France electricity prices over the years
How the wholesale electricity price in France has moved since 2021: monthly and yearly averages, record days and hours, negative-price hours and the cheapest time of day.
Average wholesale market price in France per year: 2021: €0.159 · 2022: €0.275 · 2023: €0.097 · 2024: €0.059 · 2025: €0.062 · 2026: €0.089. The cheapest hour on record was 1 May 2026 13:00 at −€0.497 per kWh.
| Month | Average | Hours below zero |
|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | 0.168 | 1 |
| September 2026 | 0.146 | 24 |
| August 2026 | 0.125 | 41 |
| July 2026 | 0.098 | 65 |
| June 2026 | 0.069 | 70 |
| May 2026 | 0.055 | 74 |
| April 2026 | 0.040 | 133 |
| March 2026 | 0.065 | 31 |
| February 2026 | 0.046 | 17 |
| January 2026 | 0.101 | 0 |
| December 2025 | 0.069 | 0 |
| November 2025 | 0.059 | 0 |
| October 2025 | 0.058 | 17 |
| September 2025 | 0.037 | 29 |
| August 2025 | 0.055 | 62 |
| July 2025 | 0.059 | 6 |
| June 2025 | 0.043 | 110 |
| May 2025 | 0.020 | 120 |
| April 2025 | 0.043 | 77 |
| March 2025 | 0.077 | 9 |
| February 2025 | 0.123 | 0 |
| January 2025 | 0.103 | 0 |
| December 2024 | 0.098 | 0 |
| November 2024 | 0.101 | 0 |
| October 2024 | 0.063 | 11 |
| September 2024 | 0.053 | 16 |
| August 2024 | 0.055 | 46 |
| July 2024 | 0.047 | 49 |
| June 2024 | 0.038 | 69 |
| May 2024 | 0.028 | 57 |
| April 2024 | 0.030 | 80 |
| March 2024 | 0.054 | 5 |
| February 2024 | 0.058 | 0 |
| January 2024 | 0.077 | 7 |
| December 2023 | 0.069 | 29 |
| November 2023 | 0.089 | 0 |
| October 2023 | 0.085 | 3 |
| September 2023 | 0.089 | 14 |
| August 2023 | 0.091 | 0 |
| July 2023 | 0.078 | 43 |
| June 2023 | 0.091 | 13 |
| May 2023 | 0.078 | 24 |
| April 2023 | 0.106 | 2 |
| March 2023 | 0.112 | 4 |
| February 2023 | 0.149 | 0 |
| January 2023 | 0.133 | 8 |
| December 2022 | 0.272 | 4 |
| November 2022 | 0.192 | 0 |
| October 2022 | 0.179 | 0 |
| September 2022 | 0.394 | 0 |
| August 2022 | 0.492 | 0 |
| July 2022 | 0.398 | 0 |
| June 2022 | 0.249 | 0 |
| May 2022 | 0.197 | 0 |
| April 2022 | 0.233 | 0 |
| March 2022 | 0.295 | 0 |
| February 2022 | 0.186 | 0 |
| January 2022 | 0.211 | 0 |
| December 2021 | 0.274 | 0 |
| November 2021 | 0.217 | 0 |
| October 2021 | 0.172 | 3 |
| September 2021 | 0.135 | 0 |
| August 2021 | 0.077 | 23 |
| July 2021 | 0.078 | 5 |
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