Electricity (H4) 45.82 cents/kWh, 69.0% more expensive than the Swiss average
H4 price comparison
Electricity 2027
Standard product
Politische Gemeinde Niederhelfenschwil, Elektra / Stromversorgung
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 59.71 cents/kWh▲ 24.9% | 51.95 cents/kWh▲ 19.8% | 45.82 cents/kWh▲ 15.0% | 45.82 cents/kWh▲ 15.0% | 42.75 cents/kWh▲ 12.3% | 39.53 cents/kWh▲ 9.1% | 40.80 cents/kWh▲ 10.4% | 42.75 cents/kWh▲ 12.3% |
H4 breakdown
- Grid usage17.92 cents/kWh
- Energy22.20 cents/kWh
- Levies1.00 cents/kWh
- Grid surcharge2.30 cents/kWh
- Standing charge90 CHF/year
Health insurance 2027
- Adultsfrom 494.60 CHF/month▲ 3.1%
- Adults, on average605.95 CHF/month▲ 4.0%
- Young adultsfrom 358.60 CHF/month▲ 5.7%
- Young adults, on average452.95 CHF/month▲ 3.9%
- Childrenfrom 108.90 CHF/month▲ 5.3%
- Children, on average145.05 CHF/month▲ 4.3%
Premium region 1: all municipalities
Population 2025
- Residents3,309
- Foreign share9.3%
- Ages 0–19825 · 24.9%
- Ages 20–641,933 · 58.4%
- Ages 65 and over551 · 16.7%
- Residents per km²202.1
Geography
- Altitude470–685 m
- Lakeno
- Mountain municipalityno
A mountain municipality is one whose settlement reaches 1,000 m.
Climate, 1991–2020 averages
- Temperature9.2 °C
- Annual precipitation1,106 mm
- Sunshine, share of possible hours40.8%
- Frost days76
- Days of 30 °C or more8
- Reference stationGüttingen, 15.8 km
Context
The comparisons for Niederhelfenschwil follow this order.
The premium in Niederhelfenschwil is higher: now 605.95 CHF/month, previously 582.50 CHF/month, a difference of 4.0%.
Niederhelfenschwil: the grid operator Politische Gemeinde Niederhelfenschwil, Elektra / Stromversorgung is now 45.82 cents/kWh, previously 39.83 cents/kWh (higher, 15.0%). Profile H4.
The 100.0 percentile for Niederhelfenschwil is rank 2,107 of 2,108, profile H4, 45.82 cents/kWh.
9.3% of the resident population of Niederhelfenschwil does not hold a Swiss passport.
The reference station Güttingen stands 15.8 km from Niederhelfenschwil.
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 Niederhelfenschwil in 2027?
Niederhelfenschwil: the grid operator Politische Gemeinde Niederhelfenschwil, Elektra / Stromversorgung is now 45.82 cents/kWh, previously 39.83 cents/kWh (higher, 15.0%). Profile H4. The 100.0 percentile for Niederhelfenschwil is rank 2,107 of 2,108, profile H4, 45.82 cents/kWh.
What does health insurance cost in Niederhelfenschwil?
The premium in Niederhelfenschwil is higher: now 605.95 CHF/month, previously 582.50 CHF/month, a difference of 4.0%.
What do population, geography and climate say about Niederhelfenschwil?
9.3% of the resident population of Niederhelfenschwil does not hold a Swiss passport. The reference station Güttingen stands 15.8 km from Niederhelfenschwil.
Border neighbours
- Niederhelfenschwil or Niederbüren2,873 m · 51.4%
- Niederhelfenschwil or Zuzwil (SG)3,678 m · 45.5%
- Niederhelfenschwil or Kradolf-Schönenberg2,929 m · 43.2%
- Niederhelfenschwil or Wuppenau5,115 m · 38.3%
- Niederhelfenschwil or Oberbüren8,130 m · 34.9%
- Niederhelfenschwil or Bischofszell5,241 m · 11.6%
Nearby municipalities
- Living in Niederbüren1.8 km
- Living in Oberbüren3.3 km
- Living in Hohentannen4.7 km
- Living in Bischofszell4.7 km
- Living in Uzwil4.7 km
- Living in Schönholzerswilen5.6 km
- Living in Zuzwil (SG)5.7 km
- Living in Kradolf-Schönenberg5.8 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