Electricity (H4) 28.52 cents/kWh, 5.2% more expensive than the Swiss average
H4 price comparison
Electricity 2027
Standard product
Einwohnergemeinde Melchnau, Elektrizitätsversorgung
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35.00 cents/kWh▲ 2.2% | 31.38 cents/kWh▲ 1.6% | 28.52 cents/kWh▲ 1.1% | 28.52 cents/kWh▲ 1.1% | 27.09 cents/kWh▲ 0.8% | 22.82 cents/kWh≈ unchanged | 24.08 cents/kWh▲ 0.5% | 27.09 cents/kWh▲ 0.8% |
H4 breakdown
- Grid usage12.42 cents/kWh
- Energy11.10 cents/kWh
- Levies1.00 cents/kWh
- Grid surcharge2.30 cents/kWh
- Standing charge84 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
- Residents1,485
- Foreign share15.2%
- Ages 0–19311 · 20.9%
- Ages 20–64811 · 54.6%
- Ages 65 and over363 · 24.4%
- Residents per km²144.5
Geography
- Altitude488–748 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
- Temperature8.9 °C
- Annual precipitation1,139 mm
- Sunshine, share of possible hours40.9%
- Frost days92.2
- Days of 30 °C or more12.2
- Reference stationWynau, 10.1 km
Context
Melchnau sits in the figures as follows.
For the period 1991-2020, Melchnau reads 40.9% relative sunshine, plus 8.9 °C and 1,139 mm of precipitation. A climate normal.
1,485 people live in Melchnau. That is 144.5 per square kilometre.
24.4% of the people in Melchnau are older, 20.9% are young and 54.6% are of working age.
Melchnau is not a mountain municipality, by the altitude of the settlement.
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 do population, geography and climate say about Melchnau?
For the period 1991-2020, Melchnau reads 40.9% relative sunshine, plus 8.9 °C and 1,139 mm of precipitation. A climate normal. 1,485 people live in Melchnau. That is 144.5 per square kilometre. 24.4% of the people in Melchnau are older, 20.9% are young and 54.6% are of working age. Melchnau is not a mountain municipality, by the altitude of the settlement.
Border neighbours
- Melchnau or Grossdietwil1,619 m · 15.6%
- Melchnau or Pfaffnau436 m · 15.6%
- Melchnau or Altbüron4,238 m · 15.4%
- Melchnau or Busswil bei Melchnau3,615 m · 11.5%
- Melchnau or Gondiswil3,084 m · 11.5%
- Melchnau or Madiswil1,681 m · 11.5%
- Melchnau or Reisiswil3,644 m · 11.5%
- Melchnau or Langenthal1,379 m · 9.2%
Nearby municipalities
- Living in Busswil bei Melchnau1.8 km
- Living in Reisiswil2.0 km
- Living in Altbüron2.3 km
- Living in Grossdietwil3.0 km
- Living in Roggliswil4.2 km
- Living in Gondiswil4.3 km
- Living in Madiswil4.4 km
- Living in Lotzwil4.7 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