Press and data: 2027 electricity prices to cite

Key findings

Canton extremes (H4)

Source: Federal Electricity Commission ElCom, Electricity tariff per provider and municipality in Switzerland, as of 13.10.2026
Canton	Cheapest	cents/kWh	Most expensive	cents/kWh
Zurich	Kloten	21.86 cents/kWh	Otelfingen	33.65 cents/kWh
Bern	Niederbipp	23.15 cents/kWh	Büren an der Aare	36.08 cents/kWh
Lucerne	Hochdorf	21.45 cents/kWh	Hergiswil bei Willisau	29.83 cents/kWh
Uri	Göschenen	16.20 cents/kWh	Erstfeld	27.23 cents/kWh
Schwyz	Feusisberg	22.49 cents/kWh	Vorderthal	37.30 cents/kWh
Obwalden	Alpnach	25.99 cents/kWh	Sarnen	25.99 cents/kWh
Nidwalden	Buochs	21.96 cents/kWh	Beckenried	25.15 cents/kWh
Glarus	Glarus Süd	24.14 cents/kWh	Glarus Nord	31.58 cents/kWh
Zug	Baar	21.15 cents/kWh	Neuheim	22.73 cents/kWh
Fribourg	Meyriez	24.47 cents/kWh	Val-de-Charmey	27.78 cents/kWh
Solothurn	Egerkingen	21.15 cents/kWh	Kestenholz	45.88 cents/kWh
Basel Stadt	Basel	33.42 cents/kWh	Riehen	33.42 cents/kWh
Basel Landschaft	Itingen	23.80 cents/kWh	Therwil	31.20 cents/kWh
Schaffhausen	Schaffhausen	30.17 cents/kWh	Wilchingen	30.82 cents/kWh
Appenzell Ausserrhoden	Schönengrund	27.82 cents/kWh	Heiden	31.43 cents/kWh
Appenzell Innerrhoden	Appenzell	25.59 cents/kWh	Oberegg	28.05 cents/kWh
St. Gallen	Rapperswil-Jona	22.96 cents/kWh	Niederhelfenschwil	45.82 cents/kWh
Graubünden	Ferrera	10.56 cents/kWh	Bergün Filisur	36.29 cents/kWh
Aargau	Sisseln	19.64 cents/kWh	Murgenthal	38.37 cents/kWh
Thurgau	Horn	23.05 cents/kWh	Bischofszell	41.05 cents/kWh
Ticino	Ascona	24.88 cents/kWh	Gambarogno	29.23 cents/kWh
Vaud	Paudex	22.71 cents/kWh	Belmont-sur-Lausanne	35.26 cents/kWh
Valais	Zwischbergen	10.93 cents/kWh	Wiler (Lötschen)	30.48 cents/kWh
Neuchâtel	Cornaux	27.38 cents/kWh	Le Landeron	34.00 cents/kWh
Geneva	Aire-la-Ville	24.43 cents/kWh	Céligny	27.26 cents/kWh
Jura	Saignelégier	25.09 cents/kWh	Courchapoix	33.35 cents/kWh

The ten largest relative H4 gaps between real border neighbours (at least 5%).

2027 premiums per region (adults, cheapest and average standard model).

