Living in Uznach: electricity and health insurance 2027

Electricity (H4) 28.99 cents/kWh, 6.9% more expensive than the Swiss average

H4 price comparison

Uznach

28.99 cents/kWh

Canton of St. Gallen

30.30 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

Elektrizitätswerk Uznach 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
33.90 cents/kWh▼ 4.6%	32.03 cents/kWh▲ 1.1%	28.20 cents/kWh▼ 4.3%	28.99 cents/kWh▼ 1.7%	27.40 cents/kWh▼ 3.1%	25.72 cents/kWh▼ 3.5%	27.52 cents/kWh▲ 1.1%	30.79 cents/kWh▲ 9.1%

H4 breakdown

Grid usage14.35 cents/kWh
Energy10.34 cents/kWh
Levies0.24 cents/kWh
Grid surcharge2.30 cents/kWh
Standing chargeno standing charge

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 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

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

Residents7,114
Foreign share32.4%
Ages 0–191,512 · 21.3%
Ages 20–644,225 · 59.4%
Ages 65 and over1,377 · 19.4%
Residents per km²943.5

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

Altitude405–592 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

Temperature9.8 °C
Annual precipitation1,622 mm
Sunshine, share of possible hours44.5%
Frost days123.4
Days of 30 °C or more5.1
Reference stationEbnat-Kappel, 10.7 km

Source: MeteoSwiss, as of 20.10.2026

Context

For Uznach, the comparisons look like this.

From 542.68 CHF/month to 564.54 CHF/month, the premium in Uznach changed (4.0%).

Uznach: the grid operator Elektrizitätswerk Uznach AG is now 28.99 cents/kWh, previously 29.50 cents/kWh (lower, 1.7%). Profile H4.

Profile H4 in Uznach costs 28.99 cents/kWh. That is rank 1,665 of 2,108, the 79.0 percentile.

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 Uznach in 2027?

Uznach: the grid operator Elektrizitätswerk Uznach AG is now 28.99 cents/kWh, previously 29.50 cents/kWh (lower, 1.7%). Profile H4. Profile H4 in Uznach costs 28.99 cents/kWh. That is rank 1,665 of 2,108, the 79.0 percentile.

What does health insurance cost in Uznach?

From 542.68 CHF/month to 564.54 CHF/month, the premium in Uznach changed (4.0%).

Border neighbours

Uznach or Kaltbrunn3,745 m · 12.3%
Uznach or Tuggen918 m · 11.2%
Uznach or Benken (SG)991 m · 5.9%

Source: Federal Office of Topography swisstopo, swissBOUNDARIES3D, as of 13.10.2026Source: Federal Electricity Commission ElCom, Electricity tariff per provider and municipality in Switzerland, as of 13.10.2026

Nearby municipalities

Source: Federal Office of Topography swisstopo, swissBOUNDARIES3D Straight-line distance between municipality centres.

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