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Electricity prices · Germany

April 18, 2026 Local time: Europe/Berlin

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Market price only. Supplier fees, network charges and taxes are not included.

Day average

8.46ct/kWh

96 / 96 intervals

Lowest price

-0.55ct/kWh

13:00–13:15

Highest price

15.04ct/kWh

21:00–21:15

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April 18, 2026 ct/kWh

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Electricity prices · Germany · April 18, 2026 Each bar represents one delivery interval. Negative prices appear below zero. All values are also available in the table. 00:00–00:15 · UTC+02:00 · 12.32 ct/kWh 00:15–00:30 · UTC+02:00 · 11.82 ct/kWh 00:30–00:45 · UTC+02:00 · 11.29 ct/kWh 00:45–01:00 · UTC+02:00 · 11.07 ct/kWh 01:00–01:15 · UTC+02:00 · 11.30 ct/kWh 01:15–01:30 · UTC+02:00 · 11.17 ct/kWh 01:30–01:45 · UTC+02:00 · 11.10 ct/kWh 01:45–02:00 · UTC+02:00 · 10.78 ct/kWh 02:00–02:15 · UTC+02:00 · 11.02 ct/kWh 02:15–02:30 · UTC+02:00 · 10.91 ct/kWh 02:30–02:45 · UTC+02:00 · 10.99 ct/kWh 02:45–03:00 · UTC+02:00 · 10.95 ct/kWh 03:00–03:15 · UTC+02:00 · 10.82 ct/kWh 03:15–03:30 · UTC+02:00 · 10.75 ct/kWh 03:30–03:45 · UTC+02:00 · 10.74 ct/kWh 03:45–04:00 · UTC+02:00 · 10.77 ct/kWh 04:00–04:15 · UTC+02:00 · 10.79 ct/kWh 04:15–04:30 · UTC+02:00 · 10.85 ct/kWh 04:30–04:45 · UTC+02:00 · 10.88 ct/kWh 04:45–05:00 · UTC+02:00 · 11.03 ct/kWh 05:00–05:15 · UTC+02:00 · 11.05 ct/kWh 05:15–05:30 · UTC+02:00 · 11.03 ct/kWh 05:30–05:45 · UTC+02:00 · 11.20 ct/kWh 05:45–06:00 · UTC+02:00 · 11.08 ct/kWh 06:00–06:15 · UTC+02:00 · 11.20 ct/kWh 06:15–06:30 · UTC+02:00 · 11.14 ct/kWh 06:30–06:45 · UTC+02:00 · 11.42 ct/kWh 06:45–07:00 · UTC+02:00 · 10.57 ct/kWh 07:00–07:15 · UTC+02:00 · 11.00 ct/kWh 07:15–07:30 · UTC+02:00 · 11.12 ct/kWh 07:30–07:45 · UTC+02:00 · 10.76 ct/kWh 07:45–08:00 · UTC+02:00 · 9.42 ct/kWh 08:00–08:15 · UTC+02:00 · 10.58 ct/kWh 08:15–08:30 · UTC+02:00 · 9.93 ct/kWh 08:30–08:45 · UTC+02:00 · 8.71 ct/kWh 08:45–09:00 · UTC+02:00 · 7.70 ct/kWh 09:00–09:15 · UTC+02:00 · 9.52 ct/kWh 09:15–09:30 · UTC+02:00 · 8.74 ct/kWh 09:30–09:45 · UTC+02:00 · 6.69 ct/kWh 09:45–10:00 · UTC+02:00 · 5.10 ct/kWh 10:00–10:15 · UTC+02:00 · 8.11 ct/kWh 10:15–10:30 · UTC+02:00 · 3.80 ct/kWh 10:30–10:45 · UTC+02:00 · 2.06 ct/kWh 10:45–11:00 · UTC+02:00 · 1.86 ct/kWh 11:00–11:15 · UTC+02:00 · 1.70 ct/kWh 11:15–11:30 · UTC+02:00 · 0.0010 ct/kWh 11:30–11:45 · UTC+02:00 · -0.0080 ct/kWh 11:45–12:00 · UTC+02:00 · -0.12 ct/kWh 12:00–12:15 · UTC+02:00 · -0.11 ct/kWh 12:15–12:30 · UTC+02:00 · -0.29 ct/kWh 12:30–12:45 · UTC+02:00 · -0.45 ct/kWh 12:45–13:00 · UTC+02:00 · -0.50 ct/kWh 13:00–13:15 · UTC+02:00 · -0.55 ct/kWh 13:15–13:30 · UTC+02:00 · -0.51 ct/kWh 13:30–13:45 · UTC+02:00 · -0.31 ct/kWh 13:45–14:00 · UTC+02:00 · -0.26 ct/kWh 14:00–14:15 · UTC+02:00 · -0.20 ct/kWh 14:15–14:30 · UTC+02:00 · -0.0040 ct/kWh 14:30–14:45 · UTC+02:00 · 0.02 ct/kWh 14:45–15:00 · UTC+02:00 · 0.14 