Electricity (H4) 25.93 cents/kWh, 4.4% cheaper than the Swiss average
H4 price comparison
Electricity 2027
Standard product
Elektrizitäts- und Wasser- Versorgung, Politische Gemeinde Thal
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33.41 cents/kWh▼ 4.3% | 29.23 cents/kWh▼ 5.5% | 25.68 cents/kWh▼ 4.0% | 25.93 cents/kWh▼ 7.2% | 24.04 cents/kWh▼ 5.3% | 22.88 cents/kWh▲ 0.8% | 23.70 cents/kWh▼ 4.4% | 24.29 cents/kWh▼ 8.0% |
H4 breakdown
- Grid usage10.86 cents/kWh
- Energy10.68 cents/kWh
- Levies0.60 cents/kWh
- Grid surcharge2.30 cents/kWh
- Standing charge117.60 CHF/year
Health insurance 2027
- Adultsfrom 441.10 CHF/month▲ 5.1%
- Adults, on average564.54 CHF/month▲ 4.0%
- Young adultsfrom 322 CHF/month▲ 5.1%
- Young adults, on average421.74 CHF/month▲ 3.8%
- Childrenfrom 97.10 CHF/month▲ 5.2%
- Children, on average135.14 CHF/month▲ 4.3%
Premium region 2: all municipalities
Population 2025
- Residents7,217
- Foreign share24.9%
- Ages 0–191,358 · 18.8%
- Ages 20–644,320 · 59.9%
- Ages 65 and over1,539 · 21.3%
- Residents per km²747.1
Lakes are part of the area the density is calculated from.
Geography
- Altitude386–664 m
- Lakeyes
- 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
- Temperature10.1 °C
- Annual precipitation1,162 mm
- Sunshine, share of possible hours40.7%
- Frost days76
- Days of 30 °C or more8
- Reference stationGüttingen, 24.8 km
Context
Thal sits in the figures as follows.
The reference station Güttingen stands 24.8 km from Thal.
Thal is rank 12 of 75 for profile H4: 25.93 cents/kWh, the median is 29.71 cents/kWh (12.7%).
Thal runs from 386 m to 664 m.
Thal: the grid operator Elektrizitäts- und Wasser- Versorgung, Politische Gemeinde Thal is now 25.93 cents/kWh, previously 27.96 cents/kWh (lower, 7.2%). Profile H4.
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 Thal in 2027?
Thal is rank 12 of 75 for profile H4: 25.93 cents/kWh, the median is 29.71 cents/kWh (12.7%). Thal: the grid operator Elektrizitäts- und Wasser- Versorgung, Politische Gemeinde Thal is now 25.93 cents/kWh, previously 27.96 cents/kWh (lower, 7.2%). Profile H4.
What do population, geography and climate say about Thal?
The reference station Güttingen stands 24.8 km from Thal. Thal runs from 386 m to 664 m.
Border neighbours
- Thal or Rheineck3,642 m · 31.6%
- Thal or Rorschacherberg1,924 m · 22.6%
- Thal or Heiden776 m · 21.2%
- Thal or Wolfhalden856 m · 14.3%
- Thal or Lutzenberg3,016 m · 12.3%
Nearby municipalities
- Living in Lutzenberg0.6 km
- Living in Rheineck1.4 km
- Living in Wolfhalden2.0 km
- Living in Walzenhausen3.0 km
- Living in Heiden3.6 km
- Living in Rorschacherberg4.6 km
- Living in Grub (AR)4.9 km
- Living in Oberegg4.9 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