9 · High 251.1High 251.1Low -5.9Low -5.9 · High 251.1
24
🇳🇱Netherlands
78.6-65.0-253.1-318.112:00-15:00-40.0 EUR/MWhLow -65.0 · High 253.1High 253.1Low -65.0Low -65.0 · High 253.1
25
🇧🇬Bulgaria
90.80.0-196.1-196.116:00-19:0015.8 EUR/MWhLow 0.0 · High 196.1High 196.1Low 0.0Low 0.0 · High 196.1
26
🇷🇴Romania
100.40.0-269.1-269.116:00-19:0015.8 EUR/MWhLow 0.0 · High 269.1High 269.1Low 0.0Low 0.0 · High 269.1
27
🇬🇧Great Britain wholesale
115.764.7-175.6-110.912:00-15:0073.3 EUR/MWhLow 64.7 · High 175.6High 175.6Low 64.7Low 64.7 · High 175.6
28
🇮🇹Italy
7 price areas
127.00.0-190.3-190.310:00-13:004.4 EUR/MWhLow 0.0 · High 190.3High 190.3Low 0.0Low 0.0 · High 190.3
29
🇮🇪Ireland
192.3135.9-242.5-106.714:00-17:00148.8 EUR/MWhLow 135.9 · High 242.5High 242.5Low 135.9Low 135.9 · High 242.5

On Saturday, May 2, 2026, Switzerland ranked lowest by average wholesale reference price, while Ireland ranked highest. The widest price spread was in Switzerland: 591.9 EUR/MWh.

Daily country electricity price ranking for 2026-05-02, 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, CCEE Open Data, PSE Reports API, SMARD Bundesnetzagentur, Elexon BMRS Open Data