Explore when Portugal prices were usually lower or higher during 2025. These are historical patterns, not a forecast.
iOMIE publishes Portugal’s day-ahead periods in CET/CEST. The clock labels on this page follow that market convention and are one hour ahead of mainland Portugal civil time.
Lowest-cost recurring hour
14:00–15:00
2.97 ct/kWh
Highest-cost recurring hour
21:00–22:00
11.00 ct/kWh
Year average
6.62ct/kWh
2025
Median price
7.00ct/kWh
Weighted by delivery time
Price volatility
4.65ct/kWh
Standard deviation
Negative-price share
2.3%
Share of covered delivery time
Average price by hour
2025 · ct/kWh
12.326.160.00
00:0006:0012:0018:0024:00
Lower-cost hoursMiddle hoursHigher-cost hours
Market time · CET/CEST · OMIE
How the hourly pattern changes through the year
Compare the same local hour across winter, spring, summer and autumn.
Winter
Complete days: 90 / 90 · ct/kWh
15.127.560.00
00:0006:0012:0018:0024:00
Lower-cost hoursMiddle hoursHigher-cost hours
Market time · CET/CEST · OMIE
Spring
Complete days: 92 / 92 · ct/kWh
8.814.410.00
00:0006:0012:0018:0024:00
Lower-cost hoursMiddle hoursHigher-cost hours
Market time · CET/CEST · OMIE
Summer
Complete days: 92 / 92 · ct/kWh
14.087.040.00
00:0006:0012:0018:0024:00
Lower-cost hoursMiddle hoursHigher-cost hours
Market time · CET/CEST · OMIE
Autumn
Complete days: 91 / 91 · ct/kWh
13.016.510.00
00:0006:0012:0018:0024:00
Lower-cost hoursMiddle hoursHigher-cost hours
Market time · CET/CEST · OMIE
The charts in plain language
What the 2025 data shows
The seasonal charts reveal several practical patterns that are easy to miss when looking only at individual bars.
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Season
Lower-cost window
Highest recurring hour
Seasonal average
Recurring-hour spread
Winter
04:00–05:00 / 11:00–16:00
20:00–21:00
9.38 ct/kWh
7.01 ct/kWh
Spring
11:00–17:00
21:00–22:00
3.49 ct/kWh
6.62 ct/kWh
Summer
11:00–17:00
21:00–22:00
7.09 ct/kWh
10.44 ct/kWh
Autumn
11:00–17:00
20:00–21:00
6.57 ct/kWh
9.52 ct/kWh
The useful conclusions
Lower-cost hours occurred mainly in the middle of the day throughout the year. The exact seasonal windows are shown in the table above.
The evening was consistently the highest-cost period. The recurring maximum was 20:00–21:00 in winter, 21:00–22:00 in spring, 21:00–22:00 in summer and 20:00–21:00 in autumn.
The lowest seasonal average was Spring at 3.49 ct/kWh; the highest was Winter at 9.38 ct/kWh. The lower figure was 62.8% below the higher one.
The clearest negative-price period was around 15:00–16:00 in Spring, when 25.0% of covered delivery time had prices below zero.
Using these seasonal recurring averages, moving 1 kWh of flexible daily use from each season’s highest hour to its lowest would represent about €31 over the covered days in the wholesale component. This is a historical illustration, not a guaranteed bill saving.
Annual and seasonal hourly averages
Every chart value in an accessible table.
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Local delivery hour
Annual
Winter
Spring
Summer
Autumn
00:00–01:00
8.03
9.44
4.31
10.40
8.03
01:00–02:00
7.26
8.62
3.55
9.64
7.27
02:00–03:00
6.87
8.13
3.27
9.24
6.83
03:00–04:00
6.54
7.68
3.00
8.95
6.56
04:00–05:00
6.41
7.45
2.93
8.81
6.47
05:00–06:00
6.67
7.81
3.13
9.04
6.74
06:00–07:00
7.43
8.89
3.68
9.58
7.58
07:00–08:00
8.61
10.51
5.03
9.96
8.98
08:00–09:00
8.42
11.65
4.39
8.60
9.14
09:00–10:00
6.43
10.32
3.01
5.74
6.73
10:00–11:00
4.67
8.66
2.22
3.82
4.06
11:00–12:00
3.71
7.53
1.71
2.93
2.72
12:00–13:00
3.34
6.97
1.49
2.59
2.38
13:00–14:00
3.09
6.64
1.35
2.28
2.16
14:00–15:00
2.97
6.48
1.25
2.13
2.10
15:00–16:00
3.20
6.88
1.29
2.19
2.51
16:00–17:00
3.86
8.10
1.48
2.48
3.46
17:00–18:00
5.18
10.23
1.86
3.40
5.36
18:00–19:00
6.92
12.39
2.87
4.98
7.57
19:00–20:00
9.07
13.45
5.11
7.74
10.08
20:00–21:00
10.56
13.50
6.93
10.28
11.62
21:00–22:00
11.00
12.30
7.87
12.57
11.31
22:00–23:00
9.96
11.30
6.71
12.30
9.55
23:00–24:00
8.64
10.25
5.22
10.63
8.51
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How this profile is calculated
Only published complete days are included. Every source interval is weighted by its duration and grouped by its delivery-start hour in the market’s local time. Missing and repeated daylight-saving hours remain as observed. No prices are estimated.
OMIE publishes Portugal’s day-ahead periods in CET/CEST. The clock labels on this page follow that market convention and are one hour ahead of mainland Portugal civil time.
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Lower cost does not mean an off-peak tariff
For each chart, the six hours with the lowest historical averages form the lower-cost band and the six highest form the higher-cost band. These are observed wholesale patterns, not supplier tariff periods or a prediction of future prices.
The charts in plain language
What the 2025 data shows
The seasonal charts reveal several practical patterns that are easy to miss when looking only at individual bars.
Swipe sideways to compare every column.
The useful conclusions