Living in Zermatt

In Zermatt, unemployment is 0.7% (2022).

The resident counts list 3,216 Swiss permanent residents and 1,517 non-permanent residents at the end of 2024. The population of Zermatt, in Switzerland, was 6,099 at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-10-1014 sources

Population6,099people31 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 rate0.7%country median 2.3% — 70% belowOfficial source · Bundesamt für Statistik (BFS/FSO), source data SECO

Recorded crime5,529incidents per 100,000country median 11,440 — 52% belowOfficial source · Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik (PKS) Jahresbericht Wallis 2025

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

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

Visa and entry rulesPassport-specific entry and national residence context.BenefitsCountry-wide eligibility and official application routes.Taxes in SwitzerlandNational rates and thresholds that apply in Zermatt.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

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 Zermatt a good place to live?

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Remote worker65%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 55–75%

Skilled employee70%strong on work, weak on education · range 60–80%

Student38%strong on legal route, weak on education · range 27–49%

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

Retirement51%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 39–63%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Zermatt?

The unemployment rate is 0.7 % (2022). Source: Bundesamt für Statistik (BFS/FSO), source data SECO¹

Unemployment across cities in SwitzerlandUnemployment in Zermatt is 0.7%. Of 176 cities with data, 52 have unemployment of 2 to under 3%.

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Zermatt 0.7%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median gross salary (regional)	7,346 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch¹⁴Official
Unemployment rate	0.7 %country median 2.3%	31 Dec 2022	Bundesamt für Statistik (BFS/FSO), source data SECO¹Official

What does a salary buy in Zermatt?

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 Zermatt Salary needed to live in Zermatt

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Zermatt. 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 Zermatt. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Safety

How safe is Zermatt?

Police recorded about 5,529 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 citiesZermatt 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	5,529 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	39 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁴Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Zermatt. 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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National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Zermatt.

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Climate and air quality

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

0°

1°-7°

2°-7°

6°-4°

10°-1°

14°3°

18°7°

20°8°

15°5°

11°1°

5°-3°

2°-6°

JFMAMJJASOND

Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

JFMAMJJASOND

Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours

109

151

147

155

171

185

176

156

133

JFMAMJJASOND

hours

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average daytime high by month	Jan 0.8 · Feb 1.7 · Mar 5.7 · Apr 9.8 · May 13.9 · Jun 17.8 · Jul 20 · Aug 19.6 · Sep 15.4 · Oct 11.2 · Nov 5.1 · Dec 1.5 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹³Official
Average night-time low by month	Jan -7.4 · Feb -7.3 · Mar -4 · Apr -0.7 · May 3.2 · Jun 6.6 · Jul 8.3 · Aug 8.3 · Sep 5 · Oct 1.4 · Nov -3.1 · Dec -6.3 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹³Official
Average temperature by month	Jan -3.9 · Feb -3.4 · Mar 0.2 · Apr 4 · May 8.1 · Jun 11.8 · Jul 13.7 · Aug 13.3 · Sep 9.4 · Oct 5.4 · Nov 0.3 · Dec -3 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹³Official
Average precipitation by month	Jan 42.2 · Feb 29.7 · Mar 33.3 · Apr 39.9 · May 77.4 · Jun 69.9 · Jul 58.9 · Aug 68.4 · Sep 51.2 · Oct 57 · Nov 65.2 · Dec 47.3 mm	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹³Official
Average sunshine by month	Jan 93.8 · Feb 109 · Mar 150.7 · Apr 146.8 · May 155.2 · Jun 171.2 · Jul 185.3 · Aug 176.1 · Sep 155.8 · Oct 132.9 · Nov 89.1 · Dec 82.6 hours	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹³Official

Similar climate. In Switzerland: Basel ±5.9 °C. Elsewhere: Jönköping (Sweden) ±1.3 °C, Huddinge (Sweden) ±1.3 °C, Lahti (Finland) ±2.0 °C, Tampere (Finland) ±2.0 °C, Haninge (Sweden) ±2.0 °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

The city covered 242.7 km² in 2017.

How many people live in Zermatt?

The published population was 6,099 people in 2024. Source: Switzerland official denominator source¹²

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport52.7%
Foreign residents47.3%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Cars per 1,000 residents	288.2 cars/1000 residents	31 Dec 2024	Swiss Federal Statistical Office/OFS/BFS¹⁰Official
City area	242.7 km²	2017	Exact BFS Arealstatistik municipality area: sum of exhaustive NOAS top-level categories 1-4, PERIOD=A4 (2013-2018), FJ=2016-17, municipality REGION state 2025-01-01; hectares converted to km².²Official
Foreign non-permanent residents	1,517 people	31 Dec 2024	Permanent and non permanent resident population by municipality, resident type and citizenship, 2024⁵Official
Foreign residents	2,883 people	31 Dec 2024	Ständige Wohnbevölkerung, Staatsangehörigkeit = Ausland, Gemeinde grain, 31.12.2024.⁸Official
Non-permanent residents	1,517 people	31 Dec 2024	Permanent and non permanent resident population by municipality, resident type and citizenship, 2024⁵Official
Population density	25.1 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=2016-17; area observed_at=2017).²Official
Population	6,099 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	3,216 people	31 Dec 2024	Permanent and non permanent resident population by municipality, resident type and citizenship, 2024⁵Official

