Electricity (H4) 24.09 cents/kWh, 11.2% cheaper than the Swiss average
H4 price comparison
Electricity 2027
Standard product
BKW Energie 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32.99 cents/kWh▼ 5.2% | 28.02 cents/kWh▼ 6.6% | 24.09 cents/kWh▼ 8.0% | 24.09 cents/kWh▼ 8.0% | 22.13 cents/kWh▼ 8.9% | 18.42 cents/kWh≈ unchanged | 20.32 cents/kWh▼ 9.2% | 22.13 cents/kWh▼ 8.9% |
H4 breakdown
- Grid usage11.91 cents/kWh
- Energy7.97 cents/kWh
- Levies0.00 cents/kWh
- Grid surcharge2.30 cents/kWh
- Standing charge96 CHF/year
Health insurance 2027
- Adultsfrom 468.10 CHF/month▲ 4.6%
- Adults, on average594.69 CHF/month▲ 3.9%
- Young adultsfrom 341.80 CHF/month▲ 4.6%
- Young adults, on average443.76 CHF/month▲ 3.8%
- Childrenfrom 103 CHF/month▲ 4.6%
- Children, on average140.28 CHF/month▲ 3.6%
Premium region 3: all municipalities
Population 2025
- Residents551
- Foreign share10.0%
- Ages 0–1962 · 11.3%
- Ages 20–64333 · 60.4%
- Ages 65 and over156 · 28.3%
- Residents per km²62.8
Geography
- Altitude567–2,207 m
- Lakeno
- Mountain municipalityno
Mountain municipality means the settlement sits at 1,000 m or higher.
Climate, 1991–2020 averages
- Temperature7.9 °C
- Annual precipitation1,468 mm
- Sunshine, share of possible hours47.7%
- Frost days119.5
- Days of 30 °C or more4.6
- Reference stationMeiringen, 7.8 km
Context
For Hofstetten bei Brienz, the comparisons look like this.
28.3% of the people in Hofstetten bei Brienz are older, 11.3% are young and 60.4% are of working age.
Hofstetten bei Brienz is not a mountain municipality.
For the period 1991-2020, Hofstetten bei Brienz reads 47.7% relative sunshine, plus 7.9 °C and 1,468 mm of precipitation. A climate normal.
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
Questions
What do population, geography and climate say about Hofstetten bei Brienz?
28.3% of the people in Hofstetten bei Brienz are older, 11.3% are young and 60.4% are of working age. Hofstetten bei Brienz is not a mountain municipality. For the period 1991-2020, Hofstetten bei Brienz reads 47.7% relative sunshine, plus 7.9 °C and 1,468 mm of precipitation. A climate normal.
Border neighbours
- Hofstetten bei Brienz or Brienzwiler3,919 m · 39.2%
- Hofstetten bei Brienz or Brienz (BE)2,969 m · 15.2%
- Hofstetten bei Brienz or Giswil1,726 m · 7.9%
- Hofstetten bei Brienz or Lungern1,921 m · 7.9%
Nearby municipalities
- Living in Schwanden bei Brienz1.5 km
- Living in Brienzwiler2.0 km
- Living in Brienz (BE)3.3 km
- Living in Lungern7.2 km
- Living in Hasliberg7.7 km
- Living in Oberried am Brienzersee8.7 km
- Living in Meiringen9.1 km
- Living in Iseltwald9.8 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