Living in Monthey

In Monthey, unemployment is 3.3% (2022).

Monthey, a city in Switzerland, had a population of 19,074 at the end of 2024. At the end of 2024, the foreign population was 6,759.

Last checked 2026-10-1027 sources

Population19,074people31 Dec 2024Official source · Switzerland official denominator source

Median gross salary (region)7,346EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch

Average net rent15.96EUR/m²/month31 Dec 2024Regional figureOfficial source · Loyer moyen par m2 en francs selon le nombre de pièces, par canton (mean rent per m2 in CHF by number of rooms and canton)

Unemployment rate3.3%country median 2.3% — 43% aboveOfficial source · Bundesamt für Statistik (BFS/FSO), source data SECO

Recorded crime5,075incidents per 100,000country median 11,440 — 56% belowOfficial source · Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik (PKS) Jahresbericht Wallis 2025

Which Switzerland-wide rules apply when you move to Monthey?

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

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Housing and cost

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€71

Mobile plan, 10 GB€56

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	70.68 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Swisscom blue Internet S¹¹Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	56.03 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Salt Swiss 10GB⁷Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)	15.96 EUR/m²/month	31 Dec 2024	Loyer moyen par m2 en francs selon le nombre de pièces, par canton (mean rent per m2 in CHF by number of rooms and canton)³Official · regional context

Is Monthey a good place to live?

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Remote worker64%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 54–74%

Skilled employee68%strong on work, weak on education · range 58–78%

Student40%strong on legal route, weak on education · range 29–51%

Family54%strong on family, weak on education · range 44–64%

Retirement53%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 41–65%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Monthey?

The unemployment rate is 3.3 % (2022). Source: Bundesamt für Statistik (BFS/FSO), source data SECO¹

Unemployment across cities in SwitzerlandUnemployment in Monthey is 3.3%. Of 176 cities with data, 52 have unemployment of 2 to under 3%.

0–11–22–33–44–55–66–78–99–1011–12

Monthey 3.3%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median gross salary (regional)	7,346 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch¹⁸Official
Unemployment rate	3.3 %country median 2.3%	31 Dec 2022	Bundesamt für Statistik (BFS/FSO), source data SECO¹Official

What does a salary buy in Monthey?

Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.

Left over each month€5,060of €6,144 take-home

Rent
Internet
Mobile
Left over

Line-by-line breakdown and sources

Each month	€
Take-home payOECD Taxing Wages 2025, single, no children. Includes central and local income tax and employee social contributions; euro amounts at the ECB average for 2026-08.	€6,144
Rent, 60 m²€15.96/m² · official · Loyer moyen par m2 en francs selon le nombre de pièces, par canton (mean rent per m2 in CHF by number of rooms and canton) · 2024-12-31	− €957
Internet€71 · official · Swisscom blue Internet S · 2026-09-30	− €71
Mobile plan€56 · official · Salt Swiss 10GB · 2026-09-30	− €56
Other everyday billsnot published for this city: public transport pass, utilities	—
Left overbefore the bills this city does not publish	€5,060

Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Monthey Salary needed to live in Monthey

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Monthey. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information

arbeit.swiss — Public employment service

State Secretariat for Economic Affairs / public employment service

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Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Monthey. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Safety

How safe is Monthey?

Police recorded about 5,075 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik (PKS) Jahresbericht Wallis 2025⁶

Recorded crime across major citiesMonthey highlighted among comparable cities

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Solothurn25,779

Bern20,196

Interlaken18,896

Olten15,369

Kloten13,097

St. Gallen9,783

Winterthur7,988

Muri bei Bern5,389

Wetzikon (ZH)4,048

Küsnacht (ZH)3,718

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	5,075 incidents per 100,000country median 11,440	31 Dec 2025	Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik (PKS) Jahresbericht Wallis 2025⁶Official

Mobility and administration

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Nearest airport	SIR	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁴Official
Distance to nearest airport	29 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁴Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Monthey. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.

Country-level information

Cantonal integration programmes — Newcomer Adaptation

SEM and cantons

For migrants, refugees.

German, French, ItalianIn Person

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fide language promotion system — State Language Course

State Secretariat for Migration (SEM)

For adult migrants.

