Electricity (H4) 25.99 cents/kWh, 4.2% cheaper than the Swiss average
H4 price comparison
Electricity 2027
Standard product
Elektrizitätswerk Obwalden
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29.28 cents/kWh▼ 1.6% | 27.44 cents/kWh▼ 1.8% | 25.18 cents/kWh▼ 2.5% | 25.99 cents/kWh▼ 2.0% | 24.55 cents/kWh▼ 2.6% | 23.83 cents/kWh▼ 3.1% | 24.71 cents/kWh▼ 2.5% | 25.36 cents/kWh▼ 2.1% |
H4 breakdown
- Grid usage11.04 cents/kWh
- Energy9.67 cents/kWh
- Levies1.40 cents/kWh
- Grid surcharge2.30 cents/kWh
- Standing chargeno standing charge
Health insurance 2027
- Adultsfrom 410 CHF/month▲ 7.1%
- Adults, on average523.59 CHF/month▲ 3.8%
- Young adultsfrom 299.30 CHF/month▲ 7.1%
- Young adults, on average391.68 CHF/month▲ 3.7%
- Childrenfrom 90.20 CHF/month▲ 7.1%
- Children, on average128.16 CHF/month▲ 4.0%
Premium region in Obwalden: all municipalities
Population 2025
- Residents2,132
- Foreign share12.1%
- Ages 0–19418 · 19.6%
- Ages 20–641,208 · 56.7%
- Ages 65 and over506 · 23.7%
- Residents per km²45.9
Geography
- Altitude561–2,481 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 precipitation1,568 mm
- Sunshine, share of possible hours45.3%
- Frost days119.5
- Days of 30 °C or more4.6
- Reference stationMeiringen, 6.2 km
Context
Lungern sits in the figures as follows.
In the canton, Lungern is the cheapest: 25.99 cents/kWh rather than 25.99 cents/kWh, rank 1 of 7, profile H4.
Lungern includes no lake area, and no lake is named.
In Kanton Obwalden, Lungern ranks 1 of 7, profile H4, 25.99 cents/kWh.
Lungern has the strongest move in the canton, profile H4: from 26.53 cents/kWh to 25.99 cents/kWh (2.0%), rank 1 of 7.
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 Obwalden · Electricity ranking
Questions
What does electricity cost in Lungern in 2027?
In the canton, Lungern is the cheapest: 25.99 cents/kWh rather than 25.99 cents/kWh, rank 1 of 7, profile H4. In Kanton Obwalden, Lungern ranks 1 of 7, profile H4, 25.99 cents/kWh. Lungern has the strongest move in the canton, profile H4: from 26.53 cents/kWh to 25.99 cents/kWh (2.0%), rank 1 of 7.
What do population, geography and climate say about Lungern?
Lungern includes no lake area, and no lake is named.
Border neighbours
- Lungern or Brienzwiler1,659 m · 29.1%
- Lungern or Hasliberg9,323 m · 7.9%
- Lungern or Hofstetten bei Brienz1,921 m · 7.9%
Nearby municipalities
- Living in Hasliberg4.1 km
- Living in Brienzwiler5.7 km
- Living in Giswil6.4 km
- Living in Meiringen6.8 km
- Living in Hofstetten bei Brienz7.2 km
- Living in Schattenhalb8.0 km
- Living in Schwanden bei Brienz8.2 km
- Living in Brienz (BE)10.1 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