Electricity (H4) 30.23 cents/kWh, 11.5% more expensive than the Swiss average
H4 price comparison
Electricity 2027
Standard product
Politische Gemeinde Au SG, Elektrizitätswerk
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34.68 cents/kWh▼ 3.1% | 33.13 cents/kWh▲ 3.9% | 29.36 cents/kWh▲ 5.1% | 30.23 cents/kWh▲ 4.5% | 28.00 cents/kWh▲ 5.4% | 14.15 cents/kWh▼ 41.2% | 27.34 cents/kWh▲ 5.6% | 28.74 cents/kWh▲ 4.9% |
H4 breakdown
- Grid usage12.29 cents/kWh
- Energy13.32 cents/kWh
- Levies1.00 cents/kWh
- Grid surcharge2.30 cents/kWh
- Standing charge108 CHF/year
Health insurance 2027
- Adultsfrom 441.10 CHF/month▲ 5.1%
- Adults, on average564.54 CHF/month▲ 4.0%
- Young adultsfrom 322 CHF/month▲ 5.1%
- Young adults, on average421.74 CHF/month▲ 3.8%
- Childrenfrom 97.10 CHF/month▲ 5.2%
- Children, on average135.14 CHF/month▲ 4.3%
Premium region 2: all municipalities
Population 2025
- Residents8,771
- Foreign share38.9%
- Ages 0–191,756 · 20.0%
- Ages 20–645,418 · 61.8%
- Ages 65 and over1,597 · 18.2%
- Residents per km²1,886.2
Geography
- Altitude397–657 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
- Temperature10.4 °C
- Annual precipitation1,166 mm
- Sunshine, share of possible hours42.3%
Only the grid values are shown here. A station figure would misstate the place.
Context
Au (SG) sits in the figures as follows.
The 86.9 percentile for Au (SG) is rank 1,832 of 2,108, profile H4, 30.23 cents/kWh.
From 542.68 CHF/month to 564.54 CHF/month, the premium in Au (SG) changed (4.0%).
Au (SG): the grid operator Politische Gemeinde Au SG, Elektrizitätswerk is now 30.23 cents/kWh, previously 28.93 cents/kWh (higher, 4.5%). Profile H4.
Au (SG): 38.9% of residents are foreign nationals.
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 Au (SG) in 2027?
The 86.9 percentile for Au (SG) is rank 1,832 of 2,108, profile H4, 30.23 cents/kWh. Au (SG): the grid operator Politische Gemeinde Au SG, Elektrizitätswerk is now 30.23 cents/kWh, previously 28.93 cents/kWh (higher, 4.5%). Profile H4.
What does health insurance cost in Au (SG)?
From 542.68 CHF/month to 564.54 CHF/month, the premium in Au (SG) changed (4.0%).
What do population, geography and climate say about Au (SG)?
Au (SG): 38.9% of residents are foreign nationals.
Border neighbours
- Au (SG) or Widnau3,359 m · 17.8%
- Au (SG) or St. Margrethen1,844 m · 13.6%
- Au (SG) or Berneck4,234 m · 10.8%
- Au (SG) or Balgach1,375 m · 9.9%
- Au (SG) or Walzenhausen302 m · 7.8%
Nearby municipalities
- Living in St. Margrethen2.0 km
- Living in Berneck2.1 km
- Living in Walzenhausen3.0 km
- Living in Widnau3.2 km
- Living in Balgach3.7 km
- Living in Reute (AR)4.9 km
- Living in Rheineck5.0 km
- Living in Rebstein5.6 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