Electricity (H4) 26.08 cents/kWh, 3.8% cheaper than the Swiss average
H4 price comparison
Electricity 2027
Standard product
EWS AG
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30.29 cents/kWh▼ 2.7% | 27.91 cents/kWh▼ 2.9% | 24.76 cents/kWh▼ 3.0% | 26.08 cents/kWh▼ 3.1% | 24.11 cents/kWh▼ 2.8% | 21.50 cents/kWh▼ 3.1% | 23.54 cents/kWh▼ 2.2% | 25.23 cents/kWh▼ 3.2% |
H4 breakdown
- Grid usage9.63 cents/kWh
- Energy12.54 cents/kWh
- Levies0.00 cents/kWh
- Grid surcharge2.30 cents/kWh
- Standing charge24 CHF/year
Health insurance 2027
- Adultsfrom 434.70 CHF/month▲ 8.6%
- Adults, on average543.33 CHF/month▲ 3.9%
- Young adultsfrom 317.30 CHF/month▲ 8.6%
- Young adults, on average401.24 CHF/month▲ 3.6%
- Childrenfrom 95.70 CHF/month▲ 8.6%
- Children, on average131.46 CHF/month▲ 4.0%
Premium region in Schwyz: all municipalities
Population 2025
- Residents641
- Foreign share11.1%
- Ages 0–1999 · 15.4%
- Ages 20–64416 · 64.9%
- Ages 65 and over126 · 19.7%
- Residents per km²28.0
Geography
- Altitude952–1,656 m
- Lakeno
- Mountain municipalityyes
The rule: a settlement altitude of at least 1,000 m. That altitude is not shown as a figure.
Climate, 1991–2020 averages
- Temperature5.9 °C
- Annual precipitation2,064 mm
- Sunshine, share of possible hours44.6%
Only the grid values are shown here. A station figure would misstate the place.
Context
Alpthal sits in the figures as follows.
11.1% of the resident population of Alpthal does not hold a Swiss passport.
Profile H4 in Alpthal costs 26.08 cents/kWh. That is rank 897 of 2,108, the 42.5 percentile.
The premium in Alpthal is higher: now 543.33 CHF/month, previously 523.11 CHF/month, a difference of 3.9%.
Profile H4 in Alpthal costs 26.08 cents/kWh. The grid operator EWS AG charged 26.91 cents/kWh before, a difference of 3.1%.
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 Alpthal in 2027?
Profile H4 in Alpthal costs 26.08 cents/kWh. That is rank 897 of 2,108, the 42.5 percentile. Profile H4 in Alpthal costs 26.08 cents/kWh. The grid operator EWS AG charged 26.91 cents/kWh before, a difference of 3.1%.
What does health insurance cost in Alpthal?
The premium in Alpthal is higher: now 543.33 CHF/month, previously 523.11 CHF/month, a difference of 3.9%.
What do population, geography and climate say about Alpthal?
11.1% of the resident population of Alpthal does not hold a Swiss passport.
Nearby municipalities
- Living in Rothenthurm4.8 km
- Living in Oberiberg6.1 km
- Living in Sattel6.2 km
- Living in Unteriberg6.7 km
- Living in Einsiedeln6.9 km
- Living in Schwyz7.2 km
- Living in Steinen8.1 km
- Living in Illgau9.2 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