Electricity (H4) 25.59 cents/kWh, 5.6% cheaper than the Swiss average
H4 price comparison
Electricity 2027
Standard product
BKW Energie 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34.49 cents/kWh▼ 5.0% | 29.52 cents/kWh▼ 6.3% | 25.59 cents/kWh▼ 7.6% | 25.59 cents/kWh▼ 7.6% | 23.23 cents/kWh▼ 8.5% | 19.08 cents/kWh≈ unchanged | 21.17 cents/kWh▼ 8.9% | 23.63 cents/kWh▼ 8.4% |
H4 breakdown
- Grid usage11.91 cents/kWh
- Energy7.97 cents/kWh
- Levies1.50 cents/kWh
- Grid surcharge2.30 cents/kWh
- Standing charge96 CHF/year
Health insurance 2027
- Adultsfrom 468.10 CHF/month▲ 4.6%
- Adults, on average594.69 CHF/month▲ 3.9%
- Young adultsfrom 341.80 CHF/month▲ 4.6%
- Young adults, on average443.76 CHF/month▲ 3.8%
- Childrenfrom 103 CHF/month▲ 4.6%
- Children, on average140.28 CHF/month▲ 3.6%
Premium region 3: all municipalities
Population 2025
- Residents2,771
- Foreign share13.0%
- Ages 0–19525 · 18.9%
- Ages 20–641,567 · 56.5%
- Ages 65 and over679 · 24.5%
- Residents per km²183.8
Geography
- Altitude564–2,293 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
- Temperature8.5 °C
- Annual precipitation1,251 mm
- Sunshine, share of possible hours46.3%
- Frost days88.9
- Days of 30 °C or more6.5
- Reference stationInterlaken, 3.8 km
Context
Bönigen sits in the figures as follows.
Profile H4 in Bönigen costs 25.59 cents/kWh. The grid operator BKW Energie AG charged 27.70 cents/kWh before, a difference of 7.6%.
Bönigen: the premium moved from 572.32 CHF/month to 594.69 CHF/month (higher, 3.9%).
Profile H4 in Bönigen costs 25.59 cents/kWh. That is rank 565 of 2,108, the 26.8 percentile.
The foreign share in Bönigen is 13.0%.
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 Bönigen in 2027?
Profile H4 in Bönigen costs 25.59 cents/kWh. The grid operator BKW Energie AG charged 27.70 cents/kWh before, a difference of 7.6%. Profile H4 in Bönigen costs 25.59 cents/kWh. That is rank 565 of 2,108, the 26.8 percentile.
What does health insurance cost in Bönigen?
Bönigen: the premium moved from 572.32 CHF/month to 594.69 CHF/month (higher, 3.9%).
What do population, geography and climate say about Bönigen?
The foreign share in Bönigen is 13.0%.
Border neighbours
- Bönigen or Wilderswil147 m · 22.4%
- Bönigen or Interlaken976 m · 8.0%
- Bönigen or Matten bei Interlaken5,092 m · 8.0%
Nearby municipalities
- Living in Ringgenberg (BE)1.8 km
- Living in Matten bei Interlaken2.3 km
- Living in Interlaken2.9 km
- Living in Wilderswil3.5 km
- Living in Unterseen3.7 km
- Living in Gsteigwiler3.8 km
- Living in Niederried bei Interlaken4.5 km
- Living in Habkern5.1 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