Aarau
Municipality in the canton of Aargau · FSO no. 4001
Parcel data from Jul 2025, statistics computed on 29 Sept 2026.
For Aarau (AG), the parcel data holds a measured building height for 3’675 parcels. On a typical parcel the tallest building is 10.5 m high, and on 19 in 20 parcels it is 20 m or lower.
Key figures
- Median building height
- 10.5 m
- Canton: 9.3 m
- Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2
Canton: 2
Switzerland: 2
- Tallest building
- 77.2 m
Canton: 143 m
Switzerland: 221.3 m
- Parcels measured
- 3’675
2.4% of the canton
- 25 m or taller
- 65
1.8% of measured parcels
About Aarau
Aarau is a municipality in the canton of Aargau. For Aarau, the parcel data holds a measured building height for 3’675 parcels. On half of them the tallest building is at most 10.5 m, on three quarters at most 12.9 m, and on 19 in 20 at most 20 m.
For Aarau, the median building height, 10.5 m, is above the canton median of 9.3 m. The tallest building measures 77.2 m. 32 parcels have a building of 30 m or taller.
The median floor count is 2, and the building with the most floors has 18. By median building height, Aarau ranks 3rd of 181 municipalities in the canton with complete height data.
Building heights
The height of the tallest building on each parcel, over the 3’675 parcels with a measured height. Each percentile is the height that share of parcels stays at or below.
| Figure | Here | Canton | Switzerland |
|---|---|---|---|
| P25 (lower quartile) | 8.4 m | 7.8 m | 7.8 m |
| P50 (median) | 10.5 m | 9.3 m | 9.5 m |
| P75 (upper quartile) | 12.9 m | 11.0 m | 11.5 m |
| P95 | 20.0 m | 14.8 m | 16.6 m |
| Tallest building | 77.2 m | 143.0 m | 221.3 m |
Parcels by building height
Floors
The number of floors of the building with the most floors on each parcel, over the 2’725 parcels with a floor count. Median: 2, most floors: 18.
Parcels by number of floors
Tallest buildings
Parcels whose tallest building reaches at least the height in each row. The rows are cumulative: a parcel with a 60 m building also counts in every row below 60 m. The tallest building measures 77.2 m.
| Tallest building | Parcels | Share of measured |
|---|---|---|
| 15 m or taller | 553 | 15% |
| 25 m or taller | 65 | 1.8% |
| 30 m or taller | 32 | 0.9% |
| 50 m or taller | 6 | 0.2% |
| 100 m or taller | 0 | 0% |
Building height map for Aarau
roofs maps building height for every parcel in Aarau. Heights come from swisstopo swissBUILDINGS3D and the number of floors from the federal building register (GWR); where no height was measured, the map estimates it from the floors and marks it with a ~.
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