Slovakia Demand Forecast Accuracy: Error, Bias and Worst Miss, 15 October to 12 November 2026
The day-ahead demand forecast for Slovakia was off by 2.3% on average (mean absolute percentage error) over 687 hours from 15 October to 12 November 2026, and 93% of hours landed within 5% of the reading. Its bias was -0.2%: it ran close to balanced on average. The largest miss was 306 MW (8.5%) too low at 2 Nov 2026, 12:00 CET (UTC+01:00). Dates and times are local (Europe/Bratislava).
Key Facts
- The day-ahead demand forecast for Slovakia was off by 2.3% on average (mean absolute percentage error) over 687 hours from 15 October to 12 November 2026, and 93% of hours landed within 5% of the reading. Its bias was -0.2%: it ran close to balanced on average. The largest miss was 306 MW (8.5%) too low at 2 Nov 2026, 12:00 CET (UTC+01:00).
- Across 47 European bidding zones ranked by average error over their own latest 30 day windows, Slovakia came 11 (1 is the smallest error).
- On average the forecast differed from reported demand by 69 MW, against average demand of 3,079 MW.
- The forecast was above reported demand in 45% of compared hours.
Forecast Error at a Glance
687 hours from 15 October to 12 November 2026Average error is the mean absolute percentage gap between the forecast and reported demand. Bias is the signed mean (-9 MW per hour on average): the forecast ran close to balanced on average. The worst miss was 306 MW (8.5%) too low at 2 Nov 2026, 12:00 CET (UTC+01:00): forecast 3,305 MW, reported 3,611 MW.
Source: ENTSO-E Transparency Platform (transparency.entsoe.eu), CC BY 4.0. Aggregated and converted by World Power Monitor; ENTSO-E does not endorse this site. (ENTSO-E Terms of Use plus CC BY 4.0 for listed data items) Data as of 2026-11-12. Accuracy is computed by World Power Monitor from the operator's hourly forecast and reported demand.
Forecast and Reported Demand, Last 7 Days
Local time, to 12 Nov 2026, 14:00 CET (UTC+01:00)Show the data table (168 rows)
| Local hour | Reported demand | Day-ahead forecast |
|---|---|---|
| 5 Nov, 15:00 | 3,384 MW | 3,485 MW |
| 5 Nov, 16:00 | 3,620 MW | 3,673 MW |
| 5 Nov, 17:00 | 3,670 MW | 3,683 MW |
| 5 Nov, 18:00 | 3,669 MW | 3,665 MW |
| 5 Nov, 19:00 | 3,618 MW | 3,608 MW |
| 5 Nov, 20:00 | 3,521 MW | 3,425 MW |
| 5 Nov, 21:00 | 3,319 MW | 3,198 MW |
| 5 Nov, 22:00 | 3,093 MW | 2,980 MW |
| 5 Nov, 23:00 | 2,961 MW | 2,908 MW |
