Electricity (H4) 27.38 cents/kWh, 1.0% more expensive than the Swiss average
H4 price comparison
Electricity 2027
Standard product
EWS 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33.04 cents/kWh▲ 2.0% | 29.85 cents/kWh≈ unchanged | 26.06 cents/kWh▼ 2.7% | 27.38 cents/kWh▼ 2.8% | 25.09 cents/kWh▼ 3.7% | 22.14 cents/kWh▼ 5.5% | 24.32 cents/kWh▼ 4.0% | 26.21 cents/kWh▼ 4.0% |
H4 breakdown
- Grid usage9.63 cents/kWh
- Energy12.54 cents/kWh
- Levies1.30 cents/kWh
- Grid surcharge2.30 cents/kWh
- Standing charge24 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
- Residents2,505
- Foreign share30.9%
- Ages 0–19384 · 15.3%
- Ages 20–641,493 · 59.6%
- Ages 65 and over628 · 25.1%
- Residents per km²174.6
Lakes are part of the area the density is calculated from.
Geography
- Altitude433–1,699 m
- Lakeyes
- 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
- Temperature9.7 °C
- Annual precipitation1,362 mm
- Sunshine, share of possible hours43.7%
- Frost days88
- Days of 30 °C or more5.6
- Reference stationAltdorf, 14.7 km
Context
Gersau sits in the figures as follows.
Gersau includes lake area inside the municipal territory.
Between 433 m and 1,699 m lies the territory of Gersau.
Rank 20 of 30 for Gersau: 27.38 cents/kWh on profile H4, against a median of 27.00 cents/kWh.
The reference station Altdorf stands 14.7 km from Gersau.
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 Gersau in 2027?
Rank 20 of 30 for Gersau: 27.38 cents/kWh on profile H4, against a median of 27.00 cents/kWh.
What do population, geography and climate say about Gersau?
Gersau includes lake area inside the municipal territory. Between 433 m and 1,699 m lies the territory of Gersau. The reference station Altdorf stands 14.7 km from Gersau.
Border neighbours
- Gersau or Emmetten3,408 m · 24.7%
- Gersau or Ennetbürgen1,380 m · 24.7%
- Gersau or Arth3,443 m · 11.7%
- Gersau or Lauerz1,755 m · 9.1%
- Gersau or Beckenried4,314 m · 8.9%
Nearby municipalities
- Living in Vitznau3.8 km
- Living in Emmetten3.9 km
- Living in Beckenried4.9 km
- Living in Seelisberg5.3 km
- Living in Lauerz6.3 km
- Living in Ingenbohl6.3 km
- Living in Arth7.0 km
- Living in Morschach7.2 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