Electricity prices in Switzerland 2022
In 2022, the average wholesale day-ahead electricity price in Switzerland was 0.258 CHF /kWh. Below is the month-by-month breakdown plus a chart of how prices moved through the year.
Monthly breakdown — 2022
| Month | CHF/MWh | CHF/kWh | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 2022 | 201.56 CHF | 0.202 CHF | 8,527 |
| February 2022 | 191.69 CHF | 0.192 CHF | 8,400 |
| March 2022 | 281.27 CHF | 0.281 CHF | 7,706 |
| April 2022 | 208.95 CHF | 0.209 CHF | 7,180 |
| May 2022 | 181.13 CHF | 0.181 CHF | 6,776 |
| June 2022 | 234.36 CHF | 0.234 CHF | 6,911 |
| July 2022 | 352.14 CHF | 0.352 CHF | 6,648 |
| August 2022 | 448.44 CHF | 0.448 CHF | 6,593 |
| September 2022 | 371.49 CHF | 0.371 CHF | 6,900 |
| October 2022 | 169.15 CHF | 0.169 CHF | 6,969 |
| November 2022 | 201.33 CHF | 0.201 CHF | 7,709 |
| December 2022 | 257.34 CHF | 0.257 CHF | 8,274 |
Switzerland's electricity sector is built on hydropower (~57% of generation) and four nuclear reactors (~30%) — both legacy assets from the 1960s–80s. Swissgrid, the federal TSO, operates a single bidding zone synchronously coupled with the Continental European grid but outside the EU's internal electricity market. The country's north–south HVDC links to Italy and France act as Europe's single largest cross-border arbitrage corridor: Switzerland imports cheap French nuclear in winter and exports peak-priced summer hydro southward.
Solar PV has accelerated post-2022 with a 13.4 GW target by 2035, and the alpine pumped-storage fleet (Linth-Limmern, Nant-de-Drance) now provides over 4 GW of flexibility. The 2017 referendum committed Switzerland to phasing out nuclear without a fixed deadline; reactors run as long as the safety regulator certifies them — Beznau-1, the world's oldest operating reactor, still produces electricity at 56 years old.