Living within 45 minutes of Aarau by bike
Every municipality from which you reach Aarau within 45 minutes by bike, sorted by total annual cost. Calculated on the cycle paths and roads of OpenStreetMap, with an allowance for climbs. Different time, household or workplace: use the form below.
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45 municipalities within 45 minutes of Aarau by bike
Costs for: Couple, no kids, gross income CHF 100,000 per year.
The cheapest is Staufen at CHF 22,522 per year, CHF 300 less than Aarau.
16 municipalities are borderline: within the time at 18 km/h and 4 minutes per 100 metres of climbing, outside at 16 km/h and 6 minutes.
For comparison, Aarau itself: CHF 22,777 per year.
- 1.Staufen (AG)about 40 minCHF 22,522 per yearCHF 300 less than Aarau
- 2.Erlinsbach (AG)about 19 minCHF 22,547 per yearCHF 200 less than Aarau
- 3.Schafisheim (AG)about 34 minCHF 22,813 per yearabout the same as Aarau
- 4.Biberstein (AG)about 18 minCHF 22,867 per yearabout the same as Aarau
- 5.Auenstein (AG)about 33 minCHF 22,879 per yearCHF 100 more than Aarau
- 6.Hirschthal (AG)about 36 minCHF 22,897 per yearCHF 100 more than Aarauto work 30 min, back 36 min
- 7.Rupperswil (AG)about 28 minCHF 22,934 per yearCHF 200 more than Aarau
- 8.Möriken-Wildegg (AG)about 44 min BorderlineCHF 22,949 per yearCHF 200 more than Aarau
- 9.Schöftland (AG)about 41 minCHF 23,010 per yearCHF 200 more than Aarauto work 35 min, back 41 min
- 10.Küttigen (AG)about 13 minCHF 23,057 per yearCHF 300 more than Aarau
- 11.Holziken (AG)about 36 minCHF 23,087 per yearCHF 300 more than Aarau
- 12.Hunzenschwil (AG)about 27 minCHF 23,096 per yearCHF 300 more than Aarau
- 13.Lenzburg (AG)about 43 min BorderlineCHF 23,096 per yearCHF 300 more than Aarau
- 14.Seon (AG)about 46 min BorderlineCHF 23,201 per yearCHF 400 more than Aarau
- 15.Gränichen (AG)about 21 minCHF 23,247 per yearCHF 500 more than Aarau
- 16.Veltheim (AG)about 43 min BorderlineCHF 23,259 per yearCHF 500 more than Aarau
- 17.Thalheim (AG)about 43 min BorderlineCHF 23,269 per yearCHF 500 more than Aarau
- 18.Holderbank (AG)about 45 min BorderlineCHF 23,289 per yearCHF 500 more than Aarau
- 19.Unterentfelden (AG)about 13 minCHF 23,307 per yearCHF 500 more than Aarau
- 20.Suhr (AG)about 11 minCHF 23,406 per yearCHF 600 more than Aarau
- 21.Schinznach (AG)about 49 min BorderlineCHF 23,419 per yearCHF 600 more than Aarau
- 22.Densbüren (AG)about 41 min BorderlineCHF 23,437 per yearCHF 700 more than Aarauto work 35 min, back 41 min
- 23.Oberentfelden (AG)about 19 minCHF 23,441 per yearCHF 700 more than Aarau
- 24.Buchs (AG)about 10 minCHF 23,467 per yearCHF 700 more than Aarau
- 25.Kölliken (AG)about 31 minCHF 23,548 per yearCHF 800 more than Aarau
- 26.Unterkulm (AG)about 44 min BorderlineCHF 23,579 per yearCHF 800 more than Aarau
- 27.Safenwil (AG)about 47 min BorderlineCHF 23,579 per yearCHF 800 more than Aarauto work 40 min, back 47 min
- 28.Muhen (AG)about 29 minCHF 23,670 per yearCHF 900 more than Aarauto work 24 min, back 29 min
- 29.Niederlenz (AG)about 42 min BorderlineCHF 23,701 per yearCHF 900 more than Aarau
- 30.Teufenthal (AG)about 39 minCHF 23,733 per yearCHF 1,000 more than Aarau
- 31.Oberhof (AG)about 49 min BorderlineCHF 23,783 per yearCHF 1,000 more than Aarauto work 43 min, back 49 min