| 6 Nov, 00:00 | 2,874 MW | 2,843 MW |
| 6 Nov, 01:00 | 2,823 MW | 2,767 MW |
| 6 Nov, 02:00 | 2,877 MW | 2,790 MW |
| 6 Nov, 03:00 | 2,852 MW | 2,788 MW |
| 6 Nov, 04:00 | 2,941 MW | 2,863 MW |
| 6 Nov, 05:00 | 3,130 MW | 3,037 MW |
| 6 Nov, 06:00 | 3,506 MW | 3,405 MW |
| 6 Nov, 07:00 | 3,660 MW | 3,574 MW |
| 6 Nov, 08:00 | 3,591 MW | 3,574 MW |
| 6 Nov, 09:00 | 3,510 MW | 3,486 MW |
| 6 Nov, 10:00 | 3,318 MW | 3,362 MW |
| 6 Nov, 11:00 | 3,363 MW | 3,367 MW |
| 6 Nov, 12:00 | 3,330 MW | 3,369 MW |
| 6 Nov, 13:00 | 3,270 MW | 3,354 MW |
| 6 Nov, 14:00 | 3,264 MW | 3,348 MW |
| 6 Nov, 15:00 | 3,343 MW | 3,390 MW |
| 6 Nov, 16:00 | 3,518 MW | 3,542 MW |
| 6 Nov, 17:00 | 3,589 MW | 3,650 MW |
| 6 Nov, 18:00 | 3,573 MW | 3,616 MW |
| 6 Nov, 19:00 | 3,565 MW | 3,547 MW |
| 6 Nov, 20:00 | 3,479 MW | 3,428 MW |
| 6 Nov, 21:00 | 3,262 MW | 3,224 MW |
| 6 Nov, 22:00 | 3,082 MW | 3,036 MW |
| 6 Nov, 23:00 | 2,940 MW | 2,928 MW |
| 7 Nov, 00:00 | 2,817 MW | 2,794 MW |
| 7 Nov, 01:00 | 2,718 MW | 2,701 MW |
| 7 Nov, 02:00 | 2,711 MW | 2,711 MW |
| 7 Nov, 03:00 | 2,691 MW | 2,670 MW |
| 7 Nov, 04:00 | 2,748 MW | 2,701 MW |
| 7 Nov, 05:00 | 2,802 MW | 2,748 MW |
| 7 Nov, 06:00 | 2,919 MW | 2,846 MW |
| 7 Nov, 07:00 | 3,019 MW | 2,960 MW |
| 7 Nov, 08:00 | 3,041 MW | 3,093 MW |
| 7 Nov, 09:00 | 3,084 MW | 3,135 MW |
| 7 Nov, 10:00 | 2,990 MW | 3,113 MW |
| 7 Nov, 11:00 | 3,058 MW | 3,140 MW |
| 7 Nov, 12:00 | 2,979 MW | 3,068 MW |
| 7 Nov, 13:00 | 2,928 MW | 3,015 MW |
| 7 Nov, 14:00 | 2,936 MW | 3,004 MW |
| 7 Nov, 15:00 | 3,042 MW | 3,005 MW |
| 7 Nov, 16:00 | 3,248 MW | 3,121 MW |
| 7 Nov, 17:00 | 3,274 MW | 3,142 MW |
| 7 Nov, 18:00 | 3,249 MW | 3,201 MW |
| 7 Nov, 19:00 | 3,264 MW | 3,187 MW |
| 7 Nov, 20:00 | 3,175 MW | 3,138 MW |
| 7 Nov, 21:00 | 3,048 MW | 2,963 MW |
| 7 Nov, 22:00 | 2,915 MW | 2,799 MW |
| 7 Nov, 23:00 | 2,812 MW | 2,666 MW |
| 8 Nov, 00:00 | 2,685 MW | 2,621 MW |
| 8 Nov, 01:00 | 2,589 MW | 2,556 MW |
| 8 Nov, 02:00 | 2,636 MW | 2,549 MW |
| 8 Nov, 03:00 | 2,610 MW | 2,536 MW |
| 8 Nov, 04:00 | 2,660 MW | 2,569 MW |
| 8 Nov, 05:00 | 2,705 MW | 2,629 MW |
| 8 Nov, 06:00 | 2,830 MW | 2,722 MW |
| 8 Nov, 07:00 | 2,952 MW | 2,854 MW |
| 8 Nov, 08:00 | 2,992 MW | 2,963 MW |
| 8 Nov, 09:00 | 3,053 MW | 3,047 MW |
| 8 Nov, 10:00 | 3,018 MW | 3,041 MW |
| 8 Nov, 11:00 | 3,064 MW | 3,043 MW |
| 8 Nov, 12:00 | 2,920 MW | 2,937 MW |
| 8 Nov, 13:00 | 2,837 MW | 2,843 MW |
