Wholesale electricity prices

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

27 countriesPublished wholesale pricesUpdated Sep 28, 13:39 GMT+2Monthly archiveVolatility report
Lowest average🇱🇹 Lithuania8.5 EUR/MWh
Highest average🇮🇪 Ireland242.2 EUR/MWh
Widest spread🇳🇱 Netherlands396.3 EUR/MWh

Country ranking

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

Daily wholesale reference electricity price country ranking for Sunday, September 20, 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
🇱🇹Lithuania
8.50.1-41.5-41.411:00-14:000.4 EUR/MWhLow 0.1 · High 41.5High 41.5Low 0.1Low 0.1 · High 41.5
2
🇱🇻Latvia
8.50.1-41.5-41.411:00-14:000.4 EUR/MWhLow 0.1 · High 41.5High 41.5Low 0.1Low 0.1 · High 41.5
3
🇸🇪Sweden
4 price areas
9.1-0.4-41.5-41.910:00-13:000.1 EUR/MWhLow -0.4 · High 41.5High 41.5Low -0.4Low -0.4 · High 41.5
4
🇫🇮Finland
9.2-0.5-41.5-42.003:00-06:00-0.2 EUR/MWhLow -0.5 · High 41.5High 41.5Low -0.5Low -0.5 · High 41.5
5
🇩🇰Denmark
2 price areas
12.0-0.6-69.5-70.112:00-15:00-0.1 EUR/MWhLow -0.6 · High 69.5High 69.5Low -0.6Low -0.6 · High 69.5
6
🇧🇷Brazil
4 price areas
13.09.7-24.0-14.301:00-04:009.7 EUR/MWhLow 9.7 · High 24.0High 24.0Low 9.7Low 9.7 · High 24.0
7
🇳🇴Norway
5 price areas
16.83.4-53.6-50.204:00-07:008.1 EUR/MWhLow 3.4 · High 53.6High 53.6Low 3.4Low 3.4 · High 53.6
8
🇱🇺Luxembourg
21.8-2.0-86.7-88.613:00-16:00-1.7 EUR/MWhLow -2.0 · High 86.7High 86.7Low -2.0Low -2.0 · High 86.7
9
🇩🇪Germany / Lux.
43.7-6.2-125.0-131.213:00-16:00-2.8 EUR/MWhLow -6.2 · High 125.0High 125.0Low -6.2Low -6.2 · High 125.0
10
🇬🇧Great Britain wholesale
59.7-22.2-230.6-252.813:00-16:00-10.8 EUR/MWhLow -22.2 · High 230.6High 230.6Low -22.2Low -22.2 · High 230.6
11
🇨🇿Czechia
59.8-0.9-177.9-178.912:00-15:00-0.6 EUR/MWhLow -0.9 · High 177.9High 177.9Low -0.9Low -0.9 · High 177.9
12
🇫🇷France
65.3-1.1-237.8-238.913:00-16:00-1.0 EUR/MWhLow -1.1 · High 237.8High 237.8Low -1.1Low -1.1 · High 237.8
13
🇳🇱Netherlands
69.4-3.1-393.2-396.312:00-15:00-2.8 EUR/MWhLow -3.1 · High 393.2High 393.2Low -3.1Low -3.1 · High 393.2
14
🇧🇪Belgium
70.3-0.9-291.7-292.613:00-16:00-0.8 EUR/MWhLow -0.9 · High 291.7High 291.7Low -0.9Low -0.9 · High 291.7
15
🇵🇱Poland
79.5-0.4-155.1-155.510:00-13:001.0 EUR/MWhLow -0.4 · High 155.1High 155.1Low -0.4Low -0.4 · High 155.1
16
🇸🇰Slovakia
90.8-0.7-229.3-230.112:00-15:00-0.4 EUR/MWhLow -0.7 · High 229.3High 229.3Low -0.7Low -0.7 · High 229.3
17
🇦🇹Austria
110.6-40.0-199.7-239.713:00-16:00-1.7 EUR/MWhLow -40.0 · High 199.7High 199.7Low -40.0Low -40.0 · High 199.7
18
🇪🇸Spain
112.5-1.1-225.6-226.713:00-16:00-0.9 EUR/MWhLow -1.1 · High 225.6High 225.6Low -1.1Low -1.1 · High 225.6
19
🇲🇰North Macedonia
118.01.0-205.9-204.910:00-13:002.1 EUR/MWhLow 1.0 · High 205.9High 205.9Low 1.0Low 1.0 · High 205.9
20
🇲🇪Montenegro
125.72.0-221.5-219.510:00-13:002.7 EUR/MWhLow 2.0 · High 221.5High 221.5Low 2.0Low 2.0 · High 221.5
21
🇨🇭Switzerland
131.6-1.7-197.4-199.212:00-15:000.6 EUR/MWhLow -1.7 · High 197.4High 197.4Low -1.7Low -1.7 · High 197.4
22
🇭🇷Croatia
137.8-0.4-232.2-232.711:00-14:00-0.1 EUR/MWhLow -0.4 · High 232.2High 232.2Low -0.4Low -0.4 · High 232.2
23
🇸🇮Slovenia
140.1-0.4-236.0-236.411:00-14:00-0.1 EUR/MWhLow -0.4 · High 236.0High 236.0Low -0.4Low -0.4 · High 236.0
24
🇷🇴Romania
145.8-0.5-249.1-249.613:00-16:00-0.2 EUR/MWhLow -0.5 · High 249.1High 249.1Low -0.5Low -0.5 · High 249.1
25
🇭🇺Hungary
150.1-0.4-269.3-269.711:00-14:00-0.1 EUR/MWhLow -0.4 · High 269.3High 269.3Low -0.4Low -0.4 · High 269.3
26
🇮🇹Italy
6 price areas
185.971.3-281.6-210.313:00-16:0091.8 EUR/MWhLow 71.3 · High 281.6High 281.6Low 71.3Low 71.3 · High 281.6
27
🇮🇪Ireland
242.2145.6-359.2-213.600:00-03:00152.5 EUR/MWhLow 145.6 · High 359.2High 359.2Low 145.6Low 145.6 · High 359.2

On Sunday, September 20, 2026, Lithuania ranked lowest by average wholesale reference price, while Ireland ranked highest. The widest price spread was in Netherlands: 396.3 EUR/MWh.

Daily country electricity price ranking for 2026-09-20, based on published wholesale reference prices in EUR/MWh.

Tomorrow, without checking

Turn the price curve into one useful daily email.

Choose a country, see its cheapest and peak window, then receive the next published day-ahead brief by email.

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, Energinet Energi Data Service, CCEE Open Data, SMARD Bundesnetzagentur, Elexon BMRS Open Data, PSE Reports API