Electricity (H4) 29.11 cents/kWh, 7.4% more expensive than the Swiss average
H4 price comparison
Electricity 2027
Standard product
St. Gallisch-Appenzellische Kraftwerke 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 |
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| 37.55 cents/kWh▲ 2.0% | 32.84 cents/kWh▲ 1.7% | 28.99 cents/kWh▲ 2.1% | 29.11 cents/kWh▲ 1.3% | 27.14 cents/kWh▲ 1.9% | 25.07 cents/kWh▲ 2.6% | 25.79 cents/kWh▲ 1.5% | 27.24 cents/kWh▲ 1.1% |
H4 breakdown
- Grid usage11.28 cents/kWh
- Energy13.79 cents/kWh
- Levies0.00 cents/kWh
- Grid surcharge2.30 cents/kWh
- Standing charge132 CHF/year
Health insurance 2027
- Adultsfrom 433.40 CHF/month▲ 5.1%
- Adults, on average574.62 CHF/month▲ 4.7%
- Young adultsfrom 316.30 CHF/month▲ 5.1%
- Young adults, on average425.45 CHF/month▲ 4.5%
- Childrenfrom 95.30 CHF/month▲ 5.1%
- Children, on average138.17 CHF/month▲ 5.1%
Premium region in Appenzell Ausserrhoden: all municipalities
Population 2025
- Residents967
- Foreign share7.5%
- Ages 0–19259 · 26.8%
- Ages 20–64549 · 56.8%
- Ages 65 and over159 · 16.4%
- Residents per km²40.2
Geography
- Altitude653–2,502 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
- Temperature7.7 °C
- Annual precipitation1,660 mm
- Sunshine, share of possible hours43.0%
- Frost days87.5
- Days of 30 °C or more1.3
- Reference stationSt. Gallen, 14.3 km
Context
Hundwil sits in the figures as follows.
Of working age in Hundwil: 56.8%, young: 26.8%, older: 16.4%.
Hundwil is not a mountain municipality, by the altitude of the settlement.
1,660 mm of precipitation and 43.0% relative sunshine go with 7.7 °C in Hundwil, period 1991-2020.
967 people live in Hundwil. That is 40.2 per square kilometre.
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 Appenzell Ausserrhoden · Electricity ranking
Questions
What do population, geography and climate say about Hundwil?
Of working age in Hundwil: 56.8%, young: 26.8%, older: 16.4%. Hundwil is not a mountain municipality, by the altitude of the settlement. 1,660 mm of precipitation and 43.0% relative sunshine go with 7.7 °C in Hundwil, period 1991-2020. 967 people live in Hundwil. That is 40.2 per square kilometre.
Border neighbours
- Hundwil or Gonten9,919 m · 13.8%
- Hundwil or Schlatt-Haslen1,835 m · 13.8%
- Hundwil or Schwende-Rüte4,121 m · 13.8%
Nearby municipalities
- Living in Stein (AR)2.1 km
- Living in Waldstatt2.7 km
- Living in Schlatt-Haslen3.7 km
- Living in Herisau4.2 km
- Living in Gonten4.8 km
- Living in Schwellbrunn5.4 km
- Living in Urnäsch5.8 km
- Living in Teufen (AR)5.9 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