Electricity (H4) 29.73 cents/kWh, 9.6% more expensive than the Swiss average
H4 price comparison
Electricity 2027
Standard product
Städtische Betriebe Olten (SBO)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34.78 cents/kWh▼ 2.0% | 31.88 cents/kWh▼ 2.1% | 27.78 cents/kWh▼ 2.0% | 29.73 cents/kWh▼ 2.3% | 26.94 cents/kWh▼ 2.1% | 23.94 cents/kWh▼ 1.9% | 26.75 cents/kWh▼ 2.2% | 28.67 cents/kWh▼ 2.3% |
H4 breakdown
- Grid usage11.61 cents/kWh
- Energy13.08 cents/kWh
- Levies1.15 cents/kWh
- Grid surcharge2.30 cents/kWh
- Standing charge48 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
- Residents19,265
- Foreign share32.5%
- Ages 0–193,293 · 17.1%
- Ages 20–6412,308 · 63.9%
- Ages 65 and over3,664 · 19.0%
- Residents per km²1,676.7
Geography
- Altitude380–691 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
- Temperature9.6 °C
- Annual precipitation1,049 mm
- Sunshine, share of possible hours40.1%
- Frost days73.2
- Days of 30 °C or more4.9
- Reference stationRünenberg, 10.6 km
Context
Olten sits in the figures as follows.
Olten pays 29.73 cents/kWh on profile H4. Neighbours average 29.30 cents/kWh (1.5%), place 5 of 10.
The premium region of Olten costs 632.73 CHF/month, the neighbour average 624.62 CHF/month, place 3 of 10.
Olten belongs to premium region 0 of 0.
At the reference station for Olten there are 73.2 frost day and 4.9 hot days.
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 Olten in 2027?
Olten pays 29.73 cents/kWh on profile H4. Neighbours average 29.30 cents/kWh (1.5%), place 5 of 10.
What does health insurance cost in Olten?
The premium region of Olten costs 632.73 CHF/month, the neighbour average 624.62 CHF/month, place 3 of 10. Olten belongs to premium region 0 of 0.
What do population, geography and climate say about Olten?
At the reference station for Olten there are 73.2 frost day and 4.9 hot days.
Border neighbours
- Olten or Boningen203 m · 14.9%
- Olten or Kappel (SO)566 m · 14.9%
- Olten or Rothrist1,172 m · 12.0%
- Olten or Aarburg4,297 m · 11.2%
- Olten or Starrkirch-Wil3,060 m · 6.8%
- Olten or Trimbach4,621 m · 6.8%
- Olten or Wangen bei Olten6,043 m · 6.8%
- Olten or Winznau1,672 m · 6.8%
- Olten or Dulliken108 m · 6.5%
Nearby municipalities
- Living in Trimbach1.2 km
- Living in Starrkirch-Wil2.1 km
- Living in Wangen bei Olten2.3 km
- Living in Winznau3.0 km
- Living in Rickenbach (SO)3.4 km
- Living in Aarburg3.6 km
- Living in Dulliken3.6 km
- Living in Hauenstein-Ifenthal4.0 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