- 32.Uerkheim (AG)about 46 min BorderlineCHF 23,829 per yearCHF 1,100 more than Aarauto work 40 min, back 46 min
- 33.Däniken (SO)about 29 minCHF 25,874 per yearCHF 3,100 more than Aarau
- 34.Eppenberg-Wöschnau (SO)about 10 minCHF 26,437 per yearCHF 3,700 more than Aarau
- 35.Erlinsbach (SO)about 16 minCHF 26,897 per yearCHF 4,100 more than Aarau
- 36.Starrkirch-Wil (SO)about 49 min BorderlineCHF 27,084 per yearCHF 4,300 more than Aarauto work 43 min, back 49 min
- 37.Niedergösgen (SO)about 20 minCHF 27,181 per yearCHF 4,400 more than Aarau
- 38.Gretzenbach (SO)about 25 minCHF 27,308 per yearCHF 4,500 more than Aarau
- 39.Lostorf (SO)about 37 minCHF 27,318 per yearCHF 4,500 more than Aarau
- 40.Schönenwerd (SO)about 16 minCHF 27,448 per yearCHF 4,700 more than Aarau
- 41.Dulliken (SO)about 42 min BorderlineCHF 27,591 per yearCHF 4,800 more than Aarau
- 42.Obergösgen (SO)about 31 minCHF 27,733 per yearCHF 5,000 more than Aarau
- 43.Stüsslingen (SO)about 33 minCHF 27,880 per yearCHF 5,100 more than Aarauto work 25 min, back 33 min
- 44.Walterswil (SO)about 50 min BorderlineCHF 27,884 per yearCHF 5,100 more than Aarauto work 42 min, back 50 min
- 45.Winznau (SO)about 39 minCHF 28,114 per yearCHF 5,300 more than Aarau
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- Bike and e-bike: riding time calculated by Ubivo on the cycle paths and roads of OpenStreetMap (OSRM route planner, bicycle profile), between inhabited points of the home municipality and of the workplace municipality (one to five depending on size, weighted by population; the median is shown). Base speed 17 km/h by bike, 20 km/h by e-bike (assisted up to 25 km/h), plus 5 minutes by bike and 2.5 minutes by e-bike for every 100 metres of climbing; downhill 2 or 1 minute less per 100 metres, but never faster than 25 km/h. This is an assumption by Ubivo for adults who commute regularly, not an official value. The slower direction counts; where the two differ clearly, both are shown. «Borderline» means: with a slightly faster or slower assumption (bike 16 to 18 km/h and 4 to 6 minutes per 100 metres, e-bike 19 to 21 km/h and 2 to 3 minutes) the municipality is once within and once outside the time.
- Limits: the times apply between typical residential locations, not from your door. Traffic lights and junctions are only covered by the base speed; weather, luggage and fitness not at all. Where OpenStreetMap has gaps, paths are missing or mapped wrongly. Ferries and taking the bike on the train are excluded.
- Total annual cost: income tax, health insurance premiums (deductible 300) and electricity (4,500 kWh) for the chosen household, without commuting costs. Differences rounded to CHF 100.
- Rents and property prices are not included; there is no data per municipality.
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Bike and e-bike times: Ubivo calculation with OSRM on data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Geofabrik extract of 31/10/2026; elevation: swisstopo, swissALTIRegio; residential locations: Federal Statistical Office (FSO), STATPOP 2024. Costs: FTA (taxes 2026), FOPH (health insurance 2027), ElCom (electricity 2027). Fog days: MeteoSwiss, average 2023-2025, October to February. Methodology and data sources