Electricity (H4) 32.09 cents/kWh, 18.4% more expensive than the Swiss average
H4 price comparison
Electricity 2027
Standard product
Primeo Netz 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37.08 cents/kWh | 34.23 cents/kWh | 30.73 cents/kWh | 32.09 cents/kWh | 29.82 cents/kWh | 27.39 cents/kWh | 28.35 cents/kWh | 31.03 cents/kWh |
H4 breakdown
- Grid usage13.78 cents/kWh
- Energy13.45 cents/kWh
- Levies1.50 cents/kWh
- Grid surcharge2.30 cents/kWh
- Standing charge72 CHF/year
Health insurance 2027
- Adultsfrom 503.80 CHF/month▲ 3.6%
- Adults, on average632.73 CHF/month▲ 4.8%
- Young adultsfrom 367.80 CHF/month▲ 6.5%
- Young adults, on average470.17 CHF/month▲ 4.9%
- Childrenfrom 110.80 CHF/month▲ 3.5%
- Children, on average150.74 CHF/month▲ 4.7%
Premium region in Solothurn: all municipalities
Population 2025
- Residents6,622
- Foreign share37.2%
- Ages 0–191,399 · 21.1%
- Ages 20–643,879 · 58.6%
- Ages 65 and over1,344 · 20.3%
- Residents per km²421.5
Geography
- Altitude471–1,095 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
- Temperature8.6 °C
- Annual precipitation1,143 mm
- Sunshine, share of possible hours40.4%
- Frost days92.2
- Days of 30 °C or more12.2
- Reference stationWynau, 8.8 km
Context
Balsthal sits in the figures as follows.
Rank 100 of 104 for Balsthal: 32.09 cents/kWh on profile H4, against a median of 28.51 cents/kWh.
Balsthal runs from 471 m to 1,095 m.
Balsthal: the reference station is Wynau, 8.8 km away.
Balsthal: 37.2% of residents are foreign nationals.
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
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Questions
What does electricity cost in Balsthal in 2027?
Rank 100 of 104 for Balsthal: 32.09 cents/kWh on profile H4, against a median of 28.51 cents/kWh.
What do population, geography and climate say about Balsthal?
Balsthal runs from 471 m to 1,095 m. Balsthal: the reference station is Wynau, 8.8 km away. Balsthal: 37.2% of residents are foreign nationals.
Border neighbours
- Balsthal or Niederbipp845 m · 38.6%
- Balsthal or Oensingen4,805 m · 25.4%
- Balsthal or Holderbank (SO)3,163 m · 21.2%
- Balsthal or Oberbuchsiten1,916 m · 20.4%
- Balsthal or Laupersdorf5,942 m · 12.6%
Nearby municipalities
- Living in Mümliswil-Ramiswil2.9 km
- Living in Laupersdorf3.3 km
- Living in Oensingen3.3 km
- Living in Matzendorf5.0 km
- Living in Holderbank (SO)5.1 km
- Living in Niederbipp5.5 km
- Living in Oberbuchsiten5.5 km
- Living in Kestenholz6.0 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