Monthly market report
Switzerland CH — August 2026
Day-ahead auction, 2,976 settlement periods, computed from the same data the API serves.
Average price
139.59 €/MWh
+22.92 vs previous month
Negative prices
22.8 hours
52 settlement periods below 0
Avg daily spread
129.47 €/MWh
the arbitrage opportunity, day by day
Volatility (σ)
49.94 €/MWh
Extremes
- Cheapest period
- -17.72 €/MWh Aug 23, 11:00 UTC
- Priciest period
- 278.65 €/MWh Aug 13, 18:00 UTC
Top spike days
- 2026-08-13max 278.65 €/MWh
- 2026-08-14max 257.23 €/MWh
- 2026-08-12max 230.45 €/MWh
Work with this data
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Data source: ENTSO-E Transparency Platform (transparency.entsoe.eu). Data source: SMARD.de, Bundesnetzagentur | CC BY 4.0. Derived statistics are Voltcast own-IP output.