German, French, ItalianIn Person, Online

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Climate and air quality

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C

0°

5°-2°

7°-2°

11°2°

16°4°

19°9°

23°12°

25°14°

20°10°

15°6°

10°2°

6°-1°

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Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

118

110

JFMAMJJASOND

Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours

113

163

177

184

210

228

216

180

141

JFMAMJJASOND

hours

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average daytime high by month	Jan 5.2 · Feb 6.7 · Mar 11.4 · Apr 15.5 · May 19.4 · Jun 23.1 · Jul 25.3 · Aug 24.7 · Sep 20.2 · Oct 15.4 · Nov 9.6 · Dec 5.8 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹³Official
Average night-time low by month	Jan -2.1 · Feb -1.5 · Mar 1.5 · Apr 4.4 · May 8.8 · Jun 12.1 · Jul 13.6 · Aug 13.5 · Sep 9.7 · Oct 6 · Nov 1.5 · Dec -1.1 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁴Official
Average temperature by month	Jan 1.4 · Feb 2.4 · Mar 6.3 · Apr 10.1 · May 14.2 · Jun 17.7 · Jul 19.4 · Aug 18.9 · Sep 14.8 · Oct 10.6 · Nov 5.4 · Dec 2.2 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁵Official
Average precipitation by month	Jan 67.6 · Feb 57.7 · Mar 62.6 · Apr 65.1 · May 94.2 · Jun 96.4 · Jul 118 · Aug 110.4 · Sep 80.2 · Oct 77.3 · Nov 74.9 · Dec 80 mm	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁶Official
Average sunshine by month	Jan 92.2 · Feb 113 · Mar 162.8 · Apr 177 · May 184.3 · Jun 209.5 · Jul 227.7 · Aug 216.1 · Sep 179.7 · Oct 140.9 · Nov 92.6 · Dec 79 hours	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁷Official

Similar climate. In Switzerland: Geneva ±0.7 °C. Elsewhere: Cottbus (Germany) ±0.7 °C, Berlin (Germany) ±0.7 °C, Hoyerswerda (Germany) ±0.8 °C, Werl (Germany) ±0.8 °C, Reims (France) ±0.9 °C. Twenty closest, compared month by month

Monthly highs and lows against the 1991–2020 station normals of the nearest station; ± is the average monthly difference.

Population and city profile

How many people live in Monthey?

The published population was 19,074 people in 2024. Source: Switzerland official denominator source¹²

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport64.6%
Foreign residents35.4%

Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Cars per 1,000 residents	620.7 cars/1000 residents	31 Dec 2024	Swiss Federal Statistical Office/OFS/BFS¹⁰Official
City area	28.66 km²	2013	Exact BFS Arealstatistik municipality area: sum of exhaustive NOAS top-level categories 1-4, PERIOD=A4 (2013-2018), FJ=2013, municipality REGION state 2025-01-01; hectares converted to km².²Official
Foreign non-permanent residents	166 people	31 Dec 2024	Permanent and non permanent resident population by municipality, resident type and citizenship, 2024⁵Official
Foreign residents	6,759 people	31 Dec 2024	Ständige Wohnbevölkerung, Staatsangehörigkeit = Ausland, Gemeinde grain, 31.12.2024.⁸Official
Non-permanent residents	166 people	31 Dec 2024	Permanent and non permanent resident population by municipality, resident type and citizenship, 2024⁵Official
Population density	665.5 people/km²	31 Dec 2024	Reproducible density from BFS STATPOP permanent population at 31.12.2024 divided by the exact official BFS municipality area denominator (2013-2018; FJ=2013; area observed_at=2013).²Official
Population	19,074 people	31 Dec 2024	Switzerland official denominator source¹²Official
Swiss non-permanent residents	0 people	31 Dec 2024	Permanent and non permanent resident population by municipality, resident type and citizenship, 2024⁵Official
Swiss permanent residents	12,315 people	31 Dec 2024	Permanent and non permanent resident population by municipality, resident type and citizenship, 2024⁵Official

International community in Monthey

Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.

