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Electricity prices in North Macedonia today

The wholesale day-ahead price in North Macedonia is €252.08 per MWh right now, or €0.2521 per kWh. Today's average is €271.50/MWh, −€36.12 against yesterday, and €37.38 above the European average of €234.12/MWh.

Average today
€271.50
/MWh
Lowest
€180.00
/MWh at 11:00
Highest
€340.10
/MWh at 19:00
In €/kWh
€0.2715
/kWh wholesale only

Price for each interval, 7 November 2026

09018027036000:00 — €275.09/MWh01:00 — €264.45/MWh02:00 — €258.00/MWh03:00 — €252.08/MWh04:00 — €252.00/MWh05:00 — €263.00/MWh06:00 — €277.30/MWh07:00 — €285.00/MWh08:00 — €257.02/MWh09:00 — €205.00/MWh10:00 — €185.42/MWh11:00 — €180.00/MWh12:00 — €192.99/MWh13:00 — €235.01/MWh14:00 — €262.31/MWh15:00 — €307.00/MWh16:00 — €332.00/MWh17:00 — €335.00/MWh18:00 — €340.09/MWh19:00 — €340.10/MWh20:00 — €330.00/MWh21:00 — €310.00/MWh22:00 — €300.00/MWh23:00 — €277.13/MWhHigh €340.10 · 19:00Low €180.00 · 11:0000:0006:0012:0018:00

24 of 24 intervals published at 60-minute resolution.

Cheapest electricity hours today

The three cheapest intervals in North Macedonia today average €186.14/MWh, €85.36 below the day's average of €271.50. The lowest of them is €180.00/MWh at 11:00. Over the last seven days the cheapest hour in North Macedonia 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.

  • 11:00 – 12:00€180.00/MWh
  • 10:00 – 11:00€185.42/MWh
  • 12:00 – 13:00€192.99/MWh

When is electricity most expensive?

The three most expensive intervals average €338.40/MWh, €66.90 above the day's average. The highest is €340.10/MWh at 19:00. 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.

  • 19:00 – 20:00€340.10/MWh
  • 18:00 – 19:00€340.09/MWh
  • 17:00 – 18:00€335.00/MWh

How North Macedonia compares with the rest of Europe

North Macedonia is averaging €271.50/MWh today against a European average of €234.12/MWh — €37.38 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 North Macedonia

MEMO prices

The day-ahead price for North Macedonia is set in the daily auction run by MEMO, 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

North Macedonia imports a large share of its electricity and relies on the ageing Bitola lignite plant for most of what it generates itself. Its prices have been published since May 2023, average €105/MWh, and have never gone below zero — the market is short, not long.

Method and source

  • Source: ENTSO-E Transparency Platform.
  • Market: day-ahead auction. Zone: MK. Timezone: Europe/Skopje.
  • 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.