Electricity (H4) 31.57 cents/kWh, 16.4% more expensive than the Swiss average
H4 price comparison
Electricity 2027
Standard product
St.Galler Stadtwerke
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38.31 cents/kWh▲ 5.7% | 34.51 cents/kWh▲ 4.5% | 30.91 cents/kWh▲ 5.4% | 31.57 cents/kWh▲ 3.2% | 29.51 cents/kWh▲ 4.5% | 27.34 cents/kWh▲ 6.2% | 28.76 cents/kWh▲ 3.4% | 30.09 cents/kWh▲ 2.5% |
H4 breakdown
- Grid usage11.63 cents/kWh
- Energy12.97 cents/kWh
- Levies1.76 cents/kWh
- Grid surcharge2.30 cents/kWh
- Standing charge36 CHF/year
Health insurance 2027
- Adultsfrom 494.60 CHF/month▲ 3.1%
- Adults, on average605.95 CHF/month▲ 4.0%
- Young adultsfrom 358.60 CHF/month▲ 5.7%
- Young adults, on average452.95 CHF/month▲ 3.9%
- Childrenfrom 108.90 CHF/month▲ 5.3%
- Children, on average145.05 CHF/month▲ 4.3%
Premium region 1: all municipalities
Population 2025
- Residents79,487
- Foreign share34.6%
- Ages 0–1914,511 · 18.3%
- Ages 20–6450,703 · 63.8%
- Ages 65 and over14,273 · 18.0%
- Residents per km²2,018.5
Geography
- Altitude495–1,074 m
- Lakeno
- Mountain municipalityno
Mountain municipality means the settlement sits at 1,000 m or higher.
Climate, 1991–2020 averages
- Temperature8.8 °C
- Annual precipitation1,390 mm
- Sunshine, share of possible hours40.6%
- Frost days87.5
- Days of 30 °C or more1.3
- Reference stationSt. Gallen, 0.8 km
Context
For St. Gallen, the comparisons look like this.
Wahlkreis St. Gallen: St. Gallen is above, rank 5 of 9, 31.57 cents/kWh, profile H4.
St. Gallen includes no lake area inside the municipal territory.
1,074 m is the highest point of St. Gallen, 495 m the lowest.
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 St. Gallen in 2027?
Wahlkreis St. Gallen: St. Gallen is above, rank 5 of 9, 31.57 cents/kWh, profile H4.
What do population, geography and climate say about St. Gallen?
St. Gallen includes no lake area inside the municipal territory. 1,074 m is the highest point of St. Gallen, 495 m the lowest.
Border neighbours
- St. Gallen or Gossau (SG)4,112 m · 25.0%
- St. Gallen or Mörschwil3,208 m · 23.1%
- St. Gallen or Gaiserwald8,328 m · 13.7%
- St. Gallen or Herisau2,964 m · 8.4%
- St. Gallen or Speicher4,679 m · 8.4%
- St. Gallen or Stein (AR)1,380 m · 8.4%
- St. Gallen or Teufen (AR)8,202 m · 8.4%
Nearby municipalities
- Living in Gaiserwald3.0 km
- Living in Teufen (AR)4.0 km
- Living in Wittenbach4.1 km
- Living in Speicher5.2 km
- Living in Mörschwil6.0 km
- Living in Schlatt-Haslen6.3 km
- Living in Stein (AR)6.3 km
- Living in Untereggen6.5 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