Source: Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH), Health insurance premiums, opendata.swiss, as of 13.10.2026
Region	Municipalities	Min. CHF/month	Average CHF/month
Zurich 1	1	535.10 CHF/month	676.88 CHF/month
Zurich 2	37	493 CHF/month	609.69 CHF/month
Zurich 3	122	456.80 CHF/month	571.73 CHF/month
Bern 1	15	568.70 CHF/month	703.34 CHF/month
Bern 2	212	519.20 CHF/month	635.46 CHF/month
Bern 3	107	468.10 CHF/month	594.69 CHF/month
Lucerne 1	5	474.60 CHF/month	590.95 CHF/month
Lucerne 2	19	451.70 CHF/month	554.23 CHF/month
Lucerne 3	55	439.70 CHF/month	538.63 CHF/month
Uri (whole canton)	19	401.50 CHF/month	520.57 CHF/month
Schwyz (whole canton)	30	434.70 CHF/month	543.33 CHF/month
Obwalden (whole canton)	7	410 CHF/month	523.59 CHF/month
Nidwalden (whole canton)	11	399.20 CHF/month	517.57 CHF/month
Glarus (whole canton)	3	453.10 CHF/month	558.16 CHF/month
Zug (whole canton)	11	350.60 CHF/month	447.70 CHF/month
Fribourg 1	25	513.20 CHF/month	633.97 CHF/month
Fribourg 2	94	479.50 CHF/month	584.43 CHF/month
Solothurn (whole canton)	104	503.80 CHF/month	632.73 CHF/month
Basel Stadt (whole canton)	3	599 CHF/month	745.76 CHF/month
Basel Landschaft 1	21	568.50 CHF/month	712.35 CHF/month
Basel Landschaft 2	65	525 CHF/month	666.40 CHF/month
Schaffhausen 1	2	503.80 CHF/month	620.05 CHF/month
Schaffhausen 2	24	445 CHF/month	582.26 CHF/month
Appenzell Ausserrhoden (whole canton)	20	433.40 CHF/month	574.62 CHF/month
Appenzell Innerrhoden (whole canton)	5	376.70 CHF/month	479.03 CHF/month
St. Gallen 1	8	494.60 CHF/month	605.95 CHF/month
St. Gallen 2	44	441.10 CHF/month	564.54 CHF/month
St. Gallen 3	23	422.10 CHF/month	542.01 CHF/month
Graubünden 1	15	475.60 CHF/month	592.64 CHF/month
Graubünden 2	45	433 CHF/month	554.34 CHF/month
Graubünden 3	40	421.80 CHF/month	529 CHF/month
Aargau (whole canton)	196	474.70 CHF/month	596.25 CHF/month
Thurgau (whole canton)	80	453.80 CHF/month	573.73 CHF/month
Ticino 1	70	616.70 CHF/month	776.14 CHF/month
Ticino 2	30	569.20 CHF/month	720.85 CHF/month
Vaud 1	117	584.30 CHF/month	718.18 CHF/month
Vaud 2	183	559.10 CHF/month	674.97 CHF/month
Valais 1	53	507.60 CHF/month	607.26 CHF/month
Valais 2	69	429 CHF/month	544.94 CHF/month
Neuchâtel (whole canton)	24	583.40 CHF/month	736.92 CHF/month
Geneva (whole canton)	45	611.70 CHF/month	778.35 CHF/month
Jura (whole canton)	51	584.30 CHF/month	714.50 CHF/month

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README (licences and sources)

2027 electricity per municipality (H1–H8)(2100 rows)
Border pairs with price gap (H4)(2172 pairs)
2027 health premiums per premium region(42 regions)
2027 municipality → premium region mapping(2110 municipalities)

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Electricity tariff per provider and municipality in Switzerland – Source: Federal Electricity Commission ElCom, Electricity tariff per provider and municipality in Switzerland (Open use (opendata.swiss).)
Health insurance premiums – Source: Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH), Health insurance premiums, opendata.swiss (Open use. Source attribution required (opendata.swiss).)
FDHA Ordinance on Premium Regions – Source: Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH), premium regions under the FDHA Ordinance on Premium Regions (Official legal text (FDHA Ordinance on premium regions, SR 832.106). Not protected by copyright (Art. 5 CopA). Cite the source.)
Swiss official commune register – Source: Federal Statistical Office (FSO), Swiss official commune register (Open use (opendata.swiss; cite the source).)
MeteoSwiss – monthly spatial climate normals 1991–2020 – Source: MeteoSwiss (CC BY 4.0 (MeteoSwiss OGD, commercial use allowed))
MeteoSwiss – climate normals 1991–2020 per station – Source: MeteoSwiss (CC BY 4.0 (MeteoSwiss OGD, commercial use allowed))
swisstopo – swissALTIRegio (10 m DTM) – Source: swisstopo – swissALTIRegio (10 m DTM), as of 27.10.2026 (swisstopo OGD (swissALTIRegio): freie Nutzung inkl. kommerziell, vollständige Quellenangabe Pflicht)

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