Electricity (H4) 29.11 cents/kWh, 7.4% more expensive than the Swiss average
H4 price comparison
Electricity 2027
Standard product
St. Gallisch-Appenzellische Kraftwerke 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 |
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| 37.55 cents/kWh▲ 2.0% | 32.84 cents/kWh▲ 1.7% | 28.99 cents/kWh▲ 2.1% | 29.11 cents/kWh▲ 1.3% | 27.14 cents/kWh▲ 1.9% | 25.07 cents/kWh▲ 2.6% | 25.79 cents/kWh▲ 1.5% | 27.24 cents/kWh▲ 1.1% |
H4 breakdown
- Grid usage11.28 cents/kWh
- Energy13.79 cents/kWh
- Levies0.00 cents/kWh
- Grid surcharge2.30 cents/kWh
- Standing charge132 CHF/year
Health insurance 2027
- Adultsfrom 433.40 CHF/month▲ 5.1%
- Adults, on average574.62 CHF/month▲ 4.7%
- Young adultsfrom 316.30 CHF/month▲ 5.1%
- Young adults, on average425.45 CHF/month▲ 4.5%
- Childrenfrom 95.30 CHF/month▲ 5.1%
- Children, on average138.17 CHF/month▲ 5.1%
Premium region in Appenzell Ausserrhoden: all municipalities
Population 2025
- Residents1,340
- Foreign share21.0%
- Ages 0–19251 · 18.7%
- Ages 20–64790 · 59.0%
- Ages 65 and over299 · 22.3%
- Residents per km²595.6
Geography
- Altitude430–797 m
- Lakeno
- Mountain municipalityno
A mountain municipality is one whose settlement reaches 1,000 m.
Climate, 1991–2020 averages
- Temperature9.4 °C
- Annual precipitation1,263 mm
- Sunshine, share of possible hours40.6%
- Frost days87.5
- Days of 30 °C or more1.3
- Reference stationSt. Gallen, 13.8 km
Context
The comparisons for Lutzenberg follow this order.
1.3 hot days and 87.5 frost day apply to Lutzenberg.
The premium region of Lutzenberg costs 574.62 CHF/month, the neighbour average 568.32 CHF/month, place 6 of 9.
The premium region of Lutzenberg is number 0, out of 0 in the canton.
Against the neighbours (29.99 cents/kWh), Lutzenberg costs 29.11 cents/kWh, profile H4, a gap of 2.9%.
Lutzenberg comes to 1,310 CHF/year on profile H4, at 4,500 kWh. The median is 1,310 CHF/year (0.0%).
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 Appenzell Ausserrhoden · Electricity ranking
Questions
What does electricity cost in Lutzenberg in 2027?
Against the neighbours (29.99 cents/kWh), Lutzenberg costs 29.11 cents/kWh, profile H4, a gap of 2.9%. Lutzenberg comes to 1,310 CHF/year on profile H4, at 4,500 kWh. The median is 1,310 CHF/year (0.0%).
What does health insurance cost in Lutzenberg?
The premium region of Lutzenberg costs 574.62 CHF/month, the neighbour average 568.32 CHF/month, place 6 of 9. The premium region of Lutzenberg is number 0, out of 0 in the canton.
What do population, geography and climate say about Lutzenberg?
1.3 hot days and 87.5 frost day apply to Lutzenberg.
Border neighbours
- Lutzenberg or Rheineck1,337 m · 17.2%
- Lutzenberg or Thal3,016 m · 12.3%
- Lutzenberg or Eggersriet873 m · 11.1%
- Lutzenberg or St. Margrethen156 m · 9.4%
- Lutzenberg or Rorschacherberg473 m · 9.2%
- Lutzenberg or Heiden2,117 m · 7.9%
Nearby municipalities
- Living in Thal0.6 km
- Living in Wolfhalden1.6 km
- Living in Rheineck1.7 km
- Living in Walzenhausen2.8 km
- Living in Heiden3.2 km
- Living in Oberegg4.3 km
- Living in Reute (AR)4.4 km
- Living in Rorschacherberg4.6 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