Electricity (H4) 27.29 cents/kWh, 0.6% more expensive than the Swiss average
H4 price comparison
Electricity 2027
Standard product
Elektra Berneck, Stromversorgung
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33.33 cents/kWh▼ 7.3% | 29.95 cents/kWh▼ 6.1% | 27.29 cents/kWh▼ 4.9% | 27.29 cents/kWh▼ 4.9% | 25.95 cents/kWh▼ 4.2% | 24.55 cents/kWh▼ 3.4% | 25.11 cents/kWh▼ 3.8% | 25.95 cents/kWh▼ 4.2% |
H4 breakdown
- Grid usage10.09 cents/kWh
- Energy11.08 cents/kWh
- Levies1.81 cents/kWh
- Grid surcharge2.30 cents/kWh
- Standing charge60 CHF/year
Health insurance 2027
- Adultsfrom 422.10 CHF/month▲ 5.1%
- Adults, on average542.01 CHF/month▲ 3.6%
- Young adultsfrom 308.10 CHF/month▲ 5.1%
- Young adults, on average403.42 CHF/month▲ 3.3%
- Childrenfrom 92.90 CHF/month▲ 5.2%
- Children, on average129.62 CHF/month▲ 4.0%
Premium region 3: all municipalities
Population 2025
- Residents4,026
- Foreign share20.2%
- Ages 0–19820 · 20.4%
- Ages 20–642,342 · 58.2%
- Ages 65 and over864 · 21.5%
- Residents per km²716.4
Geography
- Altitude400–719 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
- Temperature10.0 °C
- Annual precipitation1,305 mm
- Sunshine, share of possible hours42.1%
Only the grid values are shown here. A station figure would misstate the place.
Context
Berneck sits in the figures as follows.
Profile H4 costs 27.29 cents/kWh in Berneck. In Wahlkreis Rheintal that is rank 3 of 13 (below).
Berneck includes no lake area.
719 m is the highest point of Berneck, 400 m the lowest.
Berneck is rank 15 of 75 for profile H4: 27.29 cents/kWh, the median is 29.71 cents/kWh (8.2%).
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 Berneck in 2027?
Profile H4 costs 27.29 cents/kWh in Berneck. In Wahlkreis Rheintal that is rank 3 of 13 (below). Berneck is rank 15 of 75 for profile H4: 27.29 cents/kWh, the median is 29.71 cents/kWh (8.2%).
What do population, geography and climate say about Berneck?
Berneck includes no lake area. 719 m is the highest point of Berneck, 400 m the lowest.
Border neighbours
- Berneck or Au (SG)4,234 m · 10.8%
Nearby municipalities
- Living in Balgach2.0 km
- Living in Au (SG)2.1 km
- Living in Widnau2.7 km
- Living in Walzenhausen2.8 km
- Living in Reute (AR)2.9 km
- Living in St. Margrethen3.4 km
- Living in Rebstein3.6 km
- Living in Oberegg4.6 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