| 8 Nov, 14:00 | 2,874 MW | 2,831 MW |
| 8 Nov, 15:00 | 2,952 MW | 2,905 MW |
| 8 Nov, 16:00 | 3,135 MW | 3,084 MW |
| 8 Nov, 17:00 | 3,223 MW | 3,157 MW |
| 8 Nov, 18:00 | 3,229 MW | 3,155 MW |
| 8 Nov, 19:00 | 3,252 MW | 3,174 MW |
| 8 Nov, 20:00 | 3,211 MW | 3,127 MW |
| 8 Nov, 21:00 | 3,033 MW | 2,964 MW |
| 8 Nov, 22:00 | 2,931 MW | 2,814 MW |
| 8 Nov, 23:00 | 2,824 MW | 2,678 MW |
| 9 Nov, 00:00 | 2,732 MW | 2,710 MW |
| 9 Nov, 01:00 | 2,665 MW | 2,657 MW |
| 9 Nov, 02:00 | 2,724 MW | 2,678 MW |
| 9 Nov, 03:00 | 2,717 MW | 2,691 MW |
| 9 Nov, 04:00 | 2,838 MW | 2,798 MW |
| 9 Nov, 05:00 | 3,040 MW | 3,027 MW |
| 9 Nov, 06:00 | 3,448 MW | 3,517 MW |
| 9 Nov, 07:00 | 3,635 MW | 3,700 MW |
| 9 Nov, 08:00 | 3,663 MW | 3,777 MW |
| 9 Nov, 09:00 | 3,710 MW | 3,788 MW |
| 9 Nov, 10:00 | 3,594 MW | 3,673 MW |
| 9 Nov, 11:00 | 3,682 MW | 3,708 MW |
| 9 Nov, 12:00 | 3,669 MW | 3,736 MW |
| 9 Nov, 13:00 | 3,626 MW | 3,693 MW |
| 9 Nov, 14:00 | 3,576 MW | 3,658 MW |
| 9 Nov, 15:00 | 3,560 MW | 3,650 MW |
| 9 Nov, 16:00 | 3,687 MW | 3,785 MW |
| 9 Nov, 17:00 | 3,672 MW | 3,838 MW |
| 9 Nov, 18:00 | 3,700 MW | 3,797 MW |
| 9 Nov, 19:00 | 3,683 MW | 3,738 MW |
| 9 Nov, 20:00 | 3,608 MW | 3,625 MW |
| 9 Nov, 21:00 | 3,390 MW | 3,442 MW |
| 9 Nov, 22:00 | 3,167 MW | 3,226 MW |
| 9 Nov, 23:00 | 3,046 MW | 3,087 MW |
| 10 Nov, 00:00 | 2,940 MW | 2,936 MW |
| 10 Nov, 01:00 | 2,887 MW | 2,859 MW |
| 10 Nov, 02:00 | 2,910 MW | 2,869 MW |
| 10 Nov, 03:00 | 2,885 MW | 2,866 MW |
| 10 Nov, 04:00 | 2,946 MW | 2,946 MW |
| 10 Nov, 05:00 | 3,145 MW | 3,137 MW |
| 10 Nov, 06:00 | 3,548 MW | 3,575 MW |
| 10 Nov, 07:00 | 3,687 MW | 3,752 MW |
| 10 Nov, 08:00 | 3,794 MW | 3,807 MW |
| 10 Nov, 09:00 | 3,912 MW | 3,838 MW |
| 10 Nov, 10:00 | 3,856 MW | 3,721 MW |
| 10 Nov, 11:00 | 3,947 MW | 3,743 MW |
| 10 Nov, 12:00 | 3,960 MW | 3,745 MW |
| 10 Nov, 13:00 | 3,884 MW | 3,667 MW |
| 10 Nov, 14:00 | 3,807 MW | 3,620 MW |
| 10 Nov, 15:00 | 3,716 MW | 3,582 MW |
| 10 Nov, 16:00 | 3,834 MW | 3,710 MW |
| 10 Nov, 17:00 | 3,819 MW | 3,735 MW |
| 10 Nov, 18:00 | 3,766 MW | 3,787 MW |
| 10 Nov, 19:00 | 3,706 MW | 3,747 MW |
| 10 Nov, 20:00 | 3,641 MW | 3,641 MW |
| 10 Nov, 21:00 | 3,410 MW | 3,400 MW |
| 10 Nov, 22:00 | 3,194 MW | 3,192 MW |
| 10 Nov, 23:00 | 3,057 MW | 3,052 MW |
| 11 Nov, 00:00 | 2,944 MW | 3,030 MW |
| 11 Nov, 01:00 | 2,858 MW | 2,948 MW |
| 11 Nov, 02:00 | 2,859 MW | 2,963 MW |