ct/kWh 15:00–15:15 · UTC+02:00 · 1.03 ct/kWh 15:15–15:30 · UTC+02:00 · 1.55 ct/kWh 15:30–15:45 · UTC+02:00 · 2.45 ct/kWh 15:45–16:00 · UTC+02:00 · 2.54 ct/kWh 16:00–16:15 · UTC+02:00 · 1.57 ct/kWh 16:15–16:30 · UTC+02:00 · 3.20 ct/kWh 16:30–16:45 · UTC+02:00 · 5.82 ct/kWh 16:45–17:00 · UTC+02:00 · 7.36 ct/kWh 17:00–17:15 · UTC+02:00 · 5.77 ct/kWh 17:15–17:30 · UTC+02:00 · 8.63 ct/kWh 17:30–17:45 · UTC+02:00 · 10.24 ct/kWh 17:45–18:00 · UTC+02:00 · 11.69 ct/kWh 18:00–18:15 · UTC+02:00 · 10.63 ct/kWh 18:15–18:30 · UTC+02:00 · 11.50 ct/kWh 18:30–18:45 · UTC+02:00 · 12.71 ct/kWh 18:45–19:00 · UTC+02:00 · 13.00 ct/kWh 19:00–19:15 · UTC+02:00 · 11.60 ct/kWh 19:15–19:30 · UTC+02:00 · 12.90 ct/kWh 19:30–19:45 · UTC+02:00 · 13.84 ct/kWh 19:45–20:00 · UTC+02:00 · 14.28 ct/kWh 20:00–20:15 · UTC+02:00 · 14.29 ct/kWh 20:15–20:30 · UTC+02:00 · 14.67 ct/kWh 20:30–20:45 · UTC+02:00 · 14.69 ct/kWh 20:45–21:00 · UTC+02:00 · 14.30 ct/kWh 21:00–21:15 · UTC+02:00 · 15.04 ct/kWh 21:15–21:30 · UTC+02:00 · 14.15 ct/kWh 21:30–21:45 · UTC+02:00 · 13.55 ct/kWh 21:45–22:00 · UTC+02:00 · 13.38 ct/kWh 22:00–22:15 · UTC+02:00 · 13.44 ct/kWh 22:15–22:30 · UTC+02:00 · 13.38 ct/kWh 22:30–22:45 · UTC+02:00 · 12.83 ct/kWh 22:45–23:00 · UTC+02:00 · 12.35 ct/kWh 23:00–23:15 · UTC+02:00 · 13.33 ct/kWh 23:15–23:30 · UTC+02:00 · 12.55 ct/kWh 23:30–23:45 · UTC+02:00 · 12.30 ct/kWh 23:45–24:00 · UTC+02:00 · 11.83 ct/kWh
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All 96 price intervals
Electricity prices · Germany · April 18, 2026 · Europe/Berlin
Time intervalUTC offsetMarket price ct/kWh
UTC+02:0012.32
UTC+02:0011.82
UTC+02:0011.29
UTC+02:0011.07
UTC+02:0011.30
UTC+02:0011.17
UTC+02:0011.10
UTC+02:0010.78
UTC+02:0011.02
UTC+02:0010.91
UTC+02:0010.99
UTC+02:0010.95
UTC+02:0010.82
UTC+02:0010.75
UTC+02:0010.74
UTC+02:0010.77
UTC+02:0010.79
UTC+02:0010.85
UTC+02:0010.88
UTC+02:0011.03
UTC+02:0011.05
UTC+02:0011.03
UTC+02:0011.20
UTC+02:0011.08
UTC+02:0011.20
UTC+02:0011.14
UTC+02:0011.42
UTC+02:0010.57
UTC+02:0011.00
UTC+02:0011.12
UTC+02:0010.76
UTC+02:009.42
UTC+02:0010.58
UTC+02:009.93
UTC+02:008.71
UTC+02:007.70
UTC+02:009.52
UTC+02:008.74
UTC+02:006.69
UTC+02:005.10
UTC+02:008.11
UTC+02:003.80
UTC+02:002.06
UTC+02:001.86
UTC+02:001.70
UTC+02:000.0010
UTC+02:00-0.0080
UTC+02:00-0.12
UTC+02:00-0.11
UTC+02:00-0.29
UTC+02:00-0.45
UTC+02:00-0.50
UTC+02:00-0.55
UTC+02:00-0.51
UTC+02:00-0.31
UTC+02:00-0.26
UTC+02:00-0.20
UTC+02:00-0.0040
UTC+02:000.02
UTC+02:000.14
UTC+02:001.03
UTC+02:001.55
UTC+02:002.45
UTC+02:002.54
UTC+02:001.57
UTC+02:003.20
UTC+02:005.82
UTC+02:007.36
UTC+02:005.77
UTC+02:008.63
UTC+02:0010.24
UTC+02:0011.69
UTC+02:0010.63
UTC+02:0011.50
UTC+02:0012.71
UTC+02:0013.00
UTC+02:0011.60
UTC+02:0012.90
UTC+02:0013.84
UTC+02:0014.28
UTC+02:0014.29
UTC+02:0014.67
UTC+02:0014.69
UTC+02:0014.30
UTC+02:0015.04
UTC+02:0014.15
UTC+02:0013.55
UTC+02:0013.38
UTC+02:0013.44
UTC+02:0013.38
UTC+02:0012.83
UTC+02:0012.35
UTC+02:0013.33
UTC+02:0012.55
UTC+02:0012.30
UTC+02:0011.83

