Electricity (H4) 23.87 cents/kWh, 12.0% cheaper than the Swiss average
H4 price comparison
Electricity 2027
Standard product
Elektrizitätswerke des Kantons Zürich (EKZ)
| 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 |
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| 28.34 cents/kWh▲ 1.1% | 25.84 cents/kWh≈ unchanged | 23.77 cents/kWh▼ 1.1% | 23.87 cents/kWh▼ 1.1% | 22.77 cents/kWh▼ 1.7% | 22.67 cents/kWh▼ 2.4% | 22.75 cents/kWh▼ 1.2% | 22.89 cents/kWh▼ 1.7% |
H4 breakdown
- Grid usage7.90 cents/kWh
- Energy11.86 cents/kWh
- Levies0.16 cents/kWh
- Grid surcharge2.30 cents/kWh
- Standing chargeno standing charge
Health insurance 2027
- Adultsfrom 456.80 CHF/month▲ 6.8%
- Adults, on average571.73 CHF/month▲ 5.1%
- Young adultsfrom 332.10 CHF/month▲ 6.3%
- Young adults, on average429.36 CHF/month▲ 4.9%
- Childrenfrom 100.80 CHF/month▲ 7.1%
- Children, on average138.94 CHF/month▲ 5.1%
Premium region 3: all municipalities
Population 2025
- Residents11,949
- Foreign share20.0%
- Ages 0–192,348 · 19.7%
- Ages 20–647,024 · 58.8%
- Ages 65 and over2,577 · 21.6%
- Residents per km²536.3
Geography
- Altitude517–1,119 m
- Lakeno
- 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
- Temperature8.9 °C
- Annual precipitation1,500 mm
- Sunshine, share of possible hours43.2%
- Frost days68.3
- Days of 30 °C or more8.1
- Reference stationWädenswil, 15.9 km
Context
Hinwil sits in the figures as follows.
Hinwil is not a mountain municipality.
Hinwil: 19.7% are young, 58.8% are of working age and 21.6% are older.
Hinwil has 11,949 residents, 536.3 per square kilometre.
Hinwil averages 8.9 °C, 1,500 mm of precipitation and 43.2% relative sunshine. Period 1991-2020.
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 do population, geography and climate say about Hinwil?
Hinwil is not a mountain municipality. Hinwil: 19.7% are young, 58.8% are of working age and 21.6% are older. Hinwil has 11,949 residents, 536.3 per square kilometre. Hinwil averages 8.9 °C, 1,500 mm of precipitation and 43.2% relative sunshine. Period 1991-2020.
Border neighbours
- Hinwil or Wetzikon (ZH)9,000 m · 15.2%
Nearby municipalities
- Living in Dürnten2.6 km
- Living in Bubikon4.0 km
- Living in Bäretswil4.1 km
- Living in Wetzikon (ZH)4.3 km
- Living in Rüti (ZH)4.5 km
- Living in Wald (ZH)5.9 km
- Living in Grüningen6.5 km
- Living in Fischenthal6.7 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