| 11 Nov, 03:00 | 2,925 MW | 2,943 MW |
| 11 Nov, 04:00 | 2,977 MW | 2,998 MW |
| 11 Nov, 05:00 | 3,137 MW | 3,205 MW |
| 11 Nov, 06:00 | 3,486 MW | 3,595 MW |
| 11 Nov, 07:00 | 3,663 MW | 3,725 MW |
| 11 Nov, 08:00 | 3,686 MW | 3,735 MW |
| 11 Nov, 09:00 | 3,697 MW | 3,805 MW |
| 11 Nov, 10:00 | 3,607 MW | 3,663 MW |
| 11 Nov, 11:00 | 3,717 MW | 3,763 MW |
| 11 Nov, 12:00 | 3,727 MW | 3,755 MW |
| 11 Nov, 13:00 | 3,738 MW | 3,718 MW |
| 11 Nov, 14:00 | 3,672 MW | 3,623 MW |
| 11 Nov, 15:00 | 3,670 MW | 3,643 MW |
| 11 Nov, 16:00 | 3,792 MW | 3,825 MW |
| 11 Nov, 17:00 | 3,723 MW | 3,878 MW |
| 11 Nov, 18:00 | 3,663 MW | 3,845 MW |
| 11 Nov, 19:00 | 3,660 MW | 3,815 MW |
| 11 Nov, 20:00 | 3,568 MW | 3,723 MW |
| 11 Nov, 21:00 | 3,347 MW | 3,518 MW |
| 11 Nov, 22:00 | 3,154 MW | 3,305 MW |
| 11 Nov, 23:00 | 2,980 MW | 3,173 MW |
| 12 Nov, 00:00 | 2,892 MW | 2,907 MW |
| 12 Nov, 01:00 | 2,837 MW | 2,824 MW |
| 12 Nov, 02:00 | 2,867 MW | 2,838 MW |
| 12 Nov, 03:00 | 2,850 MW | 2,840 MW |
| 12 Nov, 04:00 | 2,880 MW | 2,926 MW |
| 12 Nov, 05:00 | 3,102 MW | 3,127 MW |
| 12 Nov, 06:00 | 3,480 MW | 3,508 MW |
| 12 Nov, 07:00 | 3,643 MW | 3,672 MW |
| 12 Nov, 08:00 | 3,741 MW | 3,745 MW |
| 12 Nov, 09:00 | 3,755 MW | 3,764 MW |
| 12 Nov, 10:00 | 3,681 MW | 3,657 MW |
| 12 Nov, 11:00 | 3,747 MW | 3,740 MW |
| 12 Nov, 12:00 | 3,736 MW | 3,752 MW |
| 12 Nov, 13:00 | 3,692 MW | 3,744 MW |
| 12 Nov, 14:00 | 3,644 MW | 3,703 MW |
Assumptions
- Only hours with both a forecast and a positive demand reading count (687 of 687 hours in the window). Missing and zero values, and readings under 30% or over 3 times the grid's own median for the window, are treated as reporting faults and left out.
- Error is (forecast minus reported demand) divided by reported demand; average error uses absolute values so high and low misses do not cancel. Bias keeps the sign and does cancel.
- Reported demand is preliminary and may be revised. A 30 day window is a short sample and one heat wave or holiday can move these figures.
- European figures are for the ENTSO-E bidding zone named on this page. US and European grids are ranked separately.
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World Power Monitor. (2026). Slovakia Demand Forecast Accuracy: Error, Bias and Worst Miss. https://worldpowermonitor.com/forecast-accuracy/sk/
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