Electricity (H4) 27.80 cents/kWh, 2.5% more expensive than the Swiss average
H4 price comparison
Electricity 2027
Standard product
Groupe E SA
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33.47 cents/kWh▼ 1.3% | 30.28 cents/kWh▼ 2.1% | 26.04 cents/kWh▼ 3.2% | 27.80 cents/kWh▼ 2.8% | 25.05 cents/kWh▼ 3.5% | 21.83 cents/kWh▼ 4.6% | 24.23 cents/kWh▼ 3.8% | 26.75 cents/kWh▼ 3.2% |
H4 breakdown
- Grid usage9.19 cents/kWh
- Energy13.15 cents/kWh
- Levies1.32 cents/kWh
- Grid surcharge2.30 cents/kWh
- Standing charge36 CHF/year
Health insurance 2027
- Adultsfrom 559.10 CHF/month▲ 4.1%
- Adults, on average674.97 CHF/month▲ 2.6%
- Young adultsfrom 408.30 CHF/month▲ 2.0%
- Young adults, on average508.30 CHF/month▲ 2.6%
- Childrenfrom 128.90 CHF/month▲ 5.7%
- Children, on average168.56 CHF/month▲ 3.0%
Premium region 2: all municipalities
Population 2025
- Residents4,945
- Foreign share40.9%
- Ages 0–191,175 · 23.8%
- Ages 20–642,940 · 59.5%
- Ages 65 and over830 · 16.8%
- Residents per km²254.0
Lakes are part of the area the density is calculated from.
Geography
- Altitude429–646 m
- Lakeyes
- 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
- Temperature10.2 °C
- Annual precipitation971 mm
- Sunshine, share of possible hours42.6%
- Frost days86.5
- Days of 30 °C or more11.3
- Reference stationPayerne, 10.8 km
Context
Avenches sits in the figures as follows.
Avenches lies 10.8 km from the reference station Payerne.
Between 429 m and 646 m lies the territory of Avenches.
Rank 7 of 300 for Avenches: 27.80 cents/kWh on profile H4, against a median of 28.59 cents/kWh.
Since 1 Jul 2011, Avenches includes the former municipalities Donatyre (5457), Oleyres (5461), 2 in all.
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
Questions
What does electricity cost in Avenches in 2027?
Rank 7 of 300 for Avenches: 27.80 cents/kWh on profile H4, against a median of 28.59 cents/kWh.
What does health insurance cost in Avenches?
Since 1 Jul 2011, Avenches includes the former municipalities Donatyre (5457), Oleyres (5461), 2 in all.
What do population, geography and climate say about Avenches?
Avenches lies 10.8 km from the reference station Payerne. Between 429 m and 646 m lies the territory of Avenches.
Nearby municipalities
- Living in Belmont-Broye2.5 km
- Living in Misery-Courtion3.7 km
- Living in Faoug4.2 km
- Living in Vully-les-Lacs4.5 km
- Living in Saint-Aubin (FR)4.6 km
- Living in Missy5.3 km
- Living in Greng5.4 km
- Living in Grolley-Ponthaux5.7 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