Electricity prices in Austria 2025
In 2025, the average wholesale day-ahead electricity price in Austria was € 0.0996 /kWh (▲22% vs 2024). Below is the month-by-month breakdown plus a chart of how prices moved through the year.
Monthly breakdown — 2025
| Month | €/MWh | €/kWh | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 2025 | € 133.90 | € 0.1339 | 7,668 |
| February 2025 | € 140.76 | € 0.1408 | 7,800 |
| March 2025 | € 103.73 | € 0.1037 | 7,054 |
| April 2025 | € 81.13 | € 0.0811 | 6,450 |
| May 2025 | € 69.90 | € 0.0699 | 6,045 |
| June 2025 | € 66.44 | € 0.0664 | 6,056 |
| July 2025 | € 87.93 | € 0.0879 | 6,330 |
| August 2025 | € 74.41 | € 0.0744 | 5,996 |
| September 2025 | € 92.36 | € 0.0924 | 6,351 |
| October 2025 | € 108.82 | € 0.1088 | 6,712 |
| November 2025 | € 120.15 | € 0.1201 | 7,206 |
| December 2025 | € 115.95 | € 0.1160 | 7,750 |
Austria runs one of Europe's cleanest electricity systems — hydropower covered 60–65% of generation in 2024, with the rest spread across wind (~10%), gas (~13%), biomass and rapidly-growing solar. Austrian Power Grid (APG), the national TSO, manages a single bidding zone tightly coupled to Germany via the synchronous Continental European grid. Day-ahead trading clears on EXAA in Vienna and EPEX SPOT, with results published just after midday CET.
Austria is a structural importer in winter when river flows drop and a net exporter in spring snowmelt. The Mur, Drau, Inn and Danube valleys host the bulk of run-of-river hydro; the Tauern range adds large pumped storage.
Coal-fired generation ended in 2020, and the government targets 100% renewable electricity by 2030 — a goal that requires roughly 27 TWh of new wind, solar and hydro capacity over the decade.