Croatia’s electricity exchange, CROPEX, recorded 1,454,482 MWh of trading in October 2026, 6.7% more than in September. The average day-ahead baseload price increased 31.2% to €226.66/MWh, while aggregate turnover was 0.3% above October 2025.
Day-ahead trading totalled 957,833 MWh, compared with 496,649 MWh on the intraday market. Intraday transactions accounted for about 34% of all energy traded, and average daily day-ahead turnover was 30,897.8 MWh. Intraday trading provided within-day adjustments alongside conventional day-ahead procurement and sales.
The reported average peak price reached €220.46/MWh, a 53.2% increase from September. The average intraday price rose 31.1% to €229.98/MWh. These price movements can affect purchasing costs, hedging requirements and generation revenues even when traded demand is relatively stable.
CROPEX has operated its day-ahead trading market since March 2016 and launched its intraday market in April 2017. In June 2018, the day-ahead market was coupled across the Croatian-Slovenian border, linking domestic price formation more closely with interconnected European trading conditions. The October figures underline the commercial relevance of hourly procurement, cross-border trading access and short-term forecasting as volatility passes through the regional electricity market.