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 Italy Sicily at 62.1 EUR/MWh, the cheapest Austria at 29.5 EUR/MWh.
Finland was the 20th cheapest of 40 price areas at 37.1 EUR/MWh.
The gap between the priciest and cheapest area was 32.7 EUR/MWh — a factor of 2.1.
Biggest change from the previous month: France −38%.
Most negative prices in Austria: 44 hours.
Italy Sicily had 85 hours above 100 EUR/MWh.
Cheapest area
29.5 €/MWh
Austria
Priciest area
62.1 €/MWh
Italy Sicily
Median price area
37.1 €/MWh
40 price areas
Finland's average
37.1 €/MWh
20th cheapest
January 2018 average price on the map
The month's average price in every price area (EUR/MWh, excluding VAT). Click an area to see its price.
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