Electricity (H4) 31.29 cents/kWh, 15.4% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36.28 cents/kWh | 33.44 cents/kWh | 29.93 cents/kWh | 31.29 cents/kWh | 29.02 cents/kWh | 26.59 cents/kWh | 27.55 cents/kWh | 30.23 cents/kWh |
H4 breakdown
- Grid usage13.78 cents/kWh
- Energy13.45 cents/kWh
- Levies0.70 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
- Residents1,208
- Foreign share22.3%
- Ages 0–19223 · 18.5%
- Ages 20–64729 · 60.3%
- Ages 65 and over256 · 21.2%
- Residents per km²437.7
Geography
- Altitude415–959 m
- Lakeno
- Mountain municipalityno
Mountain municipality means the settlement sits at 1,000 m or higher.
Climate, 1991–2020 averages
- Temperature9.2 °C
- Annual precipitation1,095 mm
- Sunshine, share of possible hours40.2%
- Frost days73.2
- Days of 30 °C or more4.9
- Reference stationRünenberg, 10.5 km
Context
For Rickenbach (SO), the comparisons look like this.
Rickenbach (SO) includes no lake area.
Bezirk Olten: Rickenbach (SO) is above, rank 8 of 15, 31.29 cents/kWh, profile H4.
Rickenbach (SO) ranks 1,964 of 2,108 on profile H4, in the 93.2 percentile, at 31.29 cents/kWh.
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 Rickenbach (SO) in 2027?
Bezirk Olten: Rickenbach (SO) is above, rank 8 of 15, 31.29 cents/kWh, profile H4. Rickenbach (SO) ranks 1,964 of 2,108 on profile H4, in the 93.2 percentile, at 31.29 cents/kWh.
What do population, geography and climate say about Rickenbach (SO)?
Rickenbach (SO) includes no lake area.
Border neighbours
- Rickenbach (SO) or Hägendorf4,092 m · 20.9%
- Rickenbach (SO) or Kappel (SO)1,777 m · 20.9%
Nearby municipalities
- Living in Wangen bei Olten1.1 km
- Living in Hägendorf1.2 km
- Living in Kappel (SO)2.1 km
- Living in Olten3.4 km
- Living in Gunzgen3.5 km
- Living in Hauenstein-Ifenthal3.6 km
- Living in Boningen3.7 km
- Living in Aarburg4.2 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