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Canton of Solothurn

Canton · Municipalities with height data: 91

Parcel data from Jul 2025, statistics computed on 29 Sept 2026.

Gaps in the height data

There are no height statistics for 13 municipalities: Bärschwil, Lommiswil, Balsthal, Biezwil, Büsserach, Erschwil, Herbetswil, Luterbach and 5 more.

In the canton of Solothurn, the parcel data holds a measured building height for 62’869 parcels. On a typical parcel the tallest building is 9.1 m high, and on 19 in 20 parcels it is 14.3 m or lower.

Key figures

Median building height
9.1 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
Median floors
2

Switzerland: 2

Tallest building
150.6 m

Switzerland: 221.3 m

Parcels measured
62’869

4.1% of Switzerland

25 m or taller
179

0.3% of measured parcels

About the canton of Solothurn

For the canton of Solothurn, the parcel data holds a measured building height for 62’869 parcels. On half of them the tallest building is at most 9.1 m, on three quarters at most 10.9 m, and on 19 in 20 at most 14.3 m. The parcel data holds building heights for 91 of the canton’s 104 municipalities.

In the canton, the median building height, 9.1 m, is close to the Swiss median of 9.5 m. The tallest building measures 150.6 m. 81 parcels have a building of 30 m or taller.

The median floor count is 2, and the building with the most floors has 17. By median building height, the canton of Solothurn ranks 17th of 20 cantons with complete height data. Among its municipalities with at least 200 measured parcels, the highest median building heights are those of Olten (12.1 m), Grenchen (10.2 m) and Kienberg (10.1 m).

Building heights

The height of the tallest building on each parcel, over the 62’869 parcels with a measured height. Each percentile is the height that share of parcels stays at or below.

Building height percentiles
FigureHereSwitzerland
P25 (lower quartile)7.7 m7.8 m
P50 (median)9.1 m9.5 m
P75 (upper quartile)10.9 m11.5 m
P9514.3 m16.6 m
Tallest building150.6 m221.3 m

Parcels by building height

  • 0-3 m594
  • 3-6 m3’696
  • 6-9 m25’859
  • 9-12 m22’957
  • 12-15 m7’411
  • 15-18 m1’487
  • 18-21 m455
  • 21-24 m202
  • 24-27 m78
  • 27-30 m49
  • 30 m or taller81

Floors

The number of floors of the building with the most floors on each parcel, over the 49’492 parcels with a floor count. Median: 2, most floors: 17.

Parcels by number of floors

  • 1 floor5’412
  • 2 floors29’434
  • 3 floors11’792
  • 4 floors2’039
  • 5 floors516
  • 6 floors180
  • 7 floors60
  • 8 or more floors59

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 150.6 m.

Parcels by tallest building
Tallest buildingParcelsShare of measured
15 m or taller2’3523.7%
25 m or taller1790.3%
30 m or taller810.1%
50 m or taller10< 0.1%
100 m or taller1< 0.1%

Building height map for the canton of Solothurn

roofs maps building height for every parcel in the canton of Solothurn. 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 ~.

Municipalities in the canton of Solothurn

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