Electricity prices in Switzerland today
The wholesale day-ahead price in Switzerland is €242.19 per MWh right now, or €0.2422 per kWh. Today's average is €267.38/MWh, −€20.49 against yesterday, and €33.26 above the European average of €234.12/MWh.
- Average today
- €267.38
- /MWh
- Lowest
- €217.93
- /MWh at 10:45
- Highest
- €333.45
- /MWh at 17:45
- In €/kWh
- €0.2674
- /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 Switzerland today average €219.91/MWh, €47.48 below the day's average of €267.38. The lowest of them is €217.93/MWh at 10:45. Over the last seven days the cheapest hour in Switzerland 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€217.93/MWh
- 13:15 – 13:30€219.70/MWh
- 12:45 – 13:00€222.09/MWh
When is electricity most expensive?
The three most expensive intervals average €329.86/MWh, €62.48 above the day's average. The highest is €333.45/MWh at 17:45. The peak has typically been around 17:00 over the last seven days. It is the hour solar output has fallen but demand has not, which is when gas sets the price.
- 17:45 – 18:00€333.45/MWh
- 17:30 – 17:45€328.56/MWh
- 19:00 – 19:15€327.57/MWh
How Switzerland compares with the rest of Europe
Switzerland is averaging €267.38/MWh today against a European average of €234.12/MWh — €33.26 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.
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EPEX SPOT prices
The day-ahead price for Switzerland is set in the daily auction run by EPEX SPOT, 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
Switzerland is not part of EU single day-ahead market coupling, so its price is set outside the coupled auction even though it sits physically at the centre of the European grid.
Method and source
- Source: ENTSO-E Transparency Platform.
- Market: day-ahead auction. Zone: CH. Timezone: Europe/Zurich.
- 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.