Electricity (H4) 31.16 cents/kWh, 14.9% more expensive than the Swiss average
H4 price comparison
Electricity 2027
Standard product
IB Langenthal 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38.60 cents/kWh▲ 4.7% | 34.44 cents/kWh▲ 3.6% | 31.16 cents/kWh▲ 2.6% | 31.16 cents/kWh▲ 2.6% | 29.51 cents/kWh▲ 2.0% | 26.84 cents/kWh▲ 0.8% | 28.17 cents/kWh▲ 1.4% | 29.51 cents/kWh▲ 2.0% |
H4 breakdown
- Grid usage13.45 cents/kWh
- Energy12.50 cents/kWh
- Levies1.20 cents/kWh
- Grid surcharge2.30 cents/kWh
- Standing charge108 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
- Residents16,233
- Foreign share26.5%
- Ages 0–193,227 · 19.9%
- Ages 20–649,282 · 57.2%
- Ages 65 and over3,724 · 22.9%
- Residents per km²768.2
Geography
- Altitude450–605 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
- Temperature9.2 °C
- Annual precipitation1,136 mm
- Sunshine, share of possible hours40.5%
- Frost days92.2
- Days of 30 °C or more12.2
- Reference stationWynau, 4.9 km
Context
Langenthal sits in the figures as follows.
Langenthal includes no lake area, and no lake is named.
In Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau, Langenthal ranks 41 of 43, profile H4, 31.16 cents/kWh.
Langenthal ranks 1,913 of 2,108 on profile H4, in the 90.7 percentile, at 31.16 cents/kWh.
Since 1 Jan 2021, Langenthal includes the former municipalities Obersteckholz (334), Untersteckholz (343), 2 in all.
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 Langenthal in 2027?
In Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau, Langenthal ranks 41 of 43, profile H4, 31.16 cents/kWh. Langenthal ranks 1,913 of 2,108 on profile H4, in the 90.7 percentile, at 31.16 cents/kWh.
What does health insurance cost in Langenthal?
Since 1 Jan 2021, Langenthal includes the former municipalities Obersteckholz (334), Untersteckholz (343), 2 in all.
What do population, geography and climate say about Langenthal?
Langenthal includes no lake area, and no lake is named.
Border neighbours
- Langenthal or Aarwangen2,843 m · 30.6%
- Langenthal or Pfaffnau4,017 m · 26.3%
- Langenthal or Bleienbach1,833 m · 21.8%
- Langenthal or Busswil bei Melchnau2,482 m · 21.8%
- Langenthal or Thunstetten3,672 m · 21.8%
- Langenthal or Roggwil (BE)6,458 m · 17.6%
- Langenthal or Melchnau1,379 m · 9.2%
Nearby municipalities
- Living in Lotzwil2.4 km
- Living in Thunstetten3.2 km
- Living in Aarwangen3.4 km
- Living in Bleienbach3.9 km
- Living in Roggwil (BE)4.0 km
- Living in Rütschelen4.3 km
- Living in Busswil bei Melchnau4.3 km
- Living in Schwarzhäusern4.6 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