The price of electricity will drop significantly on Saturday

The average hourly price of exchange electricity for consumers (incl. VAT 25.5 percent) reached an exceptionally high level on Friday. The morning price peak was at 9 o’clock, when the hourly price of electricity was 43.3 cents per kilowatt hour. The price also remained above 30 cents during several other hours of the morning.

The hourly prices stated in the article are averages calculated from the four quarter-hour prices for each hour. The electricity exchange Nord Pool switched to 15-minute pricing from the beginning of October 2025.

Hourly rates above 40 cents are exceptionally rare, occurring statistically only about 0.8 percent of the time.

On Saturday, the price of electricity will drop significantly. The most expensive hours of the day are in the evening, when the price is at its highest at 17.2 cents per kilowatt hour. Although this is also clearly above the typical price level, it is a significant drop from Friday’s reading.

The price record in the Finnish electricity market was probably set on January 5, 2024, when electricity cost a maximum of 235 cents per kilowatt hour and the daily average price was over 100 cents per kilowatt hour.

With the calculator below, you can see how much it costs to use electrical equipment when the electricity price level varies hourly.

The article was prepared by artificial intelligence based on price data. The text has been checked and edited by the editor. The price data are price quotations from the electricity exchange Nord Pool. A value added tax of 25.5 percent has been added to them. Historical comparative data has been calculated based on price data for the period between November 2022 and May 2025.