Electricity (H4) 31.45 cents/kWh, 16.0% more expensive than the Swiss average
H4 price comparison
Electricity 2027
Standard product
Politische Gemeinde Rüthi, Elektrizitätsversorgung
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42.04 cents/kWh▲ 6.3% | 36.05 cents/kWh▲ 3.2% | 30.49 cents/kWh▲ 1.1% | 31.45 cents/kWh≈ unchanged | 28.28 cents/kWh▼ 0.9% | 24.96 cents/kWh▼ 2.2% | 26.91 cents/kWh▼ 2.3% | 29.10 cents/kWh▼ 1.7% |
H4 breakdown
- Grid usage12.78 cents/kWh
- Energy11.94 cents/kWh
- Levies1.49 cents/kWh
- Grid surcharge2.30 cents/kWh
- Standing charge132 CHF/year
Health insurance 2027
- Adultsfrom 422.10 CHF/month▲ 5.1%
- Adults, on average542.01 CHF/month▲ 3.6%
- Young adultsfrom 308.10 CHF/month▲ 5.1%
- Young adults, on average403.42 CHF/month▲ 3.3%
- Childrenfrom 92.90 CHF/month▲ 5.2%
- Children, on average129.62 CHF/month▲ 4.0%
Premium region 3: all municipalities
Population 2025
- Residents2,667
- Foreign share29.1%
- Ages 0–19571 · 21.4%
- Ages 20–641,652 · 61.9%
- Ages 65 and over444 · 16.6%
- Residents per km²285.9
Geography
- Altitude420–1,386 m
- Lakeno
- Mountain municipalityno
Mountain municipality means the settlement sits at 1,000 m or higher.
Climate, 1991–2020 averages
- Temperature10.3 °C
- Annual precipitation1,228 mm
- Sunshine, share of possible hours44.4%
- Frost days74.6
- Days of 30 °C or more9.9
- Reference stationVaduz, 18.5 km
Context
For Rüthi (SG), the comparisons look like this.
9.9 hot days and 74.6 frost day apply to Rüthi (SG).
Against the neighbours (31.04 cents/kWh), Rüthi (SG) costs 31.45 cents/kWh, profile H4, a gap of 1.3%.
The premium region of Rüthi (SG) is number 3, out of 3 in the canton.
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 Rüthi (SG) in 2027?
Against the neighbours (31.04 cents/kWh), Rüthi (SG) costs 31.45 cents/kWh, profile H4, a gap of 1.3%.
What does health insurance cost in Rüthi (SG)?
The premium region of Rüthi (SG) is number 3, out of 3 in the canton.
What do population, geography and climate say about Rüthi (SG)?
9.9 hot days and 74.6 frost day apply to Rüthi (SG).
Border neighbours
- Rüthi (SG) or Altstätten6,704 m · 5.2%
Nearby municipalities
- Living in Oberriet (SG)3.5 km
- Living in Sennwald4.5 km
- Living in Eichberg5.7 km
- Living in Schwende-Rüte8.7 km
- Living in Altstätten9.3 km
- Living in Gais9.9 km
- Living in Appenzell10.5 km
- Living in Marbach (SG)11.1 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