European electricity prices — August 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 91.6 EUR/MWh, the cheapest Bulgaria at 40.0 EUR/MWh.
Finland was the 15th cheapest of 40 price areas at 55.5 EUR/MWh.
The gap between the priciest and cheapest area was 51.6 EUR/MWh — a factor of 2.3.
Biggest change from the previous month: Romania +34%.
Italy Sicily had 282 hours above 100 EUR/MWh.
No area saw a negative price.
Cheapest area
40.0 €/MWh
Bulgaria
Priciest area
91.6 €/MWh
Italy Sicily
Median price area
58.5 €/MWh
40 price areas
Finland's average
55.5 €/MWh
15th cheapest
August 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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