Electricity (H4) 25.59 cents/kWh, 5.6% cheaper than the Swiss average
H4 price comparison
Electricity 2027
Standard product
BKW Energie AG
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34.49 cents/kWh▼ 5.0% | 29.52 cents/kWh▼ 6.3% | 25.59 cents/kWh▼ 7.6% | 25.59 cents/kWh▼ 7.6% | 23.23 cents/kWh▼ 8.5% | 19.08 cents/kWh≈ unchanged | 21.17 cents/kWh▼ 8.9% | 23.63 cents/kWh▼ 8.4% |
H4 breakdown
- Grid usage11.91 cents/kWh
- Energy7.97 cents/kWh
- Levies1.50 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
- Residents6,967
- Foreign share33.4%
- Ages 0–191,128 · 16.2%
- Ages 20–644,156 · 59.7%
- Ages 65 and over1,683 · 24.2%
- Residents per km²58.0
Geography
- Altitude980–2,542 m
- Lakeno
- Mountain municipalityyes
The rule: a settlement altitude of at least 1,000 m. That altitude is not shown as a figure.
Climate, 1991–2020 averages
- Temperature5.7 °C
- Annual precipitation1,487 mm
- Sunshine, share of possible hours49.8%
- Frost days137.6
- Days of 30 °C or more1.9
- Reference stationChâteau-d'Oex, 11.6 km
Context
Saanen sits in the figures as follows.
Profile H4 costs 25.59 cents/kWh in Saanen. In Verwaltungskreis Obersimmental-Saanen that is rank 1 of 7 (the cheapest).
Saanen includes no lake area.
Saanen lies 11.6 km from the reference station Château-d'Oex.
Rank 41 of 333 for Saanen: 25.59 cents/kWh on profile H4, against a median of 25.59 cents/kWh.
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 Saanen in 2027?
Profile H4 costs 25.59 cents/kWh in Saanen. In Verwaltungskreis Obersimmental-Saanen that is rank 1 of 7 (the cheapest). Rank 41 of 333 for Saanen: 25.59 cents/kWh on profile H4, against a median of 25.59 cents/kWh.
What do population, geography and climate say about Saanen?
Saanen includes no lake area. Saanen lies 11.6 km from the reference station Château-d'Oex.
Border neighbours
- Saanen or Gsteig7,763 m · 26.8%
- Saanen or Château-d'Oex3,267 m · 8.7%
- Saanen or Rougemont18,549 m · 8.7%
- Saanen or Val-de-Charmey2,095 m · 8.6%
Nearby municipalities
- Living in Rougemont5.2 km
- Living in Lauenen7.1 km
- Living in St. Stephan9.8 km
- Living in Gsteig10.4 km
- Living in Château-d'Oex11.0 km
- Living in Zweisimmen11.2 km
- Living in Lenk13.0 km
- Living in Jaun14.7 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