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Day-ahead market

Electricity prices in Switzerland

The day-ahead auction result, interval by interval, in Zurich time.

Average price today
272.40€/MWh
0.272 €/kWh
now
309.67€/MWh
interval 16:00–17:00
Tomorrow
304.55€/MWh
auction published
Last 30 days
213.68€/MWh
average weighted by duration

Today's electricity price, interval by interval

Quarter-hourly Hourly

The resolution ENTSO-E publishes. Since 1 October 2025, the European market works in quarter-hours.

Interval, Zurich time €/MWh€/kWh Against the day's average%
00:00–01:00 229.85 0.230 −16%
01:00–02:00 227.07 0.227 −17%
02:00–03:00cheapest 225.41 0.225 −17%
03:00–04:00 227.04 0.227 −17%
04:00–05:00 229.00 0.229 −16%
05:00–06:00 249.03 0.249 −9%
06:00–07:00 281.01 0.281 +3%
07:00–08:00 299.94 0.300 +10%
08:00–09:00 295.99 0.296 +9%
09:00–10:00 277.97 0.278 +2%
10:00–11:00 258.26 0.258 −5%
11:00–12:00 254.81 0.255 −6%
12:00–13:00 254.00 0.254 −7%
13:00–14:00 258.09 0.258 −5%
14:00–15:00 268.28 0.268 −2%
15:00–16:00 300.10 0.300 +10%
16:00–17:00now 309.67 0.310 +14%
17:00–18:00 327.51 0.328 +20%
18:00–19:00dearest 347.14 0.347 +27%
19:00–20:00 332.67 0.333 +22%
20:00–21:00 302.28 0.302 +11%
21:00–22:00 273.10 0.273 +0%
22:00–23:00 258.18 0.258 −5%
23:00–00:00 251.30 0.251 −8%
Average price
272.40€/MWh
0.272 €/kWh · ↑ +11,5%vs yesterday
Cheapest
225.41€/MWh
at 02:00
Dearest
347.14€/MWh
at 18:00
Median
258.26€/MWh
half the day was below this

Tomorrow

Tomorrow's prices are available. The day's average is 304.55 €/MWh, with a minimum of 240.88 at 04:00 and a maximum of 596.70 at 17:00.

Interval, Zurich time €/MWh€/kWh Against the day's average%
00:00–01:00 249.67 0.250 −18%
01:00–02:00 247.00 0.247 −19%
02:00–03:00 244.18 0.244 −20%
03:00–04:00 243.72 0.244 −20%
04:00–05:00cheapest 240.88 0.241 −21%
05:00–06:00 255.56 0.256 −16%
06:00–07:00 308.90 0.309 +1%
07:00–08:00 340.64 0.341 +12%
08:00–09:00 330.00 0.330 +8%
09:00–10:00 294.00 0.294 −3%
10:00–11:00 267.21 0.267 −12%
11:00–12:00 254.55 0.255 −16%
12:00–13:00 245.23 0.245 −19%
13:00–14:00 244.85 0.245 −20%
14:00–15:00 267.01 0.267 −12%
15:00–16:00 304.64 0.305 +0%
16:00–17:00 389.01 0.389 +28%
17:00–18:00dearest 596.70 0.597 +96%
18:00–19:00 452.66 0.453 +49%
19:00–20:00 363.89 0.364 +19%
20:00–21:00 330.91 0.331 +9%
21:00–22:00 300.06 0.300 −1%
22:00–23:00 278.50 0.279 −9%
23:00–00:00 259.44 0.259 −15%

Comparison across periods

Period€/MWh€/kWh Against today
Today 272.40 0.272 0%
Tomorrow 304.55 0.305 ↓ −10,6%
Yesterday 244.26 0.244 ↑ +11,5%
Last 7 days 237.15 0.237 ↑ +14,9%
Last 30 days 213.68 0.214 ↑ +27,5%
Month to date 216.34 0.216 ↑ +25,9%
Last month 168.33 0.168 ↑ +61,8%
Same month last year 106.25 0.106 ↑ +156,4%

The right-hand column compares today with the period on that row. All averages are weighted by interval duration, so the days before 1 October 2025 — when the market worked hourly — do not weigh wrongly.


