Electricity (H4) 27.80 cents/kWh, 2.5% more expensive than the Swiss average
H4 price comparison
Electricity 2027
Standard product
Groupe E SA
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33.47 cents/kWh▼ 1.3% | 30.28 cents/kWh▼ 2.1% | 26.04 cents/kWh▼ 3.2% | 27.80 cents/kWh▼ 2.8% | 25.05 cents/kWh▼ 3.5% | 21.83 cents/kWh▼ 4.6% | 24.23 cents/kWh▼ 3.8% | 26.75 cents/kWh▼ 3.2% |
H4 breakdown
- Grid usage9.19 cents/kWh
- Energy13.15 cents/kWh
- Levies1.32 cents/kWh
- Grid surcharge2.30 cents/kWh
- Standing charge36 CHF/year
Health insurance 2027
- Adultsfrom 559.10 CHF/month▲ 4.1%
- Adults, on average674.97 CHF/month▲ 2.6%
- Young adultsfrom 408.30 CHF/month▲ 2.0%
- Young adults, on average508.30 CHF/month▲ 2.6%
- Childrenfrom 128.90 CHF/month▲ 5.7%
- Children, on average168.56 CHF/month▲ 3.0%
Premium region 2: all municipalities
Population 2025
- Residents3,681
- Foreign share30.0%
- Ages 0–19727 · 19.8%
- Ages 20–642,061 · 56.0%
- Ages 65 and over893 · 24.3%
- Residents per km²32.4
Geography
- Altitude867–2,548 m
- Lakeno
- Mountain municipalityyes
A mountain municipality is one whose settlement reaches 1,000 m.
Climate, 1991–2020 averages
- Temperature5.8 °C
- Annual precipitation1,457 mm
- Sunshine, share of possible hours48.8%
- Frost days137.6
- Days of 30 °C or more1.9
- Reference stationChâteau-d'Oex, 2.9 km
Context
The comparisons for Château-d'Oex follow this order.
Profile H4 costs 27.80 cents/kWh in Château-d'Oex. In District de la Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut that is rank 1 of 12 (the cheapest).
Château-d'Oex includes no lake area, and no lake is named.
Rank 7 of 300 for Château-d'Oex: 27.80 cents/kWh on profile H4, against a median of 28.59 cents/kWh.
2,548 m is the highest point of Château-d'Oex, 867 m the lowest.
Château-d'Oex: the reference station is Château-d'Oex, 2.9 km away.
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 Château-d'Oex in 2027?
Profile H4 costs 27.80 cents/kWh in Château-d'Oex. In District de la Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut that is rank 1 of 12 (the cheapest). Rank 7 of 300 for Château-d'Oex: 27.80 cents/kWh on profile H4, against a median of 28.59 cents/kWh.
What do population, geography and climate say about Château-d'Oex?
Château-d'Oex includes no lake area, and no lake is named. 2,548 m is the highest point of Château-d'Oex, 867 m the lowest. Château-d'Oex: the reference station is Château-d'Oex, 2.9 km away.
Border neighbours
- Château-d'Oex or Gsteig4,521 m · 16.7%
- Château-d'Oex or Saanen3,267 m · 8.7%
Nearby municipalities
- Living in Rossinière4.0 km
- Living in Rougemont6.1 km
- Living in Haut-Intyamon7.7 km
- Living in Grandvillard8.0 km
- Living in Bas-Intyamon10.9 km
- Living in Saanen11.0 km
- Living in Gruyères12.8 km
- Living in Ormont-Dessus13.5 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