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% | 19.07 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 519.20 CHF/month▲ 5.2%
- Adults, on average635.46 CHF/month▲ 4.2%
- Young adultsfrom 379.60 CHF/month▲ 6.2%
- Young adults, on average473.85 CHF/month▲ 3.9%
- Childrenfrom 114.30 CHF/month▲ 4.5%
- Children, on average149.67 CHF/month▲ 3.9%
Premium region 2: all municipalities
Population 2025
- Residents788
- Foreign share3.2%
- Ages 0–19158 · 20.1%
- Ages 20–64445 · 56.5%
- Ages 65 and over185 · 23.5%
- Residents per km²118.0
Geography
- Altitude600–914 m
- Lakeno
- Mountain municipalityno
A mountain municipality is one whose settlement reaches 1,000 m.
Climate, 1991–2020 averages
- Temperature8.2 °C
- Annual precipitation1,198 mm
- Sunshine, share of possible hours45.3%
- Frost days114.1
- Days of 30 °C or more3.4
- Reference stationLangnau i.E., 19.6 km
Context
The comparisons for Fahrni follow this order.
Fahrni includes no lake area.
Profile H4 costs 25.59 cents/kWh in Fahrni. In Verwaltungskreis Thun that is rank 5 of 30 (below).
Profile H4 in Fahrni costs 25.59 cents/kWh. That is rank 565 of 2,108, the 26.8 percentile.
Profile H4 in Fahrni costs 25.59 cents/kWh. The grid operator BKW Energie AG charged 27.70 cents/kWh before, a difference of 7.6%.
From 609.96 CHF/month to 635.46 CHF/month, the premium in Fahrni changed (4.2%).
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
Questions
What does electricity cost in Fahrni in 2027?
Profile H4 costs 25.59 cents/kWh in Fahrni. In Verwaltungskreis Thun that is rank 5 of 30 (below). Profile H4 in Fahrni costs 25.59 cents/kWh. That is rank 565 of 2,108, the 26.8 percentile. Profile H4 in Fahrni costs 25.59 cents/kWh. The grid operator BKW Energie AG charged 27.70 cents/kWh before, a difference of 7.6%.
What does health insurance cost in Fahrni?
From 609.96 CHF/month to 635.46 CHF/month, the premium in Fahrni changed (4.2%).
What do population, geography and climate say about Fahrni?
Fahrni includes no lake area.
Border neighbours
- Fahrni or Steffisburg9,170 m · 21.9%
Nearby municipalities
- Living in Steffisburg2.3 km
- Living in Homberg3.0 km
- Living in Unterlangenegg3.5 km
- Living in Heimberg3.7 km
- Living in Brenzikofen4.0 km
- Living in Buchholterberg4.6 km
- Living in Thun4.7 km
- Living in Teuffenthal (BE)5.2 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