Electricity (H4) 22.97 cents/kWh, 15.3% cheaper than the Swiss average
H4 price comparison
Electricity 2027
Standard product
Gemeinde Unterbäch VS, Elektrizitätswerk
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28.30 cents/kWh▲ 10.6% | 25.18 cents/kWh▲ 11.1% | 22.63 cents/kWh▲ 13.4% | 22.97 cents/kWh▲ 13.6% | 21.42 cents/kWh▲ 13.8% | 20.40 cents/kWh▲ 17.2% | 21.21 cents/kWh▲ 15.8% | 21.75 cents/kWh▲ 14.1% |
H4 breakdown
- Grid usage10.13 cents/kWh
- Energy9.21 cents/kWh
- Levies0.00 cents/kWh
- Grid surcharge2.30 cents/kWh
- Standing charge78 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
- Residents483
- Foreign share11.6%
- Ages 0–1975 · 15.5%
- Ages 20–64270 · 55.9%
- Ages 65 and over138 · 28.6%
- Residents per km²21.9
Geography
- Altitude636–3,053 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
- Temperature8.0 °C
- Annual precipitation624 mm
- Sunshine, share of possible hours54.0%
- Frost days110.7
- Days of 30 °C or more20
- Reference stationVisp, 6.7 km
Context
Unterbäch sits in the figures as follows.
The cantonal median is 26.17 cents/kWh. Unterbäch pays 22.97 cents/kWh on profile H4 and ranks 11 of 122.
3,053 m is the highest point of Unterbäch, 636 m the lowest.
Unterbäch lies 6.7 km from the reference station Visp.
The foreign share in Unterbäch is 11.6%.
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 Unterbäch in 2027?
The cantonal median is 26.17 cents/kWh. Unterbäch pays 22.97 cents/kWh on profile H4 and ranks 11 of 122.
What do population, geography and climate say about Unterbäch?
3,053 m is the highest point of Unterbäch, 636 m the lowest. Unterbäch lies 6.7 km from the reference station Visp. The foreign share in Unterbäch is 11.6%.
Border neighbours
- Unterbäch or Embd3,869 m · 17.7%
- Unterbäch or Ergisch5,400 m · 5.8%
- Unterbäch or Eischoll6,505 m · 5.6%
- Unterbäch or Raron763 m · 5.4%
Nearby municipalities
- Living in Bürchen1.1 km
- Living in Eischoll1.8 km
- Living in Raron2.9 km
- Living in Niedergesteln3.5 km
- Living in Steg-Hohtenn5.0 km
- Living in Ausserberg5.2 km
- Living in Gampel-Bratsch5.6 km
- Living in Baltschieder5.7 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