Electricity (H4) 31.20 cents/kWh, 15.1% more expensive than the Swiss average
H4 price comparison
Electricity 2027
Standard product
Primeo Netz AG
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36.35 cents/kWh▼ 2.2% | 33.42 cents/kWh▼ 2.3% | 29.80 cents/kWh▼ 2.4% | 31.20 cents/kWh▼ 2.4% | 28.86 cents/kWh▼ 2.4% | 26.34 cents/kWh▼ 2.4% | 27.29 cents/kWh▲ 0.6% | 30.10 cents/kWh▼ 2.5% |
H4 breakdown
- Grid usage13.78 cents/kWh
- Energy13.45 cents/kWh
- Levies0.61 cents/kWh
- Grid surcharge2.30 cents/kWh
- Standing charge72 CHF/year
Health insurance 2027
- Adultsfrom 568.50 CHF/month▲ 1.8%
- Adults, on average712.35 CHF/month▲ 3.9%
- Young adultsfrom 410.40 CHF/month▲ 5.3%
- Young adults, on average528.80 CHF/month▲ 3.9%
- Childrenfrom 133.80 CHF/month▲ 4.0%
- Children, on average173.14 CHF/month▲ 4.1%
Premium region 1: all municipalities
Population 2025
- Residents10,401
- Foreign share34.8%
- Ages 0–191,751 · 16.8%
- Ages 20–646,151 · 59.1%
- Ages 65 and over2,499 · 24.0%
- Residents per km²4,143.8
Geography
- Altitude245–280 m
- Lakeno
- Mountain municipalityno
Mountain municipality means the settlement sits at 1,000 m or higher.
Climate, 1991–2020 averages
- Temperature11.1 °C
- Annual precipitation834 mm
- Sunshine, share of possible hours41.8%
- Frost days59.8
- Days of 30 °C or more14.3
- Reference stationBasel / Binningen, 3.8 km
Context
For Birsfelden, the comparisons look like this.
Profile H4 costs 31.20 cents/kWh in Birsfelden. In Bezirk Arlesheim that is rank 1 of 15 (the cheapest).
In the canton, Birsfelden is the dearest: 31.20 cents/kWh rather than 22.93 cents/kWh, rank 64 of 86, profile H4.
Birsfelden includes no lake area, and no lake is named.
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 Birsfelden in 2027?
Profile H4 costs 31.20 cents/kWh in Birsfelden. In Bezirk Arlesheim that is rank 1 of 15 (the cheapest). In the canton, Birsfelden is the dearest: 31.20 cents/kWh rather than 22.93 cents/kWh, rank 64 of 86, profile H4.
What do population, geography and climate say about Birsfelden?
Birsfelden includes no lake area, and no lake is named.
Border neighbours
- Birsfelden or Basel3,158 m · 7.1%
- Birsfelden or Riehen108 m · 7.1%
Nearby municipalities
- Living in Basel2.7 km
- Living in Muttenz2.9 km
- Living in Riehen3.0 km
- Living in Bettingen3.8 km
- Living in Binningen4.2 km
- Living in Münchenstein4.4 km
- Living in Bottmingen5.0 km
- Living in Pratteln6.4 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