Electricity (H4) 21.15 cents/kWh, 22.0% cheaper than the Swiss average
H4 price comparison
Electricity 2027
Standard product
WWZ Energie AG
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25.94 cents/kWh▼ 2.5% | 23.26 cents/kWh▼ 3.0% | 21.10 cents/kWh▼ 3.6% | 21.15 cents/kWh▼ 3.4% | 20.70 cents/kWh▼ 0.7% | 17.95 cents/kWh≈ unchanged | 19.07 cents/kWh≈ unchanged | 20.09 cents/kWh▼ 3.6% |
H4 breakdown
- Grid usage10.94 cents/kWh
- Energy5.68 cents/kWh
- Levies0.63 cents/kWh
- Grid surcharge2.30 cents/kWh
- Standing charge46.80 CHF/year
Health insurance 2027
- Adultsfrom 350.60 CHF/month▲ 4.6%
- Adults, on average447.70 CHF/month▲ 2.8%
- Young adultsfrom 256 CHF/month▲ 4.6%
- Young adults, on average335.46 CHF/month▲ 2.5%
- Childrenfrom 77.20 CHF/month▲ 4.8%
- Children, on average109.23 CHF/month▲ 2.7%
Premium region in Zug: all municipalities
Population 2025
- Residents32,160
- Foreign share37.3%
- Ages 0–196,153 · 19.1%
- Ages 20–6420,079 · 62.4%
- Ages 65 and over5,928 · 18.4%
- Residents per km²1,486.8
Density divides by the whole municipal area, lakes included.
Geography
- Altitude410–1,579 m
- Lakeyes
- Mountain municipalityno
A mountain municipality is one whose settlement reaches 1,000 m.
Climate, 1991–2020 averages
- Temperature10.0 °C
- Annual precipitation1,240 mm
- Sunshine, share of possible hours40.8%
- Frost days68.3
- Days of 30 °C or more8.1
- Reference stationWädenswil, 14.1 km
Context
The comparisons for Zug follow this order.
Zug includes lake area, and no lake is named.
Zug is the cheapest in the canton, profile H4: 21.15 cents/kWh, rank 1 of 11. The other extreme is 22.73 cents/kWh.
Profile H4 costs 21.15 cents/kWh in Zug. In Kanton Zug that is rank 1 of 11 (the cheapest).
The foreign share in Zug is 37.3%.
Profile H4 in Zug costs 21.15 cents/kWh. That is rank 24 of 2,108, the 1.1 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
Questions
What does electricity cost in Zug in 2027?
Zug is the cheapest in the canton, profile H4: 21.15 cents/kWh, rank 1 of 11. The other extreme is 22.73 cents/kWh. Profile H4 costs 21.15 cents/kWh in Zug. In Kanton Zug that is rank 1 of 11 (the cheapest). Profile H4 in Zug costs 21.15 cents/kWh. That is rank 24 of 2,108, the 1.1 percentile.
What do population, geography and climate say about Zug?
Zug includes lake area, and no lake is named. The foreign share in Zug is 37.3%.
Border neighbours
- Zug or Arth1,305 m · 44.6%
- Zug or Steinerberg1,259 m · 28.1%
- Zug or Meierskappel1,729 m · 17.4%
Nearby municipalities
- Living in Baar3.2 km
- Living in Steinhausen4.1 km
- Living in Cham4.6 km
- Living in Menzingen5.6 km
- Living in Neuheim6.0 km
- Living in Unterägeri6.1 km
- Living in Kappel am Albis6.6 km
- Living in Hünenberg6.9 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