Electricity prices in Bulgaria today
The wholesale day-ahead price in Bulgaria is €231.94 per MWh right now, or €0.2319 per kWh. Today's average is €259.72/MWh, −€45.94 against yesterday, and €25.60 above the European average of €234.12/MWh.
- Average today
- €259.72
- /MWh
- Lowest
- €196.21
- /MWh at 09:45
- Highest
- €349.11
- /MWh at 16:45
- In €/kWh
- €0.2597
- /kWh wholesale only
Price for each interval, 7 November 2026
96 of 96 intervals published at 15-minute resolution.
Cheapest electricity hours today
The three cheapest intervals in Bulgaria today average €213.15/MWh, €46.57 below the day's average of €259.72. The lowest of them is €196.21/MWh at 09:45. Over the last seven days the cheapest hour in Bulgaria has typically been around 00:00. That is demand, not solar: consumption collapses overnight while hydro and nuclear keep running, which is the shape of a northern market rather than a sunny one.
- 09:45 – 10:00€196.21/MWh
- 10:45 – 11:00€220.00/MWh
- 12:15 – 12:30€223.24/MWh
When is electricity most expensive?
The three most expensive intervals average €339.20/MWh, €79.48 above the day's average. The highest is €349.11/MWh at 16:45. The peak has typically been around 16:00 over the last seven days. It is the hour solar output has fallen but demand has not, which is when gas sets the price.
- 16:45 – 17:00€349.11/MWh
- 21:15 – 21:30€337.80/MWh
- 22:00 – 22:15€330.69/MWh
How Bulgaria compares with the rest of Europe
Bulgaria is averaging €259.72/MWh today against a European average of €234.12/MWh — €25.60 more expensive. The cheapest zone in Europe today is north-central Sweden (SE2) at €3.54/MWh, and the most expensive Ireland and Northern Ireland at €453.89. Both are the same market, priced differently because the lines between them are full.
More for Bulgaria
IBEX prices
The day-ahead price for Bulgaria is set in the daily auction run by IBEX, not here. We read the result from the ENTSO-E Transparency Platform, so the figure on this page is the one that auction cleared.
About this market
Bulgaria trades on IBEX and sits in the upper third of European prices, averaging €108/MWh since 2024. It is one of the few Balkan markets where prices go below zero at all — about one day in eleven — which is what coupling with a solar-heavy neighbourhood looks like from the inside.
Method and source
- Source: ENTSO-E Transparency Platform.
- Market: day-ahead auction. Zone: BG. Timezone: Europe/Sofia.
- The daily average is the arithmetic mean of every published interval of the local day, not weighted by volume.
- This is a wholesale price. Network charges, levies, taxes and supplier margin are not included, and a household tariff is typically several times higher.