Electricity (H4) 30.72 cents/kWh, 13.3% more expensive than the Swiss average
H4 price comparison
Electricity 2027
Standard product
Elektrizitäts-Genossenschaft (EGO) Oberwil i.S.
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37.00 cents/kWh▼ 7.9% | 34.93 cents/kWh▼ 4.8% | 30.72 cents/kWh▼ 9.4% | 30.72 cents/kWh▼ 9.4% | 29.33 cents/kWh▼ 9.8% | 25.80 cents/kWh▼ 11.7% | 27.23 cents/kWh▼ 11.8% | 29.33 cents/kWh▼ 9.8% |
H4 breakdown
- Grid usage15.08 cents/kWh
- Energy12.00 cents/kWh
- Levies0.00 cents/kWh
- Grid surcharge2.30 cents/kWh
- Standing charge96 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
- Residents839
- Foreign share4.8%
- Ages 0–19169 · 20.1%
- Ages 20–64439 · 52.3%
- Ages 65 and over231 · 27.5%
- Residents per km²18.2
Geography
- Altitude736–2,165 m
- Lakeno
- Mountain municipalityyes
Mountain municipality means the settlement sits at 1,000 m or higher.
Climate, 1991–2020 averages
- Temperature7.3 °C
- Annual precipitation1,354 mm
- Sunshine, share of possible hours47.7%
- Frost days106.9
- Days of 30 °C or more0.2
- Reference stationPlaffeien, 17.0 km
Context
For Oberwil im Simmental, the comparisons look like this.
Oberwil im Simmental: the reference station is Plaffeien, 17.0 km away.
The cantonal median is 25.59 cents/kWh. Oberwil im Simmental pays 30.72 cents/kWh on profile H4 and ranks 295 of 333.
2,165 m is the highest point of Oberwil im Simmental, 736 m the lowest.
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 does electricity cost in Oberwil im Simmental in 2027?
The cantonal median is 25.59 cents/kWh. Oberwil im Simmental pays 30.72 cents/kWh on profile H4 and ranks 295 of 333.
What do population, geography and climate say about Oberwil im Simmental?
Oberwil im Simmental: the reference station is Plaffeien, 17.0 km away. 2,165 m is the highest point of Oberwil im Simmental, 736 m the lowest.
Border neighbours
- Oberwil im Simmental or Diemtigen3,696 m · 27.5%
- Oberwil im Simmental or Därstetten13,840 m · 27.5%
- Oberwil im Simmental or Boltigen13,954 m · 20.0%
- Oberwil im Simmental or Guggisberg4,777 m · 20.0%
- Oberwil im Simmental or Rüschegg4,311 m · 20.0%
- Oberwil im Simmental or Plaffeien3,088 m · 16.0%
Nearby municipalities
- Living in Boltigen4.4 km
- Living in Därstetten4.5 km
- Living in Erlenbach im Simmental9.1 km
- Living in Diemtigen10.1 km
- Living in Pohlern11.0 km
- Living in Stocken-Höfen11.4 km
- Living in Blumenstein11.5 km
- Living in Zweisimmen12.3 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