Electricity (H4) 31.01 cents/kWh, 14.3% more expensive than the Swiss average
H4 price comparison
Electricity 2027
Standard product
Einwohnergemeinde Safnern, Elektroversorgung
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37.45 cents/kWh▼ 11.1% | 33.85 cents/kWh▼ 11.7% | 31.01 cents/kWh▼ 12.3% | 31.01 cents/kWh▼ 12.3% | 29.58 cents/kWh▼ 12.7% | 28.09 cents/kWh▼ 13.0% | 28.68 cents/kWh▼ 12.9% | 29.58 cents/kWh▼ 12.7% |
H4 breakdown
- Grid usage12.65 cents/kWh
- Energy14.10 cents/kWh
- Levies0.00 cents/kWh
- Grid surcharge2.30 cents/kWh
- Standing charge72 CHF/year
Health insurance 2027
- Adultsfrom 519.20 CHF/month▲ 5.2%
- Adults, on average635.46 CHF/month▲ 4.2%
- Young adultsfrom 379.60 CHF/month▲ 6.2%
- Young adults, on average473.85 CHF/month▲ 3.9%
- Childrenfrom 114.30 CHF/month▲ 4.5%
- Children, on average149.67 CHF/month▲ 3.9%
Premium region 2: all municipalities
Population 2025
- Residents2,049
- Foreign share8.9%
- Ages 0–19422 · 20.6%
- Ages 20–641,126 · 55.0%
- Ages 65 and over501 · 24.5%
- Residents per km²364.6
Geography
- Altitude426–567 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
- Temperature9.7 °C
- Annual precipitation1,111 mm
- Sunshine, share of possible hours40.1%
- Frost days99.2
- Days of 30 °C or more9
- Reference stationBern / Zollikofen, 20.7 km
Context
Safnern sits in the figures as follows.
Safnern counts 99.2 frost day and 9 hot days.
The canton has 3 regions. Safnern is in premium region 2.
The premium region of Safnern costs 635.46 CHF/month, the neighbour average 645.16 CHF/month, place 1 of 8.
Against the neighbours (28.49 cents/kWh), Safnern costs 31.01 cents/kWh, profile H4, a gap of 8.8%.
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 Safnern in 2027?
Against the neighbours (28.49 cents/kWh), Safnern costs 31.01 cents/kWh, profile H4, a gap of 8.8%.
What does health insurance cost in Safnern?
The canton has 3 regions. Safnern is in premium region 2. The premium region of Safnern costs 635.46 CHF/month, the neighbour average 645.16 CHF/month, place 1 of 8.
What do population, geography and climate say about Safnern?
Safnern counts 99.2 frost day and 9 hot days.
Border neighbours
- Safnern or Scheuren1,508 m · 28.7%
- Safnern or Meienried379 m · 21.2%
- Safnern or Meinisberg1,790 m · 21.2%
- Safnern or Orpund3,311 m · 21.2%
- Safnern or Büren an der Aare1,265 m · 16.4%
Nearby municipalities
- Living in Meienried1.6 km
- Living in Orpund1.8 km
- Living in Scheuren1.9 km
- Living in Meinisberg2.2 km
- Living in Schwadernau2.6 km
- Living in Pieterlen3.0 km
- Living in Dotzigen3.5 km
- Living in Büren an der Aare3.9 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