Living in Sonceboz-Sombeval: electricity and health insurance 2027

Electricity (H4) 25.59 cents/kWh, 5.6% cheaper than the Swiss average

H4 price comparison

Sonceboz-Sombeval

25.59 cents/kWh

Canton of Bern

26.68 cents/kWh

Switzerland

27.12 cents/kWh

Source: Federal Electricity Commission ElCom, Electricity tariff per provider and municipality in Switzerland, as of 13.10.2026

Electricity 2027

Standard product

BKW Energie AG

Source: Federal Electricity Commission ElCom, Electricity tariff per provider and municipality in Switzerland, as of 13.10.2026Source: Federal Electricity Commission ElCom, Consumption profiles, as of 13.10.2026
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

Source: Federal Electricity Commission ElCom, Electricity tariff per provider and municipality in Switzerland, as of 13.10.2026Source: Federal Electricity Commission ElCom, Consumption profiles, as of 13.10.2026

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

Source: Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH), Health insurance premiums, opendata.swiss, as of 13.10.2026Source: Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH), premium regions under the FDHA Ordinance on Premium Regions, as of 13.10.2026

Population 2025

Residents1,874
Foreign share17.0%
Ages 0–19411 · 21.9%
Ages 20–641,104 · 58.9%
Ages 65 and over359 · 19.2%
Residents per km²125.2

Source: Federal Statistical Office (FSO), STATPOP 2025, as of 20.10.2026Source: Federal Statistical Office (FSO), geographic key figures, as of 20.10.2026

Geography

Altitude619–1,302 m
Lakeno
Mountain municipalityno

Mountain municipality means the settlement sits at 1,000 m or higher.

Source: Federal Statistical Office (FSO), geographic key figures, as of 20.10.2026Source: Federal Office of Topography swisstopo, swissBOUNDARIES3D, as of 13.10.2026

Climate, 1991–2020 averages

Temperature7.9 °C
Annual precipitation1,252 mm
Sunshine, share of possible hours41.3%
Frost days108.6
Days of 30 °C or more0.1
Reference stationChaumont, 21.9 km

Source: MeteoSwiss, as of 20.10.2026

Context

For Sonceboz-Sombeval, the comparisons look like this.

At the reference station for Sonceboz-Sombeval there are 108.6 frost day and 0.1 hot days.

Against the neighbours (25.59 cents/kWh), Sonceboz-Sombeval costs 25.59 cents/kWh, profile H4, a gap of 0.0%.

Sonceboz-Sombeval belongs to premium region 2 of 3.

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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