Electricity prices in Hungary today
The wholesale day-ahead price in Hungary is €239.26 per MWh right now, or €0.2393 per kWh. Today's average is €264.06/MWh, −€39.56 against yesterday, and €29.94 above the European average of €234.12/MWh.
- Average today
- €264.06
- /MWh
- Lowest
- €220.00
- /MWh at 09:45
- Highest
- €348.87
- /MWh at 15:45
- In €/kWh
- €0.2641
- /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 Hungary today average €222.32/MWh, €41.74 below the day's average of €264.06. The lowest of them is €220.00/MWh at 09:45. Over the last seven days the cheapest hour in Hungary has typically been around 03:00. 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€220.00/MWh
- 11:15 – 11:30€223.24/MWh
- 13:15 – 13:30€223.73/MWh
When is electricity most expensive?
The three most expensive intervals average €340.15/MWh, €76.09 above the day's average. The highest is €348.87/MWh at 15:45. The peak has typically been around 15:00 over the last seven days. It is the hour solar output has fallen but demand has not, which is when gas sets the price.
- 15:45 – 16:00€348.87/MWh
- 20:15 – 20:30€337.30/MWh
- 21:00 – 21:15€334.29/MWh
How Hungary compares with the rest of Europe
Hungary is averaging €264.06/MWh today against a European average of €234.12/MWh — €29.94 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 Hungary
HUPX prices
The day-ahead price for Hungary is set in the daily auction run by HUPX, 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
Hungary is the most expensive market in central Europe on our numbers, averaging €111/MWh and ranking around 32nd of the 46 zones we track. The Paks nuclear plant covers a large share of what the country generates itself; most of the rest arrives across a border, and that dependence is what keeps the Hungarian price at the top of its region.
Method and source
- Source: ENTSO-E Transparency Platform.
- Market: day-ahead auction. Zone: HU. Timezone: Europe/Budapest.
- 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.