European electricity prices — May 2019

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 Greece at 65.9 EUR/MWh, the cheapest Sweden SE2 at 34.8 EUR/MWh.
Finland was the 19th cheapest of 39 price areas at 39.9 EUR/MWh.
The gap between the priciest and cheapest area was 31.1 EUR/MWh — a factor of 1.9.
Most negative prices in Denmark DK1: 6 hours.
Italy Sicily had 109 hours above 100 EUR/MWh.
Cheapest area
34.8 €/MWh
Sweden SE2
Priciest area
65.9 €/MWh
Greece
Median price area
40.2 €/MWh
39 price areas
Finland's average
39.9 €/MWh
19th cheapest

May 2019 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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