Electricity (H4) 33.76 cents/kWh, 24.5% more expensive than the Swiss average
H4 price comparison
Electricity 2027
Standard product
Technische Betriebe Grabs, Energie, Strom, Wasser
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42.46 cents/kWh▲ 13.8% | 37.60 cents/kWh▲ 9.5% | 33.76 cents/kWh▲ 5.5% | 33.76 cents/kWh▲ 5.5% | 31.84 cents/kWh▲ 3.6% | 29.82 cents/kWh▲ 1.1% | 30.62 cents/kWh▲ 2.2% | 31.84 cents/kWh▲ 3.3% |
H4 breakdown
- Grid usage15.93 cents/kWh
- Energy12.40 cents/kWh
- Levies1.00 cents/kWh
- Grid surcharge2.30 cents/kWh
- Standing charge120 CHF/year
Health insurance 2027
- Adultsfrom 422.10 CHF/month▲ 5.1%
- Adults, on average542.01 CHF/month▲ 3.6%
- Young adultsfrom 308.10 CHF/month▲ 5.1%
- Young adults, on average403.42 CHF/month▲ 3.3%
- Childrenfrom 92.90 CHF/month▲ 5.2%
- Children, on average129.62 CHF/month▲ 4.0%
Premium region 3: all municipalities
Population 2025
- Residents7,535
- Foreign share23.4%
- Ages 0–191,633 · 21.7%
- Ages 20–644,288 · 56.9%
- Ages 65 and over1,614 · 21.4%
- Residents per km²137.9
Geography
- Altitude438–2,385 m
- Lakeno
- Mountain municipalityno
A mountain municipality is one whose settlement reaches 1,000 m.
Climate, 1991–2020 averages
- Temperature10.0 °C
- Annual precipitation1,285 mm
- Sunshine, share of possible hours46.0%
- Frost days74.6
- Days of 30 °C or more9.9
- Reference stationVaduz, 10.5 km
Context
The comparisons for Grabs follow this order.
Wahlkreis Werdenberg: Grabs is below, rank 3 of 6, 33.76 cents/kWh, profile H4.
Grabs includes no lake area inside the municipal territory.
Between 438 m and 2,385 m lies the territory of Grabs.
The cantonal median is 29.71 cents/kWh. Grabs pays 33.76 cents/kWh on profile H4 and ranks 63 of 75.
Grabs lies 10.5 km from the reference station Vaduz.
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 Grabs in 2027?
Wahlkreis Werdenberg: Grabs is below, rank 3 of 6, 33.76 cents/kWh, profile H4. The cantonal median is 29.71 cents/kWh. Grabs pays 33.76 cents/kWh on profile H4 and ranks 63 of 75.
What do population, geography and climate say about Grabs?
Grabs includes no lake area inside the municipal territory. Between 438 m and 2,385 m lies the territory of Grabs. Grabs lies 10.5 km from the reference station Vaduz.
Border neighbours
- Grabs or Buchs (SG)10,962 m · 14.4%
- Grabs or Wildhaus-Alt St. Johann10,299 m · 13.6%
- Grabs or Gams7,556 m · 9.3%
- Grabs or Sevelen855 m · 8.1%
Nearby municipalities
- Living in Gams2.4 km
- Living in Buchs (SG)2.9 km
- Living in Sevelen7.5 km
- Living in Sennwald9.8 km
- Living in Wartau10.5 km
- Living in Walenstadt11.8 km
- Living in Wildhaus-Alt St. Johann12.0 km
- Living in Flums12.7 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