Country of birth

Permanent resident population, total sex, all ages · 2025-12-31

Published group	People	Share
Place of birth - total	19,351	100.0%
In Switzerland	11,876	61.4%
Abroad	7,475	38.6%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source⁹

Country of birth

Non-permanent resident population, total sex, all ages · 2025-12-31

Published group	People	Share
Place of birth - total	197	100.0%
Abroad	193	98.0%
In Switzerland	4	2.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source⁹

Citizenship

Non-permanent resident population, total sex, all ages · 2025-12-31

Published group	People	Share
Citizenship - total	197	100.0%
Ukraine	53	26.9%
France	43	21.8%
Portugal	33	16.8%
Afghanistan	8	4.1%
Italy	6	3.0%
Colombia	6	3.0%
Spain	5	2.5%
Iraq	5	2.5%
Belgium	4	2.0%

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Published group	People	Share
Germany	4	2.0%
Brazil	3	1.5%
Romania	2	1.0%
Russia	2	1.0%
Ethiopia	2	1.0%
Algeria	2	1.0%
Cameroon	2	1.0%
Congo (Kinshasa)	2	1.0%
Eritrea	2	1.0%
United States	2	1.0%
Netherlands	1	0.5%
Poland	1	0.5%
Türkiye	1	0.5%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	0.5%
Kosovo	1	0.5%
Moldova	1	0.5%
Côte d'Ivoire	1	0.5%
Morocco	1	0.5%
Tunisia	1	0.5%
Venezuela	1	0.5%
Thailand	1	0.5%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source⁹

Alternatives for people set on Monthey

Three places for the three reasons people leave a city on the shortlist: stay in the region, stay in the country, or keep the budget and change the country. A percentage appears only where both cities publish that metric from the same source, period and grain. Distances are straight lines — travel times are not collected yet.

Fully as a Monthey alternative in the same region

18 km away, better on 2 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,901 Fully vs 5,075 Monthey−23%
Residents: 9,310 Fully vs 19,074 Monthey−51%
Nearest airport: 19.0 km Fully vs 29.0 km Monthey−34%
Rent: €15.96/m² Fully vs €15.96/m² Montheysame level
Median gross pay, region: €7,346 Fully vs €7,346 Montheysame level

Full comparison More about Fully

Luzern as a Monthey alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 137 km, better on 2 of 4 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Rent and recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Residents: 86,234 Luzern vs 19,074 Monthey+352%
Unemployment: 1.7% Luzern vs 3.3% Monthey−48%
Rent: €17.56/m² (2021) Luzern vs €15.96/m² (2024) Montheyno percentage
Nearest airport: 5.0 km Luzern vs 29.0 km Monthey−83%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 12,894 Luzern vs 5,075 Montheyno percentage
Median gross pay, region: €7,445 Luzern vs €7,346 Montheysame level

Full comparison More about Luzern

Cities near Monthey

Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

Alternative cities in Switzerland

Other cities in Switzerland to compare with Monthey, nearest in population first.

All Switzerland cities

Olten19,051 residents Onex18,915 residents Gossau (SG)18,633 residents Pully19,538 residents Grenchen18,602 residents Thalwil18,513 residents

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Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Monthey under the national coverage rules.

Healthcare access follows the country-wide insurance rules; local capacity facts remain city data and are not used as proof of eligibility.

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Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

School for children who move here. School is compulsory from age 4 to 15, and public school is free. Newly arrived pupils get support in the school language: Einführungsklassen / integrative DaZ-Sprachförderung (per canton). How to enrol a child (edk.ch).

A country-wide rule for Switzerland; Monthey's school authority applies it locally.

Sources: eurydice.eacea.ec.europa.eu · 2025–2026.

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Common questions

Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.

How many people live in Monthey?

The published population was 19,074 people in 2024. Source: Switzerland official denominator source.

How safe is Monthey?

What is the unemployment rate in Monthey?

The unemployment rate is 3.3 % (2022). Source: Bundesamt für Statistik (BFS/FSO), source data SECO.

What is the typical salary around Monthey?

The median gross salary is 7,346 EUR/month. Source: www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch.

How many foreign residents live in Monthey?

6,759 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Ständige Wohnbevölkerung, Staatsangehörigkeit = Ausland, Gemeinde grain, 31.12.2024..

Is Monthey a good place to live?

Monthey may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.

Which cities are near Monthey?

Collombey-Muraz, Troistorrents, Bex, Ollon, Aigle are near Monthey. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in Place of birth - total live in Monthey?

The official country of birth distribution records 19,351 people (100.0%) in the source-defined population for 2025-12-31. This is a country of birth measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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