Electricity prices in France

Current day-ahead electricity prices, cheapest periods, and a rolling 30-day view for France.

Source: ENTSO-E

Bidding zone Language Currency Supplier margin c/kWh

Electricity price now

15.28 c/kWh

04:15 Wholesale price

Cheap Expensive Colours relative to the price level over the last 30 days

Average: 19.11
Lowest: 8.38
Highest: 30.34

Cheapest upcoming period

13:30–14:30 9.32 c/kWh

Required duration 1 h 2 h 3 h 4 h

Exchange rate: 2026-10-13 Data updated: 14/10/2026, 04:11 13 % higher compared with yesterday

France (FR, Europe/Paris, EUR). The same day-ahead price applies across the selected bidding zone. A country may contain several zones.

Zone: FR
Time: Europe/Paris
Currency: EUR
Last 30 days · Average: 14.91 c/kWh
Last 30 days · Lowest: -0.20 c/kWh · Sun 27/09
Last 30 days · Highest: 40.60 c/kWh · Tue 06/10

Source and updates: JSON · CSV

Hourly prices

Wed 14/10

Decimals

Time	Price
00:00–01:00	18.73 c/kWh
01:00–02:00	17.00 c/kWh
02:00–03:00	15.88 c/kWh
03:00–04:00	15.44 c/kWh
04:00–05:00	15.57 c/kWh
05:00–06:00	16.34 c/kWh
06:00–07:00	20.00 c/kWh
07:00–08:00	24.85 c/kWh
08:00–09:00	28.22 c/kWh
09:00–10:00	24.35 c/kWh
10:00–11:00	20.17 c/kWh
11:00–12:00	15.23 c/kWh
12:00–13:00	11.75 c/kWh
13:00–14:00	9.64 c/kWh
14:00–15:00	10.16 c/kWh
15:00–16:00	11.85 c/kWh
16:00–17:00	13.50 c/kWh
17:00–18:00	20.33 c/kWh
18:00–19:00	27.18 c/kWh
19:00–20:00	29.56 c/kWh
20:00–21:00	27.00 c/kWh
21:00–22:00	24.13 c/kWh
22:00–23:00	22.05 c/kWh
23:00–00:00	19.74 c/kWh

Last 30 days

Daily average from the available rolling month of data.

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What does the price include?

We show the ENTSO-E day-ahead wholesale price. Grid charges, electricity tax, and other bill components are not included.

How does a bidding zone work?

The same day-ahead price applies across the selected bidding zone. A country may contain several zones.

When are tomorrow’s prices published?

Tomorrow’s prices normally appear in the afternoon after the market results are available.

How is currency converted?

The source price remains in euros per megawatt-hour. Other currencies are estimates based on the ECB reference rate.

Source and updates

Prices come from the ENTSO-E Transparency Platform day-ahead dataset and are checked regularly.

Limitations

Currency conversion and optional VAT or margin values are estimates. This service does not calculate the complete electricity bill.