International community in Zermatt

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

Country of birth

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

Published group	People	Share
Place of birth - total	1,566	100.0%
Abroad	1,547	98.8%
In Switzerland	19	1.2%

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

Country of birth

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

Published group	People	Share
Place of birth - total	6,113	100.0%
In Switzerland	3,329	54.5%
Abroad	2,784	45.5%

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	1,566	100.0%
Italy	396	25.3%
Portugal	297	19.0%
Spain	170	10.9%
Germany	144	9.2%
France	87	5.6%
Greece	57	3.6%
Romania	50	3.2%
Poland	43	2.7%
Slovakia	40	2.6%

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Published group	People	Share
Austria	37	2.4%
Hungary	37	2.4%
Netherlands	27	1.7%
Czechia	26	1.7%
United Kingdom	24	1.5%
Ireland	24	1.5%
Sweden	21	1.3%
Bulgaria	17	1.1%
Croatia	17	1.1%
Denmark	9	0.6%
Malaysia	9	0.6%
Belgium	6	0.4%
United States	6	0.4%
Slovenia	4	0.3%
Luxembourg	3	0.2%
Lithuania	2	0.1%
Thailand	2	0.1%
Norway	1	0.1%
Cyprus	1	0.1%
Serbia	1	0.1%
Latvia	1	0.1%
Ukraine	1	0.1%
Argentina	1	0.1%
Chile	1	0.1%
Canada	1	0.1%
Venezuela	1	0.1%
China	1	0.1%
Philippines	1	0.1%

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

Alternatives for people set on Zermatt

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.

Biel/Bienne as a Zermatt alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 130 km, better on 1 of 3 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Rent and recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Residents: 56,896 Biel/Bienne vs 6,099 Zermatt+833%
Rent: €14.52/m² (2021) Biel/Bienne vs €15.96/m² (2024) Zermattno percentage
Recorded crime, per 100k: 15,776 Biel/Bienne vs 5,529 Zermattno percentage
Nearest airport: 31.0 km Biel/Bienne vs 39.0 km Zermatt−21%
Median gross pay, region: €7,310 Biel/Bienne vs €7,346 Zermattsame level

Full comparison More about Biel/Bienne

Alternative cities in Switzerland

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

All Switzerland cities

Appenzell6,096 residents Schwende-Rüte6,108 residents Hitzkirch6,086 residents Interlaken6,123 residents Romont (FR)6,124 residents Uetendorf6,067 residents

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Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Zermatt 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; Zermatt'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 Zermatt?

The published population was 6,099 people in 2024. Source: Switzerland official denominator source.

How safe is Zermatt?

What is the unemployment rate in Zermatt?

The unemployment rate is 0.7 % (2022). Source: Bundesamt für Statistik (BFS/FSO), source data SECO.

What is the typical salary around Zermatt?

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

How many foreign residents live in Zermatt?

2,883 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Ständige Wohnbevölkerung, Staatsangehörigkeit = Ausland, Gemeinde grain, 31.12.2024..

Is Zermatt a good place to live?

Zermatt 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.

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

The official country of birth distribution records 1,566 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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Bundesamt für Statistik (BFS/FSO), source data SECO dam-api.bfs.admin.ch · checked 2026-08-04
Exact BFS Arealstatistik municipality area: sum of exhaustive NOAS top-level categories 1-4, PERIOD=A4 (2013-2018), FJ=2016-17, municipality REGION state 2025-01-01; hectares converted to km². disseminate.stats.swiss · checked 2026-07-15
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) dam-api.bfs.admin.ch · checked 2026-09-24
OurAirports davidmegginson.github.io · checked 2026-08-03
Permanent and non permanent resident population by municipality, resident type and citizenship, 2024 pxweb.bfs.admin.ch · checked 2026-07-18
Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik (PKS) Jahresbericht Wallis 2025 polizeiwallis.ch · checked 2026-10-09
Salt Swiss 10GB salt.ch · checked 2026-09-15
Ständige Wohnbevölkerung, Staatsangehörigkeit = Ausland, Gemeinde grain, 31.12.2024. pxweb.bfs.admin.ch · checked 2024-12-31
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO) pxweb.bfs.admin.ch · checked 2026-08-30
Swiss Federal Statistical Office/OFS/BFS pxweb.bfs.admin.ch · checked 2026-08-08

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Swisscom blue Internet S swisscom.ch · checked 2026-09-15
Switzerland official denominator source pxweb.bfs.admin.ch · checked 2026-07-14
World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI ncei.noaa.gov · checked 2026-08-02
www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch pxweb.bfs.admin.ch · checked 2026-08-27

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