Electricity (H4) 25.99 cents/kWh, 4.2% cheaper than the Swiss average
H4 price comparison
Electricity 2027
Standard product
Elektrizitätswerk Obwalden
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29.28 cents/kWh▼ 1.6% | 27.44 cents/kWh▼ 1.8% | 25.18 cents/kWh▼ 2.5% | 25.99 cents/kWh▼ 2.0% | 24.55 cents/kWh▼ 2.6% | 23.83 cents/kWh▼ 3.1% | 24.71 cents/kWh▼ 2.5% | 25.36 cents/kWh▼ 2.1% |
H4 breakdown
- Grid usage11.04 cents/kWh
- Energy9.67 cents/kWh
- Levies1.40 cents/kWh
- Grid surcharge2.30 cents/kWh
- Standing chargeno standing charge
Health insurance 2027
- Adultsfrom 410 CHF/month▲ 7.1%
- Adults, on average523.59 CHF/month▲ 3.8%
- Young adultsfrom 299.30 CHF/month▲ 7.1%
- Young adults, on average391.68 CHF/month▲ 3.7%
- Childrenfrom 90.20 CHF/month▲ 7.1%
- Children, on average128.16 CHF/month▲ 4.0%
Premium region in Obwalden: all municipalities
Population 2025
- Residents4,013
- Foreign share15.1%
- Ages 0–19813 · 20.3%
- Ages 20–642,356 · 58.7%
- Ages 65 and over844 · 21.0%
- Residents per km²46.7
Density divides by the whole municipal area, lakes included.
Geography
- Altitude469–2,348 m
- Lakeyes
- Mountain municipalityno
A mountain municipality is one whose settlement reaches 1,000 m.
Climate, 1991–2020 averages
- Temperature9.2 °C
- Annual precipitation1,319 mm
- Sunshine, share of possible hours45.0%
- Frost days119.5
- Days of 30 °C or more4.6
- Reference stationMeiringen, 12.2 km
Context
The comparisons for Giswil follow this order.
In the canton, Giswil is the cheapest: 25.99 cents/kWh rather than 25.99 cents/kWh, rank 1 of 7, profile H4.
Giswil includes lake area, and no lake is named.
In Kanton Obwalden, Giswil ranks 1 of 7, profile H4, 25.99 cents/kWh.
Giswil has the strongest move in the canton, profile H4: from 26.53 cents/kWh to 25.99 cents/kWh (2.0%), rank 1 of 7.
Giswil: the grid operator Elektrizitätswerk Obwalden is now 25.99 cents/kWh, previously 26.53 cents/kWh (lower, 2.0%). Profile H4.
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 Obwalden · Electricity ranking
Questions
What does electricity cost in Giswil in 2027?
In the canton, Giswil is the cheapest: 25.99 cents/kWh rather than 25.99 cents/kWh, rank 1 of 7, profile H4. In Kanton Obwalden, Giswil ranks 1 of 7, profile H4, 25.99 cents/kWh. Giswil has the strongest move in the canton, profile H4: from 26.53 cents/kWh to 25.99 cents/kWh (2.0%), rank 1 of 7. Giswil: the grid operator Elektrizitätswerk Obwalden is now 25.99 cents/kWh, previously 26.53 cents/kWh (lower, 2.0%). Profile H4.
What do population, geography and climate say about Giswil?
Giswil includes lake area, and no lake is named.
Border neighbours
- Giswil or Hofstetten bei Brienz1,726 m · 7.9%
- Giswil or Schwanden bei Brienz1,864 m · 7.9%
Nearby municipalities
- Living in Sachseln5.2 km
- Living in Lungern6.4 km
- Living in Sarnen7.7 km
- Living in Kerns9.6 km
- Living in Hasliberg9.9 km
- Living in Brienzwiler11.7 km
- Living in Meiringen12.4 km
- Living in Hofstetten bei Brienz12.7 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