Electricity (H4) 31.58 cents/kWh, 16.5% more expensive than the Swiss average
H4 price comparison
Electricity 2027
Standard product
Technische Betriebe Glarus Nord (TBGN)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39.72 cents/kWh▼ 2.7% | 35.10 cents/kWh▼ 3.3% | 30.49 cents/kWh▼ 4.2% | 31.58 cents/kWh▼ 3.9% | 28.83 cents/kWh▼ 4.5% | 26.87 cents/kWh▼ 3.4% | 28.64 cents/kWh▼ 3.6% | 29.82 cents/kWh▼ 4.2% |
H4 breakdown
- Grid usage15.42 cents/kWh
- Energy11.82 cents/kWh
- Levies0.30 cents/kWh
- Grid surcharge2.30 cents/kWh
- Standing charge120 CHF/year
Health insurance 2027
- Adultsfrom 453.10 CHF/month▲ 4.6%
- Adults, on average558.16 CHF/month▲ 3.9%
- Young adultsfrom 330.80 CHF/month▲ 4.6%
- Young adults, on average419.35 CHF/month▲ 3.6%
- Childrenfrom 99.60 CHF/month▲ 4.5%
- Children, on average135.73 CHF/month▲ 4.4%
Premium region in Glarus: all municipalities
Population 2025
- Residents19,849
- Foreign share28.4%
- Ages 0–194,109 · 20.7%
- Ages 20–6411,894 · 59.9%
- Ages 65 and over3,846 · 19.4%
- Residents per km²135.0
The area used for density includes lakes.
Geography
- Altitude411–2,441 m
- Lakeyes
- Mountain municipalityno
Mountain municipality means the settlement sits at 1,000 m or higher.
Climate, 1991–2020 averages
- Temperature9.6 °C
- Annual precipitation1,525 mm
- Sunshine, share of possible hours46.2%
- Frost days85.8
- Days of 30 °C or more6.3
- Reference stationGlarus, 8.0 km
Context
For Glarus Nord, the comparisons look like this.
Kanton Glarus: Glarus Nord is the dearest, rank 3 of 3, 31.58 cents/kWh, profile H4.
Glarus Nord includes lake area inside the municipal territory.
In the canton, Glarus Nord is the dearest: 31.58 cents/kWh rather than 24.14 cents/kWh, rank 3 of 3, 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 Glarus · Electricity ranking
Questions
What does electricity cost in Glarus Nord in 2027?
Kanton Glarus: Glarus Nord is the dearest, rank 3 of 3, 31.58 cents/kWh, profile H4. In the canton, Glarus Nord is the dearest: 31.58 cents/kWh rather than 24.14 cents/kWh, rank 3 of 3, profile H4.
What do population, geography and climate say about Glarus Nord?
Glarus Nord includes lake area inside the municipal territory.
Border neighbours
- Glarus Nord or Glarus Süd315 m · 30.8%
- Glarus Nord or Glarus22,963 m · 18.9%
- Glarus Nord or Innerthal11,010 m · 16.2%
- Glarus Nord or Schänis6,831 m · 10.6%
- Glarus Nord or Amden5,766 m · 6.3%
- Glarus Nord or Weesen3,434 m · 6.3%
Nearby municipalities
- Living in Weesen4.4 km
- Living in Glarus6.5 km
- Living in Schänis6.8 km
- Living in Amden8.6 km
- Living in Reichenburg10.2 km
- Living in Innerthal10.8 km
- Living in Glarus Süd11.8 km
- Living in Benken (SG)11.8 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