Electricity (H4) 30.49 cents/kWh, 12.4% more expensive than the Swiss average
H4 price comparison
Electricity 2027
Standard product
Gemeinde Galgenen, Elektrizitätsversorgung
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37.55 cents/kWh▼ 7.1% | 33.60 cents/kWh▼ 7.9% | 30.25 cents/kWh▼ 8.7% | 30.49 cents/kWh▼ 8.6% | 29.55 cents/kWh▼ 6.3% | 23.81 cents/kWh▼ 25.7% | 26.08 cents/kWh▼ 18.4% | 28.94 cents/kWh▼ 9.0% |
H4 breakdown
- Grid usage10.88 cents/kWh
- Energy15.27 cents/kWh
- Levies0.30 cents/kWh
- Grid surcharge2.30 cents/kWh
- Standing charge96 CHF/year
Health insurance 2027
- Adultsfrom 434.70 CHF/month▲ 8.6%
- Adults, on average543.33 CHF/month▲ 3.9%
- Young adultsfrom 317.30 CHF/month▲ 8.6%
- Young adults, on average401.24 CHF/month▲ 3.6%
- Childrenfrom 95.70 CHF/month▲ 8.6%
- Children, on average131.46 CHF/month▲ 4.0%
Premium region in Schwyz: all municipalities
Population 2025
- Residents5,506
- Foreign share22.7%
- Ages 0–191,101 · 20.0%
- Ages 20–643,415 · 62.0%
- Ages 65 and over990 · 18.0%
- Residents per km²414.9
Geography
- Altitude414–1,279 m
- Lakeno
- Mountain municipalityno
Mountain municipality means the settlement sits at 1,000 m or higher.
Climate, 1991–2020 averages
- Temperature9.7 °C
- Annual precipitation1,525 mm
- Sunshine, share of possible hours43.9%
- Frost days125.2
- Days of 30 °C or more0.7
- Reference stationEinsiedeln, 9.7 km
Context
For Galgenen, the comparisons look like this.
Galgenen: 22.7% of residents are foreign nationals.
Galgenen ranks 1,858 of 2,108 on profile H4, in the 88.1 percentile, at 30.49 cents/kWh.
Galgenen: the premium moved from 523.11 CHF/month to 543.33 CHF/month (higher, 3.9%).
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
All municipalities in the canton Schwyz · Electricity ranking
Questions
What does electricity cost in Galgenen in 2027?
Galgenen ranks 1,858 of 2,108 on profile H4, in the 88.1 percentile, at 30.49 cents/kWh.
What does health insurance cost in Galgenen?
Galgenen: the premium moved from 523.11 CHF/month to 543.33 CHF/month (higher, 3.9%).
What do population, geography and climate say about Galgenen?
Galgenen: 22.7% of residents are foreign nationals.
Border neighbours
- Galgenen or Vorderthal3,885 m · 22.3%
- Galgenen or Lachen1,716 m · 12.8%
- Galgenen or Altendorf5,490 m · 8.0%
Nearby municipalities
- Living in Wangen (SZ)1.9 km
- Living in Lachen1.9 km
- Living in Altendorf3.4 km
- Living in Schübelbach4.2 km
- Living in Tuggen5.7 km
- Living in Rapperswil-Jona6.2 km
- Living in Vorderthal6.9 km
- Living in Schmerikon7.1 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