Electricity (H4) 23.87 cents/kWh, 12.0% cheaper than the Swiss average
H4 price comparison
Electricity 2027
Standard product
Elektrizitätswerke des Kantons Zürich (EKZ)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28.34 cents/kWh▲ 1.1% | 25.84 cents/kWh≈ unchanged | 23.77 cents/kWh▼ 1.1% | 23.87 cents/kWh▼ 1.1% | 22.77 cents/kWh▼ 1.7% | 22.67 cents/kWh▼ 2.4% | 22.75 cents/kWh▼ 1.2% | 22.89 cents/kWh▼ 1.7% |
H4 breakdown
- Grid usage7.90 cents/kWh
- Energy11.86 cents/kWh
- Levies0.16 cents/kWh
- Grid surcharge2.30 cents/kWh
- Standing chargeno standing charge
Health insurance 2027
- Adultsfrom 456.80 CHF/month▲ 6.8%
- Adults, on average571.73 CHF/month▲ 5.1%
- Young adultsfrom 332.10 CHF/month▲ 6.3%
- Young adults, on average429.36 CHF/month▲ 4.9%
- Childrenfrom 100.80 CHF/month▲ 7.1%
- Children, on average138.94 CHF/month▲ 5.1%
Premium region 3: all municipalities
Population 2025
- Residents2,604
- Foreign share22.2%
- Ages 0–19437 · 16.8%
- Ages 20–641,583 · 60.8%
- Ages 65 and over584 · 22.4%
- Residents per km²940.1
Geography
- Altitude380–631 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
- Temperature9.8 °C
- Annual precipitation1,098 mm
- Sunshine, share of possible hours40.3%
- Frost days87.1
- Days of 30 °C or more11.6
- Reference stationZürich / Affoltern, 9.4 km
Context
Oetwil an der Limmat sits in the figures as follows.
Oetwil an der Limmat includes no lake area inside the municipal territory.
Bezirk Dietikon: Oetwil an der Limmat is the cheapest, rank 1 of 11, 23.87 cents/kWh, profile H4.
22.2% of the resident population of Oetwil an der Limmat does not hold a Swiss passport.
Compared with the previous year, the price in Oetwil an der Limmat is lower, from 24.14 cents/kWh to 23.87 cents/kWh (1.1%). The grid operator is Elektrizitätswerke des Kantons Zürich (EKZ), 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
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Questions
What does electricity cost in Oetwil an der Limmat in 2027?
Bezirk Dietikon: Oetwil an der Limmat is the cheapest, rank 1 of 11, 23.87 cents/kWh, profile H4. Compared with the previous year, the price in Oetwil an der Limmat is lower, from 24.14 cents/kWh to 23.87 cents/kWh (1.1%). The grid operator is Elektrizitätswerke des Kantons Zürich (EKZ), profile H4.
What do population, geography and climate say about Oetwil an der Limmat?
Oetwil an der Limmat includes no lake area inside the municipal territory. 22.2% of the resident population of Oetwil an der Limmat does not hold a Swiss passport.
Border neighbours
- Oetwil an der Limmat or Würenlos1,066 m · 19.7%
- Oetwil an der Limmat or Spreitenbach1,211 m · 7.6%
Nearby municipalities
- Living in Geroldswil1.5 km
- Living in Dänikon2.0 km
- Living in Hüttikon2.0 km
- Living in Dietikon2.5 km
- Living in Spreitenbach2.6 km
- Living in Würenlos2.9 km
- Living in Weiningen (ZH)3.1 km
- Living in Killwangen3.2 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