Electricity (H4) 29.63 cents/kWh, 9.3% more expensive than the Swiss average
H4 price comparison
Electricity 2027
Standard product
Elektra Korporation EKW
| 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 |
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| 40.65 cents/kWh▲ 3.3% | 34.49 cents/kWh▲ 2.8% | 29.63 cents/kWh▲ 2.3% | 29.63 cents/kWh▲ 2.3% | 27.20 cents/kWh▲ 2.0% | 24.64 cents/kWh▲ 1.6% | 25.45 cents/kWh▲ 1.8% | 27.20 cents/kWh▲ 2.0% |
H4 breakdown
- Grid usage17.30 cents/kWh
- Energy7.95 cents/kWh
- Levies0.00 cents/kWh
- Grid surcharge2.30 cents/kWh
- Standing charge180 CHF/year
Health insurance 2027
- Adultsfrom 433.40 CHF/month▲ 5.1%
- Adults, on average574.62 CHF/month▲ 4.7%
- Young adultsfrom 316.30 CHF/month▲ 5.1%
- Young adults, on average425.45 CHF/month▲ 4.5%
- Childrenfrom 95.30 CHF/month▲ 5.1%
- Children, on average138.17 CHF/month▲ 5.1%
Premium region in Appenzell Ausserrhoden: all municipalities
Population 2025
- Residents1,913
- Foreign share16.4%
- Ages 0–19380 · 19.9%
- Ages 20–641,121 · 58.6%
- Ages 65 and over412 · 21.5%
- Residents per km²276.0
Geography
- Altitude445–921 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
- Temperature8.7 °C
- Annual precipitation1,380 mm
- Sunshine, share of possible hours40.8%
- Frost days87.5
- Days of 30 °C or more1.3
- Reference stationSt. Gallen, 12.7 km
Context
Wolfhalden sits in the figures as follows.
Per square kilometre, Wolfhalden has 276.0 people, 1,913 in all.
For the period 1991-2020, Wolfhalden reads 40.8% relative sunshine, plus 8.7 °C and 1,380 mm of precipitation. A climate normal.
Wolfhalden is not a mountain municipality, by the altitude of the settlement.
21.5% of the people in Wolfhalden are older, 19.9% are young and 58.6% are of working age.
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 Appenzell Ausserrhoden · Electricity ranking
Questions
What do population, geography and climate say about Wolfhalden?
Per square kilometre, Wolfhalden has 276.0 people, 1,913 in all. For the period 1991-2020, Wolfhalden reads 40.8% relative sunshine, plus 8.7 °C and 1,380 mm of precipitation. A climate normal. Wolfhalden is not a mountain municipality, by the altitude of the settlement. 21.5% of the people in Wolfhalden are older, 19.9% are young and 58.6% are of working age.
Border neighbours
- Wolfhalden or Thal856 m · 14.3%
- Wolfhalden or Heiden6,096 m · 6.1%
- Wolfhalden or Oberegg1,007 m · 5.6%
- Wolfhalden or Walzenhausen4,048 m · 5.6%
Nearby municipalities
- Living in Lutzenberg1.6 km
- Living in Heiden1.6 km
- Living in Thal2.0 km
- Living in Grub (AR)3.1 km
- Living in Rheineck3.3 km
- Living in Oberegg3.4 km
- Living in Rorschacherberg3.4 km
- Living in Walzenhausen4.0 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