Electricity (H4) 37.30 cents/kWh, 37.5% more expensive than the Swiss average
H4 price comparison
Electricity 2027
Standard product
Gemeinde Vorderthal, Elektrizitätswerkversorgung
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45.03 cents/kWh▼ 3.8% | 40.71 cents/kWh▼ 4.2% | 37.12 cents/kWh▼ 4.8% | 37.30 cents/kWh▼ 4.6% | 35.39 cents/kWh▼ 5.1% | 35.24 cents/kWh▼ 3.1% | 35.39 cents/kWh▼ 3.8% | 35.60 cents/kWh▼ 4.8% |
H4 breakdown
- Grid usage17.74 cents/kWh
- Energy15.39 cents/kWh
- Levies0.00 cents/kWh
- Grid surcharge2.30 cents/kWh
- Standing charge106.80 CHF/year
Health insurance 2027
- Adultsfrom 434.70 CHF/month▲ 8.6%
- Adults, on average543.33 CHF/month▲ 3.9%
- Young adultsfrom 317.30 CHF/month▲ 8.6%
- Young adults, on average401.24 CHF/month▲ 3.6%
- Childrenfrom 95.70 CHF/month▲ 8.6%
- Children, on average131.46 CHF/month▲ 4.0%
Premium region in Schwyz: all municipalities
Population 2025
- Residents1,032
- Foreign share11.4%
- Ages 0–19172 · 16.7%
- Ages 20–64627 · 60.8%
- Ages 65 and over233 · 22.6%
- Residents per km²36.9
Geography
- Altitude590–1,695 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
- Temperature7.3 °C
- Annual precipitation1,926 mm
- Sunshine, share of possible hours45.1%
- Frost days125.2
- Days of 30 °C or more0.7
- Reference stationEinsiedeln, 10.5 km
Context
Vorderthal sits in the figures as follows.
In the canton, Vorderthal is the dearest: 37.30 cents/kWh rather than 22.49 cents/kWh, rank 30 of 30, profile H4.
Vorderthal includes no lake area.
In Bezirk March, Vorderthal ranks 9 of 9, profile H4, 37.30 cents/kWh.
Profile H4 in Vorderthal costs 37.30 cents/kWh. That is rank 2,104 of 2,108, the 99.8 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
All municipalities in the canton Schwyz · Electricity ranking
Questions
What does electricity cost in Vorderthal in 2027?
In the canton, Vorderthal is the dearest: 37.30 cents/kWh rather than 22.49 cents/kWh, rank 30 of 30, profile H4. In Bezirk March, Vorderthal ranks 9 of 9, profile H4, 37.30 cents/kWh. Profile H4 in Vorderthal costs 37.30 cents/kWh. That is rank 2,104 of 2,108, the 99.8 percentile.
What do population, geography and climate say about Vorderthal?
Vorderthal includes no lake area.
Border neighbours
- Vorderthal or Einsiedeln5,015 m · 39.6%
- Vorderthal or Galgenen3,885 m · 22.3%
- Vorderthal or Schübelbach6,763 m · 18.6%
- Vorderthal or Altendorf2,401 m · 13.3%
Nearby municipalities
- Living in Innerthal2.3 km
- Living in Schübelbach6.0 km
- Living in Galgenen6.9 km
- Living in Wangen (SZ)7.6 km
- Living in Reichenburg7.8 km
- Living in Lachen8.4 km
- Living in Altendorf9.3 km
- Living in Tuggen9.5 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