Electricity (H4) 30.71 cents/kWh, 13.2% more expensive than the Swiss average
H4 price comparison
Electricity 2027
Standard product
Politische Gemeinde Benken SG, Elektrizitätsversorgung
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40.00 cents/kWh▲ 1.1% | 34.81 cents/kWh≈ unchanged | 30.65 cents/kWh≈ unchanged | 30.71 cents/kWh▼ 0.5% | 28.59 cents/kWh▼ 0.9% | 26.95 cents/kWh▼ 2.4% | 27.63 cents/kWh▼ 1.1% | 28.66 cents/kWh▼ 1.0% |
H4 breakdown
- Grid usage12.18 cents/kWh
- Energy13.54 cents/kWh
- Levies0.50 cents/kWh
- Grid surcharge2.30 cents/kWh
- Standing charge132 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
- Residents3,119
- Foreign share14.7%
- Ages 0–19741 · 23.8%
- Ages 20–641,798 · 57.6%
- Ages 65 and over580 · 18.6%
- Residents per km²189.1
Geography
- Altitude405–605 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
- Temperature10.1 °C
- Annual precipitation1,537 mm
- Sunshine, share of possible hours44.7%
- Frost days123.4
- Days of 30 °C or more5.1
- Reference stationEbnat-Kappel, 12.3 km
Context
Benken (SG) sits in the figures as follows.
Place 5 of 8: Benken (SG) 564.54 CHF/month, neighbours 554.54 CHF/month (1.8%), premium region.
The premium region of Benken (SG) is number 2, out of 3 in the canton.
Place 2 of 8 among neighbours: Benken (SG) 30.71 cents/kWh, average 32.10 cents/kWh, profile H4.
Benken (SG) counts 123.4 frost day and 5.1 hot days.
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 Benken (SG) in 2027?
Place 2 of 8 among neighbours: Benken (SG) 30.71 cents/kWh, average 32.10 cents/kWh, profile H4.
What does health insurance cost in Benken (SG)?
Place 5 of 8: Benken (SG) 564.54 CHF/month, neighbours 554.54 CHF/month (1.8%), premium region. The premium region of Benken (SG) is number 2, out of 3 in the canton.
What do population, geography and climate say about Benken (SG)?
Benken (SG) counts 123.4 frost day and 5.1 hot days.
Border neighbours
- Benken (SG) or Schänis3,950 m · 13.8%
- Benken (SG) or Reichenburg3,653 m · 7.3%
- Benken (SG) or Kaltbrunn5,576 m · 6.0%
- Benken (SG) or Uznach991 m · 5.9%
Nearby municipalities
- Living in Kaltbrunn2.3 km
- Living in Uznach3.2 km
- Living in Gommiswald3.8 km
- Living in Reichenburg3.9 km
- Living in Tuggen4.7 km
- Living in Schänis5.3 km
- Living in Schmerikon5.5 km
- Living in Schübelbach6.5 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