European electricity prices — 2023

Annual review: day-ahead average price by price area, price spikes and negative hours, and the change from the previous year. Prices are wholesale market prices, excluding tax.

Month Year
The priciest area was Italy Centro-Nord at 128.5 EUR/MWh, the cheapest Norway NO4 at 29.9 EUR/MWh.
Finland was the 7th cheapest of 40 price areas at 56.5 EUR/MWh.
The gap between the priciest and cheapest area was 98.6 EUR/MWh — a factor of 4.3.
Biggest change from the previous year: Norway NO1 −65%.
Most negative prices in Finland: 467 hours.
Italy Centro-Nord had 7162 hours above 100 EUR/MWh.
Cheapest area
29.9 €/MWh
Norway NO4
Priciest area
128.5 €/MWh
Italy Centro-Nord
Median price area
97.3 €/MWh
40 price areas
Finland's average
56.5 €/MWh
7th cheapest

2023 average price on the map

The year's average price in every price area (EUR/MWh, excluding VAT). Click an area to see its price.

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