Electricity (H4) 25.56 cents/kWh, 5.7% cheaper than the Swiss average
H4 price comparison
Electricity 2027
Standard product
ewl Kabelnetz 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29.49 cents/kWh▼ 5.0% | 27.26 cents/kWh▼ 5.4% | 24.35 cents/kWh▼ 3.2% | 25.56 cents/kWh▼ 6.0% | 23.64 cents/kWh▼ 3.8% | 21.58 cents/kWh▼ 0.7% | 23.39 cents/kWh▼ 4.7% | 24.74 cents/kWh▼ 6.4% |
H4 breakdown
- Grid usage10.36 cents/kWh
- Energy8.75 cents/kWh
- Levies2.10 cents/kWh
- Grid surcharge2.30 cents/kWh
- Standing chargeno standing charge
Health insurance 2027
- Adultsfrom 474.60 CHF/month▲ 5.1%
- Adults, on average590.95 CHF/month▲ 4.2%
- Young adultsfrom 353.40 CHF/month▲ 5.0%
- Young adults, on average445.60 CHF/month▲ 4.3%
- Childrenfrom 110.60 CHF/month▲ 4.4%
- Children, on average141.55 CHF/month▲ 4.2%
Premium region 1: all municipalities
Population 2025
- Residents86,699
- Foreign share28.2%
- Ages 0–1914,296 · 16.5%
- Ages 20–6455,602 · 64.1%
- Ages 65 and over16,801 · 19.4%
- Residents per km²2,978.3
Density divides by the whole municipal area, lakes included.
Geography
- Altitude419–1,126 m
- Lakeyes
- Mountain municipalityno
A mountain municipality is one whose settlement reaches 1,000 m.
Climate, 1991–2020 averages
- Temperature9.9 °C
- Annual precipitation1,148 mm
- Sunshine, share of possible hours40.7%
- Frost days78.1
- Days of 30 °C or more9.1
- Reference stationLuzern, 2.0 km
Context
The comparisons for Lucerne follow this order.
Lucerne includes lake area, and no lake is named.
The foreign share in Lucerne is 28.2%.
Since 1 Jan 2010, Lucerne includes the former municipalities Littau (1060), 1 in all.
Profile H4 in Lucerne costs 25.56 cents/kWh. That is rank 558 of 2,108, the 26.4 percentile.
Lucerne: the grid operator ewl Kabelnetz AG is now 25.56 cents/kWh, previously 27.20 cents/kWh (lower, 6.0%). 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
All municipalities in the canton Lucerne · Electricity ranking
Questions
What does electricity cost in Lucerne in 2027?
Profile H4 in Lucerne costs 25.56 cents/kWh. That is rank 558 of 2,108, the 26.4 percentile. Lucerne: the grid operator ewl Kabelnetz AG is now 25.56 cents/kWh, previously 27.20 cents/kWh (lower, 6.0%). Profile H4.
What does health insurance cost in Lucerne?
Since 1 Jan 2010, Lucerne includes the former municipalities Littau (1060), 1 in all.
What do population, geography and climate say about Lucerne?
Lucerne includes lake area, and no lake is named. The foreign share in Lucerne is 28.2%.
Border neighbours
- Lucerne or Ennetbürgen5,504 m · 16.4%
- Lucerne or Stansstad2,299 m · 16.4%
- Lucerne or Weggis3,386 m · 5.9%
Nearby municipalities
- Living in Emmen2.7 km
- Living in Kriens3.3 km
- Living in Horw3.9 km
- Living in Ebikon4.0 km
- Living in Adligenswil4.5 km
- Living in Meggen4.9 km
- Living in Buchrain5.5 km
- Living in Rothenburg5.8 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