European electricity prices — April 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.

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The priciest area was Italy Sicily at 54.3 EUR/MWh, the cheapest Romania at 26.0 EUR/MWh.
Finland was the 13th priciest of 40 price areas at 40.2 EUR/MWh.
The gap between the priciest and cheapest area was 28.2 EUR/MWh — a factor of 2.1.
Biggest change from the previous month: Switzerland −36%.
Most negative prices in Slovakia: 1 hours.
Finland had 1 hours above 100 EUR/MWh.
Cheapest area
26.0 €/MWh
Romania
Priciest area
54.3 €/MWh
Italy Sicily
Median price area
38.9 €/MWh
40 price areas
Finland's average
40.2 €/MWh
13th priciest

April 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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