European electricity prices — December 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 78.4 EUR/MWh, the cheapest Austria at 45.9 EUR/MWh.
Finland was the 15th cheapest of 41 price areas at 52.3 EUR/MWh.
The gap between the priciest and cheapest area was 32.5 EUR/MWh — a factor of 1.7.
Biggest change from the previous month: Bulgaria +26%.
Most negative prices in Germany: 22 hours.
Italy Sicily had 140 hours above 100 EUR/MWh.
Cheapest area
45.9 €/MWh
Austria
Priciest area
78.4 €/MWh
Italy Sicily
Median price area
56.5 €/MWh
41 price areas
Finland's average
52.3 €/MWh
15th cheapest

December 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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