Monthly market report
Spain ES — May 2026
Day-ahead auction, 2,976 settlement periods, computed from the same data the API serves.
Average price
54.2 €/MWh
+11.48 vs previous month
Negative prices
87.3 hours
349 settlement periods below 0
Avg daily spread
126.75 €/MWh
the arbitrage opportunity, day by day
Volatility (σ)
48.1 €/MWh
Extremes
- Cheapest period
- -3 €/MWh May 23, 13:00 UTC
- Priciest period
- 210 €/MWh May 11, 19:30 UTC
Top spike days
- 2026-05-11max 210 €/MWh
- 2026-05-28max 172.5 €/MWh
- 2026-05-06max 170.67 €/MWh
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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.