Electricity (H4) 23.87 cents/kWh, 12.0% cheaper than the Swiss average
H4 price comparison
Electricity 2027
Standard product
Elektrizitätswerke des Kantons Zürich (EKZ)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28.34 cents/kWh▲ 1.1% | 25.84 cents/kWh≈ unchanged | 23.77 cents/kWh▼ 1.1% | 23.87 cents/kWh▼ 1.1% | 22.77 cents/kWh▼ 1.7% | 22.67 cents/kWh▼ 2.4% | 22.75 cents/kWh▼ 1.2% | 22.89 cents/kWh▼ 1.7% |
H4 breakdown
- Grid usage7.90 cents/kWh
- Energy11.86 cents/kWh
- Levies0.16 cents/kWh
- Grid surcharge2.30 cents/kWh
- Standing chargeno standing charge
Health insurance 2027
- Adultsfrom 456.80 CHF/month▲ 6.8%
- Adults, on average571.73 CHF/month▲ 5.1%
- Young adultsfrom 332.10 CHF/month▲ 6.3%
- Young adults, on average429.36 CHF/month▲ 4.9%
- Childrenfrom 100.80 CHF/month▲ 7.1%
- Children, on average138.94 CHF/month▲ 5.1%
Premium region 3: all municipalities
Population 2025
- Residents1,068
- Foreign share9.2%
- Ages 0–19250 · 23.4%
- Ages 20–64637 · 59.6%
- Ages 65 and over181 · 16.9%
- Residents per km²104.6
Geography
- Altitude405–695 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
- Temperature9.4 °C
- Annual precipitation1,057 mm
- Sunshine, share of possible hours39.8%
- Frost days94.3
- Days of 30 °C or more11.7
- Reference stationZürich / Kloten, 10.2 km
Context
Buch am Irchel sits in the figures as follows.
Profile H4 in Buch am Irchel costs 23.87 cents/kWh. That is rank 95 of 2,108, the 4.5 percentile.
Buch am Irchel: the grid operator Elektrizitätswerke des Kantons Zürich (EKZ) is now 23.87 cents/kWh, previously 24.14 cents/kWh (lower, 1.1%). Profile H4.
The premium in Buch am Irchel is higher: now 571.73 CHF/month, previously 544 CHF/month, a difference of 5.1%.
The foreign share in Buch am Irchel is 9.2%.
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 Buch am Irchel in 2027?
Profile H4 in Buch am Irchel costs 23.87 cents/kWh. That is rank 95 of 2,108, the 4.5 percentile. Buch am Irchel: the grid operator Elektrizitätswerke des Kantons Zürich (EKZ) is now 23.87 cents/kWh, previously 24.14 cents/kWh (lower, 1.1%). Profile H4.
What does health insurance cost in Buch am Irchel?
The premium in Buch am Irchel is higher: now 571.73 CHF/month, previously 544 CHF/month, a difference of 5.1%.
What do population, geography and climate say about Buch am Irchel?
The foreign share in Buch am Irchel is 9.2%.
Nearby municipalities
- Living in Dättlikon2.7 km
- Living in Volken3.0 km
- Living in Berg am Irchel3.1 km
- Living in Flaach3.3 km
- Living in Freienstein-Teufen3.4 km
- Living in Dorf3.4 km
- Living in Pfungen3.9 km
- Living in Neftenbach4.0 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