Electricity priceWednesday 21 October

Market report · Wednesday, 21 October 2026

Electricity is more expensive on Wednesday than on Tuesday.

On average
21.2 ctper kWh
Cheapest
17.1 ct00:30 – 03:30
Most expensive
27.1 ct07:45 – 08:45

On average 21.2 ct per kWh, 1.6 ct more than on Tuesday. Cheapest at night, 00:30 to 03:30, 17.1 ct on average; most expensive 07:45 to 08:45 at 27.1 ct. 8 of 10 neighbours are cheaper, most of all Poland at 15.8 ct. Most expensive: Switzerland at 24.0 ct.

Written from the exchange prices without AI. Data: Bundesnetzagentur | SMARD.de.

Wednesday 21 October

Low 15.3 · Average 21.2 · High 28.0 ct

cheapest 3 h · 17.1 ct

One bar per quarter hour, taller means pricier. Blue: the cheapest three hours in a row.

Germany and its neighbours on Wednesday

Average of the day per kWh, cheapest first. Each country leads to its page.

  1. Poland15.8 ct
  2. France16.1 ct
  3. Norway South16.9 ct
  4. Belgium19.6 ct
  5. Denmark West19.8 ct
  6. Netherlands20.2 ct
  7. Denmark East20.9 ct
  8. Czechia21.0 ct
  9. Germany21.2 ct
  10. Austria23.6 ct
  11. Switzerland24.0 ct

Where the numbers come from

Exchange price
Wholesale price Germany/Luxembourg, day-ahead, per quarter hour. Bundesnetzagentur | SMARD.de, licence CC BY 4.0. Converted from €/MWh to ct per kWh (€10/MWh = 1 ct).
Market report
Written from fixed sentences, without AI: average of all quarter hours of the day, compared with the day before; cheapest 3 hours in a row and most expensive hour within the day; differences come from the rounded values, so everything adds up. The page of a day no longer changes once it is over.

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