Electricity (H4) 25.59 cents/kWh, 5.6% cheaper than the Swiss average
H4 price comparison
Electricity 2027
Standard product
BKW 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34.49 cents/kWh▼ 5.0% | 29.52 cents/kWh▼ 6.3% | 25.59 cents/kWh▼ 7.6% | 25.59 cents/kWh▼ 7.6% | 23.63 cents/kWh▼ 8.4% | 19.92 cents/kWh≈ unchanged | 21.82 cents/kWh▼ 8.7% | 23.63 cents/kWh▼ 8.4% |
H4 breakdown
- Grid usage11.91 cents/kWh
- Energy7.97 cents/kWh
- Levies1.50 cents/kWh
- Grid surcharge2.30 cents/kWh
- Standing charge96 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
- Residents6,766
- Foreign share40.3%
- Ages 0–191,414 · 20.9%
- Ages 20–644,202 · 62.1%
- Ages 65 and over1,150 · 17.0%
- Residents per km²559.2
Geography
- Altitude434–1,034 m
- Lakeno
- Mountain municipalityno
A mountain municipality is one whose settlement reaches 1,000 m.
Climate, 1991–2020 averages
- Temperature9.2 °C
- Annual precipitation1,124 mm
- Sunshine, share of possible hours40.1%
- Frost days92.2
- Days of 30 °C or more12.2
- Reference stationWynau, 5.9 km
Context
The comparisons for Oensingen follow this order.
Oensingen includes no lake area inside the municipal territory.
Profile H4 costs 25.59 cents/kWh in Oensingen. In Bezirk Gäu that is rank 2 of 8 (below).
40.3% of the resident population of Oensingen does not hold a Swiss passport.
From 603.85 CHF/month to 632.73 CHF/month, the premium in Oensingen changed (4.8%).
Oensingen: the grid operator BKW Energie AG is now 25.59 cents/kWh, previously 27.70 cents/kWh (lower, 7.6%). Profile H4.
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 Solothurn · Electricity ranking
Questions
What does electricity cost in Oensingen in 2027?
Profile H4 costs 25.59 cents/kWh in Oensingen. In Bezirk Gäu that is rank 2 of 8 (below). Oensingen: the grid operator BKW Energie AG is now 25.59 cents/kWh, previously 27.70 cents/kWh (lower, 7.6%). Profile H4.
What does health insurance cost in Oensingen?
From 603.85 CHF/month to 632.73 CHF/month, the premium in Oensingen changed (4.8%).
What do population, geography and climate say about Oensingen?
Oensingen includes no lake area inside the municipal territory. 40.3% of the resident population of Oensingen does not hold a Swiss passport.
Border neighbours
- Oensingen or Kestenholz5,260 m · 79.3%
- Oensingen or Balsthal4,805 m · 25.4%
- Oensingen or Niederbipp7,006 m · 10.5%
Nearby municipalities
- Living in Kestenholz3.0 km
- Living in Niederbipp3.1 km
- Living in Balsthal3.3 km
- Living in Niederbuchsiten4.1 km
- Living in Oberbuchsiten4.2 km
- Living in Oberbipp5.5 km
- Living in Holderbank (SO)5.5 km
- Living in Laupersdorf5.7 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