Electricity prices in Ireland and Northern Ireland today
The wholesale day-ahead price in Ireland and Northern Ireland is €408.14 per MWh right now, or €0.4081 per kWh. Today's average is €453.89/MWh, −€8.11 against yesterday, and €219.77 above the European average of €234.12/MWh.
- Average today
- €453.89
- /MWh
- Lowest
- €339.90
- /MWh at 06:00
- Highest
- €566.26
- /MWh at 18:00
- In €/kWh
- €0.4539
- /kWh wholesale only
Price for each interval, 7 November 2026
23 of 24 intervals published so far at 60-minute resolution.
Cheapest electricity hours today
The three cheapest intervals in Ireland and Northern Ireland today average €350.88/MWh, €103.01 below the day's average of €453.89. The lowest of them is €339.90/MWh at 06:00. Over the last seven days the cheapest hour in Ireland and Northern Ireland has typically been around 05:00. 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.
- 06:00 – 07:00€339.90/MWh
- 07:00 – 08:00€353.13/MWh
- 05:00 – 06:00€359.61/MWh
When is electricity most expensive?
The three most expensive intervals average €544.01/MWh, €90.12 above the day's average. The highest is €566.26/MWh at 18:00. The peak has typically been around 18:00 over the last seven days. It is the hour solar output has fallen but demand has not, which is when gas sets the price.
- 18:00 – 19:00€566.26/MWh
- 15:00 – 16:00€547.76/MWh
- 09:00 – 10:00€518.00/MWh
How Ireland and Northern Ireland compares with the rest of Europe
Ireland and Northern Ireland is averaging €453.89/MWh today against a European average of €234.12/MWh — €219.77 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 Ireland and Northern Ireland
SEMOpx prices
The day-ahead price for Ireland and Northern Ireland is set in the daily auction run by SEMOpx, 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
The Single Electricity Market covers the whole island of Ireland, spanning two sovereign states and two currencies. It is the clearest example of why a bidding zone is not the same thing as a country.
Method and source
- Source: ENTSO-E Transparency Platform.
- Market: day-ahead auction. Zone: IE_SEM. Timezone: Europe/Dublin.
- 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.