Electricity prices in Romania today
The wholesale day-ahead price in Romania is €231.94 per MWh right now, or €0.2319 per kWh. Today's average is €264.03/MWh, −€44.47 against yesterday, and €29.91 above the European average of €234.12/MWh.
- Average today
- €264.03
- /MWh
- Lowest
- €220.00
- /MWh at 10:45
- Highest
- €349.06
- /MWh at 16:45
- In €/kWh
- €0.2640
- /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 Romania today average €222.32/MWh, €41.70 below the day's average of €264.03. The lowest of them is €220.00/MWh at 10:45. Over the last seven days the cheapest hour in Romania has typically been around 04:00. 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.
- 10:45 – 11:00€220.00/MWh
- 12:15 – 12:30€223.24/MWh
- 14:15 – 14:30€223.73/MWh
When is electricity most expensive?
The three most expensive intervals average €339.31/MWh, €75.28 above the day's average. The highest is €349.06/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€349.06/MWh
- 21:15 – 21:30€337.93/MWh
- 22:00 – 22:15€330.94/MWh
How Romania compares with the rest of Europe
Romania is averaging €264.03/MWh today against a European average of €234.12/MWh — €29.91 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 Romania
OPCOM prices
The day-ahead price for Romania is set in the daily auction run by OPCOM, 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
Romania has the most varied generation mix in its region — Cernavodă nuclear, large Danube hydro and the onshore wind cluster in Dobrogea — and the price swings to match, going below zero on about one day in nine while still averaging €111/MWh. It clears on OPCOM.
Method and source
- Source: ENTSO-E Transparency Platform.
- Market: day-ahead auction. Zone: RO. Timezone: Europe/Bucharest.
- 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.