Day-ahead market April 18, 2026

Daily price overview

For Germany on April 18, 2026, the time-weighted day-ahead average is 8.46 ct/kWh.

The lowest interval is -0.55 ct/kWh at 13:00–13:15, while the highest is 15.04 ct/kWh at 21:00–21:15. The difference between the day’s low and high is 15.59 ct/kWh.

The lowest-cost continuous three-hour window runs from 11:30 to 14:30 and averages -0.28 ct/kWh. The highest-cost three-hour window is 19:30–22:30 at 14.08 ct/kWh, a difference of 14.36 ct/kWh in the wholesale component. For market-linked plans, these are useful periods to inspect when scheduling flexible consumption.

Wholesale prices are below zero for 3 h in total. Supplier charges, network fees and taxes can still keep the final customer price positive.

Price history

Averages are weighted by interval duration, not row count. Original hourly and 15-minute prices are retained. All times are local to the market.

How prices work

Wholesale day-ahead prices from official market sources, shown in the market’s local time. Original intervals and negative prices are retained.

EUR/MWh ÷ 10 = ct/kWh. The average is weighted by interval duration. Negative prices and daylight-saving changes are preserved.

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Exchange
EPEX
Bidding zone
DE-LU · 10Y1001A1001A82H
Local timezone
Europe/Berlin
Price resolution
15 minutes
Published history from
2018-12-31