Electricity (H4) 25.99 cents/kWh, 4.2% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34.89 cents/kWh▼ 5.0% | 29.92 cents/kWh▼ 6.2% | 25.99 cents/kWh▼ 7.5% | 25.99 cents/kWh▼ 7.5% | 23.52 cents/kWh▼ 8.4% | 19.15 cents/kWh≈ unchanged | 21.39 cents/kWh▼ 8.8% | 24.03 cents/kWh▼ 8.3% |
H4 breakdown
- Grid usage11.91 cents/kWh
- Energy7.97 cents/kWh
- Levies1.90 cents/kWh
- Grid surcharge2.30 cents/kWh
- Standing charge96 CHF/year
Health insurance 2027
- Adultsfrom 568.70 CHF/month▲ 5.3%
- Adults, on average703.34 CHF/month▲ 3.6%
- Young adultsfrom 403.55 CHF/month▲ 4.3%
- Young adults, on average526.90 CHF/month▲ 3.3%
- Childrenfrom 128.65 CHF/month▲ 2.9%
- Children, on average166.53 CHF/month▲ 3.4%
Premium region 1: all municipalities
Population 2025
- Residents43,923
- Foreign share21.6%
- Ages 0–198,713 · 19.8%
- Ages 20–6426,055 · 59.3%
- Ages 65 and over9,155 · 20.8%
- Residents per km²861.1
Geography
- Altitude502–938 m
- Lakeno
- Mountain municipalityno
A mountain municipality is one whose settlement reaches 1,000 m.
Climate, 1991–2020 averages
- Temperature8.8 °C
- Annual precipitation1,089 mm
- Sunshine, share of possible hours43.6%
- Frost days99.2
- Days of 30 °C or more9
- Reference stationBern / Zollikofen, 11.4 km
Context
The comparisons for Köniz follow this order.
Köniz averages 8.8 °C, 1,089 mm of precipitation and 43.6% relative sunshine. Period 1991-2020.
Per square kilometre, Köniz has 861.1 people, 43,923 in all.
Köniz: 19.8% are young, 59.3% are of working age and 20.8% are older.
Köniz is not a mountain municipality. The highest point alone does not decide it.
Place 7 of 9 among neighbours: Köniz 25.99 cents/kWh, average 26.39 cents/kWh, profile H4.
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 does electricity cost in Köniz in 2027?
Place 7 of 9 among neighbours: Köniz 25.99 cents/kWh, average 26.39 cents/kWh, profile H4.
What do population, geography and climate say about Köniz?
Köniz averages 8.8 °C, 1,089 mm of precipitation and 43.6% relative sunshine. Period 1991-2020. Per square kilometre, Köniz has 861.1 people, 43,923 in all. Köniz: 19.8% are young, 59.3% are of working age and 20.8% are older. Köniz is not a mountain municipality. The highest point alone does not decide it.
Border neighbours
- Köniz or Bern17,107 m · 19.7%
Nearby municipalities
- Living in Bern3.1 km
- Living in Kehrsatz4.6 km
- Living in Muri bei Bern5.4 km
- Living in Oberbalm5.9 km
- Living in Bremgarten bei Bern6.1 km
- Living in Ostermundigen6.3 km
- Living in Wald (BE)6.4 km
- Living in Frauenkappelen6.8 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