Electricity (H4) 24.88 cents/kWh, 8.3% cheaper than the Swiss average
H4 price comparison
Electricity 2027
Standard product
Comune di Ascona, Azienda Elettrica Comunale
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29.14 cents/kWh▼ 9.8% | 26.76 cents/kWh▼ 11.1% | 23.00 cents/kWh▼ 12.1% | 24.88 cents/kWh▼ 12.2% | 21.95 cents/kWh▼ 12.9% | 19.70 cents/kWh▼ 13.5% | 21.45 cents/kWh▼ 13.5% | 23.93 cents/kWh▼ 12.8% |
H4 breakdown
- Grid usage8.50 cents/kWh
- Energy9.48 cents/kWh
- Levies3.31 cents/kWh
- Grid surcharge2.30 cents/kWh
- Standing charge48 CHF/year
Health insurance 2027
- Adultsfrom 616.70 CHF/month▲ 5.6%
- Adults, on average776.14 CHF/month▲ 4.2%
- Young adultsfrom 447.70 CHF/month▲ 5.0%
- Young adults, on average581.28 CHF/month▲ 4.1%
- Childrenfrom 135 CHF/month▲ 5.1%
- Children, on average187.89 CHF/month▲ 4.5%
Premium region 1: all municipalities
Population 2025
- Residents5,290
- Foreign share27.8%
- Ages 0–19662 · 12.5%
- Ages 20–642,782 · 52.6%
- Ages 65 and over1,846 · 34.9%
- Residents per km²1,068.7
Density divides by the whole municipal area, lakes included.
Geography
- Altitude193–1,259 m
- Lakeyes
- Mountain municipalityno
A mountain municipality is one whose settlement reaches 1,000 m.
Climate, 1991–2020 averages
- Temperature12.6 °C
- Annual precipitation1,900 mm
- Sunshine, share of possible hours57.2%
- Frost days24.5
- Days of 30 °C or more15.5
- Reference stationLocarno / Monti, 3.0 km
Context
The comparisons for Ascona follow this order.
Ascona: 27.8% of residents are foreign nationals.
Profile H4 in Ascona costs 24.88 cents/kWh. That is rank 438 of 2,108, the 20.7 percentile.
Profile H4 in Ascona costs 24.88 cents/kWh. The grid operator Comune di Ascona, Azienda Elettrica Comunale charged 28.34 cents/kWh before, a difference of 12.2%.
The premium in Ascona is higher: now 776.14 CHF/month, previously 744.60 CHF/month, a difference of 4.2%.
The cantonal median is 25.91 cents/kWh. Ascona pays 24.88 cents/kWh on profile H4 and ranks 1 of 100.
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 Ascona in 2027?
Profile H4 in Ascona costs 24.88 cents/kWh. That is rank 438 of 2,108, the 20.7 percentile. Profile H4 in Ascona costs 24.88 cents/kWh. The grid operator Comune di Ascona, Azienda Elettrica Comunale charged 28.34 cents/kWh before, a difference of 12.2%. The cantonal median is 25.91 cents/kWh. Ascona pays 24.88 cents/kWh on profile H4 and ranks 1 of 100.
What does health insurance cost in Ascona?
The premium in Ascona is higher: now 776.14 CHF/month, previously 744.60 CHF/month, a difference of 4.2%.
What do population, geography and climate say about Ascona?
Ascona: 27.8% of residents are foreign nationals.
Border neighbours
- Ascona or Gambarogno4,067 m · 17.5%
- Ascona or Centovalli1,859 m · 15.7%
- Ascona or Locarno3,397 m · 15.7%
- Ascona or Losone4,951 m · 15.7%
- Ascona or Ronco sopra Ascona7,531 m · 15.7%
Nearby municipalities
- Living in Losone1.3 km
- Living in Locarno2.3 km
- Living in Muralto3.4 km
- Living in Orselina3.6 km
- Living in Ronco sopra Ascona3.6 km
- Living in Minusio4.3 km
- Living in Terre di Pedemonte4.6 km
- Living in Brione sopra Minusio4.7 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