Electricity (H4) 23.71 cents/kWh, 12.6% cheaper than the Swiss average
H4 price comparison
Electricity 2027
Standard product
VED Visp Energie Dienste 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29.54 cents/kWh▼ 3.2% | 26.15 cents/kWh▼ 3.6% | 23.30 cents/kWh▼ 3.5% | 23.71 cents/kWh▼ 3.7% | 22.00 cents/kWh▼ 3.8% | 20.67 cents/kWh▼ 3.9% | 21.70 cents/kWh▼ 4.0% | 22.38 cents/kWh▼ 3.9% |
H4 breakdown
- Grid usage9.30 cents/kWh
- Energy9.83 cents/kWh
- Levies0.95 cents/kWh
- Grid surcharge2.30 cents/kWh
- Standing charge90 CHF/year
Health insurance 2027
- Adultsfrom 429 CHF/month▲ 5.6%
- Adults, on average544.94 CHF/month▲ 3.4%
- Young adultsfrom 313.20 CHF/month▲ 5.6%
- Young adults, on average410.47 CHF/month▲ 3.5%
- Childrenfrom 93.30 CHF/month▲ 7.0%
- Children, on average129.98 CHF/month▲ 3.2%
Premium region 2: all municipalities
Population 2025
- Residents731
- Foreign share11.9%
- Ages 0–19143 · 19.6%
- Ages 20–64420 · 57.5%
- Ages 65 and over168 · 23.0%
- Residents per km²41.5
Geography
- Altitude627–3,307 m
- Lakeno
- Mountain municipalityno
A mountain municipality is one whose settlement reaches 1,000 m.
Climate, 1991–2020 averages
- Temperature9.2 °C
- Annual precipitation629 mm
- Sunshine, share of possible hours54.8%
- Frost days110.7
- Days of 30 °C or more20
- Reference stationVisp, 5.3 km
Context
The comparisons for Niedergesteln follow this order.
3,307 m is the highest point of Niedergesteln, 627 m the lowest.
The cantonal median is 26.17 cents/kWh. Niedergesteln pays 23.71 cents/kWh on profile H4 and ranks 15 of 122.
The reference station Visp stands 5.3 km from Niedergesteln.
Niedergesteln: 11.9% of residents are foreign nationals.
Profile H4 in Niedergesteln costs 23.71 cents/kWh. That is rank 82 of 2,108, the 3.8 percentile.
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
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Questions
What does electricity cost in Niedergesteln in 2027?
The cantonal median is 26.17 cents/kWh. Niedergesteln pays 23.71 cents/kWh on profile H4 and ranks 15 of 122. Profile H4 in Niedergesteln costs 23.71 cents/kWh. That is rank 82 of 2,108, the 3.8 percentile.
What do population, geography and climate say about Niedergesteln?
3,307 m is the highest point of Niedergesteln, 627 m the lowest. The reference station Visp stands 5.3 km from Niedergesteln. Niedergesteln: 11.9% of residents are foreign nationals.
Border neighbours
- Niedergesteln or Ferden1,567 m · 28.5%
- Niedergesteln or Kippel1,154 m · 28.5%
- Niedergesteln or Wiler (Lötschen)685 m · 28.5%
- Niedergesteln or Steg-Hohtenn9,303 m · 15.1%
Nearby municipalities
- Living in Raron1.5 km
- Living in Eischoll2.2 km
- Living in Steg-Hohtenn2.5 km
- Living in Gampel-Bratsch3.0 km
- Living in Unterbäch3.5 km
- Living in Bürchen4.1 km
- Living in Ausserberg5.4 km
- Living in Ergisch5.7 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