This comprehensive tool provides real-time European electricity day-ahead prices across 9 EU countries, helping consumers, businesses, and energy traders understand electricity costs and optimize their energy usage. Track hourly electricity prices, compare energy costs across European markets, and calculate total costs including VAT and energy provider markups.

Two ways to use this: use this hosted instance directly (UI on this page, or call the API at dap.xadi.eu/api/...), or self-host from the open-source repository with your own ENTSOE API key.

Supported European Energy Markets

🇳🇱 Netherlands - Dutch electricity market (21% VAT)

🇩🇪 Germany - German power exchange (19% VAT)

🇧🇪 Belgium - Belgian electricity prices (21% VAT)

🇫🇷 France - French energy market (20% VAT)

🇦🇹 Austria - Austrian power prices (20% VAT)

🇨🇭 Switzerland - Swiss electricity market (7.7% VAT)

🇩🇰 Denmark - Danish energy exchange (25% VAT)

🇳🇴 Norway - Norwegian power market (25% VAT)

🇸🇪 Sweden - Swedish electricity prices (25% VAT)

How to Use the Energy Price Calculator

Country Selection: Choose your European country to view local electricity prices and market data
Energy Provider Markup: Add your electricity supplier's markup cost (in euro cents per kWh) for accurate total pricing
VAT Tax Calculation: VAT percentage automatically defaults to your country's standard energy tax rate
Time Period: Compare prices for next 24 hours or view today's complete hourly electricity rates
API Integration: Copy the REST API endpoint URL for integration into your energy management systems

Official Energy Market Data Sources

All electricity prices are sourced from official European energy market data via the ENTSOE Transparency Platform (European Network of Transmission System Operators) and Stekker.app energy market API. Price data is updated hourly to ensure accuracy for energy trading, cost optimization, and consumption planning.

Free Energy Price API Access

This European electricity price tracker is powered by a comprehensive REST API service. Access real-time energy market data programmatically for energy management applications, smart home systems, and business energy optimization. Use the "API" button for complete documentation, rate limits, and integration examples. Visit our open-source GitHub repository for technical documentation and community contributions.

Energy Cost Optimization Benefits

Smart Energy Usage: Schedule high-consumption activities during low-price hours to reduce electricity bills
Business Energy Management: Optimize industrial processes and operations based on real-time electricity pricing
Renewable Energy Trading: Compare market prices across European energy exchanges for solar and wind power trading
Energy Provider Comparison: Calculate and compare total costs including different supplier markups and fees

Current API Endpoint

Base Endpoints

GET /api/{country}/today

Today's 24-hour prices

GET /api/{country}/next24h

Next 24 hours from now

Query Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description	Example
markup	decimal	Fixed markup in EUR/kWh	0.024
vat	decimal	VAT as decimal (0.21 = 21%)	0.21
autoVat	boolean	Use country's default VAT	true
roundTo	integer	Decimal places (default: 5)	3
interval	enum	`60M` (default, hourly mean) or `15M` (quarter-hour pass-through)	15M

Rate Limiting

Rate limit: 10 requests per second per IP (configurable)
Headers: X-RateLimit-Limit, X-RateLimit-Remaining, X-RateLimit-Reset; 429 includes Retry-After
Data updates: Hourly from official sources
Cache: Upstream responses cached for 1 hour; markup/VAT applied per request

Usage Terms

✅ Fair Use - Non-Commercial

Free for personal projects, research, education, and non-commercial applications. Please respect rate limits and cache responses when possible.

💼 Commercial Use

For commercial applications, high-volume usage, or custom integrations, please contact us at sales@xadi.nl for licensing options.

📊 Data Attribution

Data sourced from ENTSOE Transparency Platform and Stekker.app. Please include attribution when redistributing data.

Example Requests

# Get today's Dutch prices with Next Energy markup

curl "https://dap.xadi.eu/api/nl/today?markup=0.024&vat=0.21"

# Get German prices with auto VAT

curl "https://dap.xadi.eu/api/de/next24h?autoVat=true"

EU day-ahead electricity prices

Price graph

About EU day-ahead prices