Electricity (H4) 23.87 cents/kWh, 12.0% cheaper than the Swiss average
H4 price comparison
Electricity 2027
Standard product
Elektrizitätswerke des Kantons Zürich (EKZ)
| 2-room flat2-rmH1 · 1,600 kWh/yearcents/kWh | 4-room flat4-rmH2 · 2,500 kWh/yearcents/kWh | 4-room flat with electric water heater4-rmH3 · 4,500 kWh/yearcents/kWh | 5-room flat5-rmH4 · 4,500 kWh/yearcents/kWh | 5-room detached house5-rmH5 · 7,500 kWh/yearcents/kWh | 5-room detached house with electric heating5-rmH6 · 25,000 kWh/yearcents/kWh | 5-room detached house with heat pump5-rmH7 · 13,000 kWh/yearcents/kWh | large owner-occupied flatflatH8 · 7,500 kWh/yearcents/kWh |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28.34 cents/kWh▲ 1.1% | 25.84 cents/kWh≈ unchanged | 23.77 cents/kWh▼ 1.1% | 23.87 cents/kWh▼ 1.1% | 22.77 cents/kWh▼ 1.7% | 22.67 cents/kWh▼ 2.4% | 22.75 cents/kWh▼ 1.2% | 22.89 cents/kWh▼ 1.7% |
H4 breakdown
- Grid usage7.90 cents/kWh
- Energy11.86 cents/kWh
- Levies0.16 cents/kWh
- Grid surcharge2.30 cents/kWh
- Standing chargeno standing charge
Health insurance 2027
- Adultsfrom 456.80 CHF/month▲ 6.8%
- Adults, on average571.73 CHF/month▲ 5.1%
- Young adultsfrom 332.10 CHF/month▲ 6.3%
- Young adults, on average429.36 CHF/month▲ 4.9%
- Childrenfrom 100.80 CHF/month▲ 7.1%
- Children, on average138.94 CHF/month▲ 5.1%
Premium region 3: all municipalities
Population 2025
- Residents12,911
- Foreign share31.3%
- Ages 0–192,591 · 20.1%
- Ages 20–647,741 · 60.0%
- Ages 65 and over2,579 · 20.0%
- Residents per km²1,219.2
Geography
- Altitude440–750 m
- Lakeno
- Mountain municipalityno
The rule: a settlement altitude of at least 1,000 m. That altitude is not shown as a figure.
Climate, 1991–2020 averages
- Temperature9.6 °C
- Annual precipitation1,184 mm
- Sunshine, share of possible hours40.7%
- Frost days71.9
- Days of 30 °C or more8.5
- Reference stationZürich / Fluntern, 13.9 km
Context
Affoltern am Albis sits in the figures as follows.
Affoltern am Albis includes no lake area, and no lake is named.
Bezirk Affoltern: Affoltern am Albis is the cheapest, rank 1 of 14, 23.87 cents/kWh, profile H4.
Affoltern am Albis ranks 95 of 2,108 on profile H4, in the 4.5 percentile, at 23.87 cents/kWh.
Compared with the previous year, the price in Affoltern am Albis is lower, from 24.14 cents/kWh to 23.87 cents/kWh (1.1%). The grid operator is Elektrizitätswerke des Kantons Zürich (EKZ), profile H4.
Source: Federal Statistical Office (FSO), Swiss official commune register, as of 13.10.2026 Source: Federal Statistical Office (FSO), Spatial divisions of Switzerland, as of 13.10.2026 Source: Federal Office of Topography swisstopo, swissBOUNDARIES3D
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Questions
What does electricity cost in Affoltern am Albis in 2027?
Bezirk Affoltern: Affoltern am Albis is the cheapest, rank 1 of 14, 23.87 cents/kWh, profile H4. Affoltern am Albis ranks 95 of 2,108 on profile H4, in the 4.5 percentile, at 23.87 cents/kWh. Compared with the previous year, the price in Affoltern am Albis is lower, from 24.14 cents/kWh to 23.87 cents/kWh (1.1%). The grid operator is Elektrizitätswerke des Kantons Zürich (EKZ), profile H4.
What do population, geography and climate say about Affoltern am Albis?
Affoltern am Albis includes no lake area, and no lake is named.
Border neighbours
- Affoltern am Albis or Jonen1,568 m · 24.2%
Nearby municipalities
- Living in Hedingen2.2 km
- Living in Obfelden2.3 km
- Living in Aeugst am Albis2.7 km
- Living in Ottenbach3.8 km
- Living in Mettmenstetten3.9 km
- Living in Bonstetten4.3 km
- Living in Jonen5.0 km
- Living in Rifferswil5.2 km
Source: Federal Office of Topography swisstopo, swissBOUNDARIES3D Straight-line distance between municipality centres.
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- Source: Federal Statistical Office (FSO), Swiss official commune register, as of 13.10.2026
- Source: Federal Statistical Office (FSO), Spatial divisions of Switzerland, as of 13.10.2026
- Source: Federal Statistical Office (FSO), STATPOP 2025, as of 20.10.2026
- Source: Federal Statistical Office (FSO), geographic key figures, as of 20.10.2026
- Source: Federal Electricity Commission ElCom, Electricity tariff per provider and municipality in Switzerland, as of 13.10.2026
- Source: Federal Electricity Commission ElCom, Consumption profiles, as of 13.10.2026
- Source: Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH), Health insurance premiums, opendata.swiss, as of 13.10.2026
- Source: Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH), premium regions under the FDHA Ordinance on Premium Regions, as of 13.10.2026
- Source: Federal Office of Topography swisstopo, swissBOUNDARIES3D, as of 13.10.2026
- Source: MeteoSwiss, as of 20.10.2026
- Source: Federal Statistical Office (FSO), Commune names with common translations, as of 13.10.2026
- Source: Federal Constitution of the Swiss Confederation (SR 101), Art. 1, as of 13.10.2026
- Source: Federal Office of Topography swisstopo, swissBOUNDARIES3D