Electricity (H4) 25.99 cents/kWh, 4.2% cheaper than the Swiss average
H4 price comparison
Electricity 2027
Standard product
Elektrizitätswerk Obwalden
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29.28 cents/kWh▼ 1.6% | 27.44 cents/kWh▼ 1.8% | 25.18 cents/kWh▼ 2.5% | 25.99 cents/kWh▼ 2.0% | 24.55 cents/kWh▼ 2.6% | 23.83 cents/kWh▼ 3.1% | 24.71 cents/kWh▼ 2.5% | 25.36 cents/kWh▼ 2.1% |
H4 breakdown
- Grid usage11.04 cents/kWh
- Energy9.67 cents/kWh
- Levies1.40 cents/kWh
- Grid surcharge2.30 cents/kWh
- Standing chargeno standing charge
Health insurance 2027
- Adultsfrom 410 CHF/month▲ 7.1%
- Adults, on average523.59 CHF/month▲ 3.8%
- Young adultsfrom 299.30 CHF/month▲ 7.1%
- Young adults, on average391.68 CHF/month▲ 3.7%
- Childrenfrom 90.20 CHF/month▲ 7.1%
- Children, on average128.16 CHF/month▲ 4.0%
Premium region in Obwalden: all municipalities
Population 2025
- Residents6,594
- Foreign share18.7%
- Ages 0–191,352 · 20.5%
- Ages 20–643,975 · 60.3%
- Ages 65 and over1,267 · 19.2%
- Residents per km²122.6
The area used for density includes lakes.
Geography
- Altitude432–2,128 m
- Lakeyes
- Mountain municipalityno
Mountain municipality means the settlement sits at 1,000 m or higher.
Climate, 1991–2020 averages
- Temperature9.6 °C
- Annual precipitation1,204 mm
- Sunshine, share of possible hours43.8%
- Frost days78.1
- Days of 30 °C or more9.1
- Reference stationLuzern, 11.0 km
Context
For Alpnach, the comparisons look like this.
From 26.53 cents/kWh to 25.99 cents/kWh (the cheapest, 2.0%): Alpnach on profile H4, rank 1 of 7.
Profile H4 costs 25.99 cents/kWh in Alpnach. In Kanton Obwalden that is rank 1 of 7 (the cheapest).
Alpnach includes lake area, and no lake is named.
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
All municipalities in the canton Obwalden · Electricity ranking
Questions
What does electricity cost in Alpnach in 2027?
From 26.53 cents/kWh to 25.99 cents/kWh (the cheapest, 2.0%): Alpnach on profile H4, rank 1 of 7. Profile H4 costs 25.99 cents/kWh in Alpnach. In Kanton Obwalden that is rank 1 of 7 (the cheapest).
What do population, geography and climate say about Alpnach?
Alpnach includes lake area, and no lake is named.
Border neighbours
- Alpnach or Ennetmoos4,140 m · 18.4%
- Alpnach or Hergiswil (NW)6,926 m · 18.4%
- Alpnach or Stansstad1,488 m · 18.4%
- Alpnach or Schwarzenberg5,956 m · 6.2%
- Alpnach or Entlebuch4,861 m · 5.6%
Nearby municipalities
- Living in Ennetmoos3.6 km
- Living in Kerns4.4 km
- Living in Sarnen5.5 km
- Living in Hergiswil (NW)5.9 km
- Living in Stansstad6.4 km
- Living in Stans7.2 km
- Living in Sachseln8.4 km
- Living in Oberdorf (NW)8.7 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