Electricity (H4) 26.56 cents/kWh, 2.1% cheaper than the Swiss average
H4 price comparison
Electricity 2027
Standard product
OIKEN SA
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35.37 cents/kWh▼ 0.9% | 30.45 cents/kWh▼ 1.0% | 26.56 cents/kWh▼ 1.1% | 26.56 cents/kWh▼ 1.1% | 24.61 cents/kWh▼ 1.3% | 22.57 cents/kWh▼ 1.4% | 23.37 cents/kWh▼ 1.4% | 24.61 cents/kWh▼ 1.3% |
H4 breakdown
- Grid usage8.33 cents/kWh
- Energy13.00 cents/kWh
- Levies1.17 cents/kWh
- Grid surcharge2.30 cents/kWh
- Standing charge84 CHF/year
Health insurance 2027
- Adultsfrom 429 CHF/month▲ 5.6%
- Adults, on average544.94 CHF/month▲ 3.4%
- Young adultsfrom 313.20 CHF/month▲ 5.6%
- Young adults, on average410.47 CHF/month▲ 3.5%
- Childrenfrom 93.30 CHF/month▲ 7.0%
- Children, on average129.98 CHF/month▲ 3.2%
Premium region 2: all municipalities
Population 2025
- Residents1,777
- Foreign share16.7%
- Ages 0–19353 · 19.9%
- Ages 20–641,030 · 58.0%
- Ages 65 and over394 · 22.2%
- Residents per km²158.0
Geography
- Altitude531–2,007 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 precipitation658 mm
- Sunshine, share of possible hours55.1%
- Frost days110.7
- Days of 30 °C or more20
- Reference stationVisp, 20.9 km
Context
Salgesch sits in the figures as follows.
Salgesch ranks 1,040 of 2,108 on profile H4, in the 49.3 percentile, at 26.56 cents/kWh.
From 527.24 CHF/month to 544.94 CHF/month, the premium in Salgesch changed (3.4%).
Compared with the previous year, the price in Salgesch is lower, from 26.87 cents/kWh to 26.56 cents/kWh (1.1%). The grid operator is OIKEN SA, profile H4.
Salgesch: 16.7% of residents are foreign nationals.
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 Salgesch in 2027?
Salgesch ranks 1,040 of 2,108 on profile H4, in the 49.3 percentile, at 26.56 cents/kWh. Compared with the previous year, the price in Salgesch is lower, from 26.87 cents/kWh to 26.56 cents/kWh (1.1%). The grid operator is OIKEN SA, profile H4.
What does health insurance cost in Salgesch?
From 527.24 CHF/month to 544.94 CHF/month, the premium in Salgesch changed (3.4%).
What do population, geography and climate say about Salgesch?
Salgesch: 16.7% of residents are foreign nationals.
Border neighbours
- Salgesch or Leuk3,604 m · 9.2%
- Salgesch or Varen5,301 m · 9.2%
Nearby municipalities
- Living in Varen3.0 km
- Living in Noble-Contrée3.1 km
- Living in Sierre3.4 km
- Living in Chippis4.2 km
- Living in Leuk5.0 km
- Living in Inden5.2 km
- Living in Crans-Montana5.7 km
- Living in Albinen5.8 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