Comparison with the neighbours

Country€/MWh today Difference%Link
Austria 271.62 −0.79 ↓ −0,3% interconnected
France 252.65 −19.75 ↓ −7,3% interconnected
Germany 249.21 −23.20 ↓ −8,5% interconnected
Italy 189.63—278.45 — — interconnected

interconnected means ENTSO-E publishes physical flow between the two countries' zones — that is, there really is a cable with energy running through it. neighbour on the map means only a shared border. The two do not coincide: Norway and the Netherlands do not touch, yet have a subsea cable.


Daily history

DateAverage price €/MWh€/kWh MinMaxChangeStatus
29 October 2026 304.55 0.305 240.88 596.70 ↑ +11,8% complete
28 October 2026 272.40 0.272 225.41 347.14 ↑ +11,5% complete
27 October 2026 244.26 0.244 206.88 271.05 ↑ +3,1% complete
26 October 2026 237.00 0.237 194.00 276.20 ↑ +6,2% complete
25 October 2026 223.26 0.223 203.25 247.01 ↓ −1,8% complete
24 October 2026 227.27 0.227 191.10 254.67 ↓ −2,5% complete
23 October 2026 233.06 0.233 205.12 250.10 ↑ +4,3% complete
22 October 2026 223.35 0.223 195.01 259.00 ↓ −7,0% complete
21 October 2026 240.19 0.240 200.92 265.00 ↓ −0,4% complete
20 October 2026 241.05 0.241 219.50 270.23 ↑ +2,8% complete
19 October 2026 234.56 0.235 192.36 287.70 ↑ +10,2% complete
18 October 2026 212.84 0.213 196.57 247.23 ↓ −2,3% complete
17 October 2026 217.94 0.218 185.09 242.93 ↓ −2,4% complete
16 October 2026 223.33 0.223 188.00 252.41 ↑ +2,1% complete
15 October 2026 218.78 0.219 186.26 263.39 ↑ +1,2% complete
14 October 2026 216.25 0.216 184.52 292.15 ↑ +3,4% complete
13 October 2026 209.07 0.209 187.20 231.01 ↓ −3,7% complete
12 October 2026 217.03 0.217 184.38 265.28 ↑ +19,5% complete
11 October 2026 181.66 0.182 45.03 239.24 ↓ −9,6% complete
10 October 2026 200.88 0.201 181.46 224.94 ↑ +0,3% complete
9 October 2026 200.34 0.200 172.02 225.19 ↓ −5,3% complete
8 October 2026 211.59 0.212 189.01 228.49 ↑ +3,0% complete
7 October 2026 205.35 0.205 167.90 274.56 ↓ −3,1% complete
6 October 2026 211.82 0.212 163.63 330.00 ↑ +4,8% complete
5 October 2026 202.12 0.202 165.16 255.08 ↑ +16,9% complete
4 October 2026 172.86 0.173 61.62 236.19 ↑ +2,6% complete
3 October 2026 168.43 0.168 37.39 236.14 ↓ −19,7% complete
2 October 2026 209.84 0.210 165.61 310.00 ↑ +4,6% complete
1 October 2026 200.66 0.201 166.17 289.69 ↑ +11,7% complete
30 September 2026 179.59 0.180 109.48 239.94 ↑ +3,6% complete

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How to read the figures on this page

The price shown is the wholesale day-ahead price: what electricity costs on the exchange, before network tariffs, levies, VAT and the supplier's margin. A household bill is higher, and the ratio between them differs from country to country and from contract to contract.

“Average price” means the average weighted by the duration of each interval. Until 30 September 2025 the intervals were an hour; from 1 October 2025 they are a quarter of an hour. A plain average across that boundary would weigh a quarter of an hour like an hour.

The days when the clocks change have 23 or 25 hours, and the summary computes them with their real length, not with an assumed 24.

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