Electricity (H4) 38.37 cents/kWh, 41.5% more expensive than the Swiss average
H4 price comparison
Electricity 2027
Standard product
Gemeinde Murgenthal, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 46.59 cents/kWh▼ 2.7% | 42.00 cents/kWh▼ 3.0% | 38.37 cents/kWh▼ 3.2% | 38.37 cents/kWh▼ 3.2% | 36.56 cents/kWh▼ 3.4% | 34.66 cents/kWh▼ 3.6% | 35.41 cents/kWh▼ 3.5% | 36.56 cents/kWh▼ 3.4% |
H4 breakdown
- Grid usage16.92 cents/kWh
- Energy15.90 cents/kWh
- Levies1.39 cents/kWh
- Grid surcharge2.30 cents/kWh
- Standing charge120 CHF/year
Health insurance 2027
- Adultsfrom 474.70 CHF/month▲ 4.6%
- Adults, on average596.25 CHF/month▲ 4.8%
- Young adultsfrom 346.50 CHF/month▲ 4.6%
- Young adults, on average442.59 CHF/month▲ 4.5%
- Childrenfrom 102.10 CHF/month▲ 3.5%
- Children, on average143.56 CHF/month▲ 4.8%
Premium region in Aargau: all municipalities
Population 2025
- Residents3,188
- Foreign share23.3%
- Ages 0–19602 · 18.9%
- Ages 20–641,929 · 60.5%
- Ages 65 and over657 · 20.6%
- Residents per km²171.2
Geography
- Altitude398–570 m
- Lakeno
- Mountain municipalityno
A mountain municipality is one whose settlement reaches 1,000 m.
Climate, 1991–2020 averages
- Temperature9.3 °C
- Annual precipitation1,125 mm
- Sunshine, share of possible hours40.2%
- Frost days92.2
- Days of 30 °C or more12.2
- Reference stationWynau, 4.7 km
Context
The comparisons for Murgenthal follow this order.
Murgenthal is the dearest in the canton, profile H4: 38.37 cents/kWh, rank 196 of 196. The other extreme is 19.64 cents/kWh.
Murgenthal includes no lake area inside the municipal territory.
In Bezirk Zofingen, Murgenthal ranks 17 of 17, profile H4, 38.37 cents/kWh.
The premium in Murgenthal is higher: now 596.25 CHF/month, previously 569.15 CHF/month, a difference of 4.8%.
Compared with the previous year, the price in Murgenthal is lower, from 39.65 cents/kWh to 38.37 cents/kWh (3.2%). The grid operator is Gemeinde Murgenthal, Elektrizitätsversorgung, 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 Aargau · Electricity ranking
Questions
What does electricity cost in Murgenthal in 2027?
Murgenthal is the dearest in the canton, profile H4: 38.37 cents/kWh, rank 196 of 196. The other extreme is 19.64 cents/kWh. In Bezirk Zofingen, Murgenthal ranks 17 of 17, profile H4, 38.37 cents/kWh. Compared with the previous year, the price in Murgenthal is lower, from 39.65 cents/kWh to 38.37 cents/kWh (3.2%). The grid operator is Gemeinde Murgenthal, Elektrizitätsversorgung, profile H4.
What does health insurance cost in Murgenthal?
The premium in Murgenthal is higher: now 596.25 CHF/month, previously 569.15 CHF/month, a difference of 4.8%.
What do population, geography and climate say about Murgenthal?
Murgenthal includes no lake area inside the municipal territory.
Border neighbours
- Murgenthal or Pfaffnau4,660 m · 55.6%
- Murgenthal or Boningen232 m · 48.3%
- Murgenthal or Roggwil (BE)3,053 m · 44.9%
- Murgenthal or Rothrist2,398 m · 44.5%
- Murgenthal or Vordemwald6,898 m · 44.5%
- Murgenthal or Wolfwil250 m · 29.6%
- Murgenthal or Brittnau367 m · 28.5%
- Murgenthal or Wynau2,058 m · 22.9%
- Murgenthal or Fulenbach3,090 m · 11.3%
Nearby municipalities
- Living in Fulenbach0.8 km
- Living in Wynau1.8 km
- Living in Wolfwil3.0 km
- Living in Roggwil (BE)3.3 km
- Living in Vordemwald4.6 km
- Living in Boningen4.7 km
- Living in Härkingen4.8 km
- Living in Neuendorf5.0 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