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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- Residents17,973
- Foreign share29.7%
- Ages 0–193,527 · 19.6%
- Ages 20–6410,893 · 60.6%
- Ages 65 and over3,553 · 19.8%
- Residents per km²546.1
Geography
- Altitude454–689 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
- Temperature9.4 °C
- Annual precipitation1,212 mm
- Sunshine, share of possible hours40.5%
- Frost days71.9
- Days of 30 °C or more8.5
- Reference stationZürich / Fluntern, 12.8 km
Context
Illnau-Effretikon sits in the figures as follows.
In Bezirk Pfäffikon, Illnau-Effretikon ranks 3 of 10, profile H4, 23.87 cents/kWh.
Illnau-Effretikon includes no lake area.
The cantonal median is 23.87 cents/kWh. Illnau-Effretikon pays 23.87 cents/kWh on profile H4 and ranks 7 of 160.
689 m is the highest point of Illnau-Effretikon, 454 m the lowest.
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 Illnau-Effretikon in 2027?
In Bezirk Pfäffikon, Illnau-Effretikon ranks 3 of 10, profile H4, 23.87 cents/kWh. The cantonal median is 23.87 cents/kWh. Illnau-Effretikon pays 23.87 cents/kWh on profile H4 and ranks 7 of 160.
What do population, geography and climate say about Illnau-Effretikon?
Illnau-Effretikon includes no lake area. 689 m is the highest point of Illnau-Effretikon, 454 m the lowest.
Border neighbours
- Illnau-Effretikon or Winterthur7,603 m · 17.7%
- Illnau-Effretikon or Lindau7,898 m · 14.1%
Nearby municipalities
- Living in Lindau2.0 km
- Living in Nürensdorf3.6 km
- Living in Wangen-Brüttisellen3.6 km
- Living in Volketswil4.2 km
- Living in Bassersdorf4.7 km
- Living in Brütten5.1 km
- Living in Dietlikon5.2 km
- Living in Schwerzenbach5.3 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