Electricity (H4) 25.15 cents/kWh, 7.3% cheaper than the Swiss average
H4 price comparison
Electricity 2027
Standard product
Gemeindewerk Beckenried
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29.16 cents/kWh▼ 15.5% | 26.59 cents/kWh▼ 10.9% | 25.15 cents/kWh▼ 0.8% | 25.15 cents/kWh▼ 4.2% | 23.63 cents/kWh≈ unchanged | 23.01 cents/kWh▲ 10.1% | 22.59 cents/kWh▼ 0.7% | 24.03 cents/kWh▼ 1.7% |
H4 breakdown
- Grid usage10.58 cents/kWh
- Energy10.30 cents/kWh
- Levies0.50 cents/kWh
- Grid surcharge2.30 cents/kWh
- Standing chargeno standing charge
Health insurance 2027
- Adultsfrom 399.20 CHF/month▲ 3.6%
- Adults, on average517.57 CHF/month▲ 4.2%
- Young adultsfrom 291.40 CHF/month▲ 3.6%
- Young adults, on average386.92 CHF/month▲ 4.0%
- Childrenfrom 87.80 CHF/month▲ 3.5%
- Children, on average125.68 CHF/month▲ 4.4%
Premium region in Nidwalden: all municipalities
Population 2025
- Residents3,770
- Foreign share14.0%
- Ages 0–19693 · 18.4%
- Ages 20–642,186 · 58.0%
- Ages 65 and over891 · 23.6%
- Residents per km²155.5
The area used for density includes lakes.
Geography
- Altitude433–2,290 m
- Lakeyes
- Mountain municipalityno
Mountain municipality means the settlement sits at 1,000 m or higher.
Climate, 1991–2020 averages
- Temperature9.8 °C
- Annual precipitation1,174 mm
- Sunshine, share of possible hours43.2%
- Frost days88
- Days of 30 °C or more5.6
- Reference stationAltdorf, 14.0 km
Context
For Beckenried, the comparisons look like this.
Beckenried pays 25.15 cents/kWh on profile H4. Neighbours average 23.04 cents/kWh (9.2%), place 7 of 8.
Beckenried belongs to premium region 0 of 0.
The premium region of Beckenried costs 517.57 CHF/month, the neighbour average 521.68 CHF/month, place 1 of 8.
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 Nidwalden · Electricity ranking
Questions
What does electricity cost in Beckenried in 2027?
Beckenried pays 25.15 cents/kWh on profile H4. Neighbours average 23.04 cents/kWh (9.2%), place 7 of 8.
What does health insurance cost in Beckenried?
Beckenried belongs to premium region 0 of 0. The premium region of Beckenried costs 517.57 CHF/month, the neighbour average 521.68 CHF/month, place 1 of 8.
Border neighbours
- Beckenried or Buochs4,805 m · 14.5%
- Beckenried or Emmetten10,366 m · 14.5%
- Beckenried or Ennetbürgen1,104 m · 14.5%
- Beckenried or Oberdorf (NW)4,796 m · 14.5%
- Beckenried or Wolfenschiessen2,566 m · 14.5%
- Beckenried or Gersau4,314 m · 8.9%
Nearby municipalities
- Living in Emmetten3.5 km
- Living in Buochs4.2 km
- Living in Gersau4.9 km
- Living in Ennetbürgen4.9 km
- Living in Vitznau5.0 km
- Living in Oberdorf (NW)6.8 km
- Living in Dallenwil7.9 km
- Living in Weggis7.9 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