Electricity (H4) 25.84 cents/kWh, 4.7% cheaper than the Swiss average
H4 price comparison
Electricity 2027
Standard product
Technische Betriebe, Stadt Rorschach
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33.31 cents/kWh≈ unchanged | 29.09 cents/kWh▼ 0.9% | 25.02 cents/kWh▼ 2.1% | 25.84 cents/kWh▼ 2.3% | 23.49 cents/kWh▼ 2.9% | 21.00 cents/kWh▼ 3.7% | 22.68 cents/kWh▼ 3.5% | 24.20 cents/kWh▼ 3.0% |
H4 breakdown
- Grid usage11.64 cents/kWh
- Energy8.82 cents/kWh
- Levies1.39 cents/kWh
- Grid surcharge2.30 cents/kWh
- Standing charge109.23 CHF/year
Health insurance 2027
- Adultsfrom 441.10 CHF/month▲ 5.1%
- Adults, on average564.54 CHF/month▲ 4.0%
- Young adultsfrom 322 CHF/month▲ 5.1%
- Young adults, on average421.74 CHF/month▲ 3.8%
- Childrenfrom 97.10 CHF/month▲ 5.2%
- Children, on average135.14 CHF/month▲ 4.3%
Premium region 2: all municipalities
Population 2025
- Residents10,389
- Foreign share52.5%
- Ages 0–191,844 · 17.7%
- Ages 20–646,635 · 63.9%
- Ages 65 and over1,910 · 18.4%
- Residents per km²5,836.5
The area used for density includes lakes.
Geography
- Altitude395–471 m
- Lakeyes
- Mountain municipalityno
Mountain municipality means the settlement sits at 1,000 m or higher.
Climate, 1991–2020 averages
- Temperature9.9 °C
- Annual precipitation1,234 mm
- Sunshine, share of possible hours40.2%
- Frost days76
- Days of 30 °C or more8
- Reference stationGüttingen, 21.4 km
Context
For Rorschach, the comparisons look like this.
The canton has 3 regions. Rorschach is in premium region 2.
Against the neighbours (30.48 cents/kWh), Rorschach costs 25.84 cents/kWh, profile H4, a gap of 15.2%.
8 hot days and 76 frost day apply to Rorschach.
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 Rorschach in 2027?
Against the neighbours (30.48 cents/kWh), Rorschach costs 25.84 cents/kWh, profile H4, a gap of 15.2%.
What does health insurance cost in Rorschach?
The canton has 3 regions. Rorschach is in premium region 2.
What do population, geography and climate say about Rorschach?
8 hot days and 76 frost day apply to Rorschach.
Border neighbours
- Rorschach or Rorschacherberg3,172 m · 23.0%
- Rorschach or Goldach1,377 m · 12.9%
Nearby municipalities
- Living in Rorschacherberg1.8 km
- Living in Goldach2.1 km
- Living in Horn2.9 km
- Living in Tübach3.2 km
- Living in Grub (AR)3.6 km
- Living in Untereggen4.1 km
- Living in Eggersriet4.3 km
- Living in Steinach4.8 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