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# Cheapest cities to rent in Switzerland

Switzerland cities ranked by one published rent series; per-square-metre rent is preferred, otherwise monthly dwelling rent is used without mixing the two.

- Canonical: /reports/switzerland-cheapest-cities-to-rent/
- Last checked: 2026-10-15

## Answers

### Biel/Bienne, Switzerland

14.52 EUR/m²/month
- Source: https://www.stadt.sg.ch/content/dam/dokument_library/statistik/b09/B09_MP_02_Mietpreise-Vergleichsstaedte.pdf
- Checked: 2026-10-10

### Lugano, Switzerland

15.01 EUR/m²/month
- Source: https://www.stadt.sg.ch/content/dam/dokument_library/statistik/b09/B09_MP_02_Mietpreise-Vergleichsstaedte.pdf
- Checked: 2026-10-10

### St. Gallen, Switzerland

15.01 EUR/m²/month
- Source: https://www.stadt.sg.ch/content/dam/dokument_library/statistik/b09/B09_MP_02_Mietpreise-Vergleichsstaedte.pdf
- Checked: 2026-10-10

### Wil, Switzerland

15.11 EUR/m²/month
- Source: https://www.sg.ch/content/dam/sgch/kanton-stgallen/statistik/b09/B09_Mietpreis_002_JeQuadratmeterSG_Wahlkreise_Gemeinden.xlsx
- Checked: 2026-10-15

### Wil (SG), Switzerland

15.11 EUR/m²/month
- Source: https://www.sg.ch/content/dam/sgch/kanton-stgallen/statistik/b09/B09_Mietpreis_002_JeQuadratmeterSG_Wahlkreise_Gemeinden.xlsx
- Checked: 2026-10-10

### Rapperswil-Jona, Switzerland

17.36 EUR/m²/month
- Source: https://www.sg.ch/content/dam/sgch/kanton-stgallen/statistik/b09/B09_Mietpreis_002_JeQuadratmeterSG_Wahlkreise_Gemeinden.xlsx
- Checked: 2026-10-10

### Luzern, Switzerland

17.56 EUR/m²/month
- Source: https://www.stadt.sg.ch/content/dam/dokument_library/statistik/b09/B09_MP_02_Mietpreise-Vergleichsstaedte.pdf
- Checked: 2026-10-10

### Winterthur, Switzerland

17.9 EUR/m²/month
- Source: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/urb_clivcon/default/table?lang=en
- Checked: 2026-08-27

### Bern, Switzerland

18.05 EUR/m²/month
- Source: https://www.stadt.sg.ch/content/dam/dokument_library/statistik/b09/B09_MP_02_Mietpreise-Vergleichsstaedte.pdf
- Checked: 2026-10-10

### Basel, Switzerland

18.54 EUR/m²/month
- Source: https://www.stadt.sg.ch/content/dam/dokument_library/statistik/b09/B09_MP_02_Mietpreise-Vergleichsstaedte.pdf
- Checked: 2026-10-10

### Lausanne, Switzerland

19.13 EUR/m²/month
- Source: https://www.stadt.sg.ch/content/dam/dokument_library/statistik/b09/B09_MP_02_Mietpreise-Vergleichsstaedte.pdf
- Checked: 2026-10-10

### Vernier, Switzerland

21.11 EUR/m²/month
- Source: https://statistique.ge.ch/prestations/calcul_loyer.asp
- Checked: 2026-10-15

### Lancy, Switzerland

22.55 EUR/m²/month
- Source: https://statistique.ge.ch/prestations/calcul_loyer.asp
- Checked: 2026-10-15

### Meyrin, Switzerland

22.61 EUR/m²/month
- Source: https://statistique.ge.ch/prestations/calcul_loyer.asp
- Checked: 2026-10-15

### Carouge (GE), Switzerland

23.94 EUR/m²/month
- Source: https://statistique.ge.ch/prestations/calcul_loyer.asp
- Checked: 2026-10-15

### Zürich, Switzerland

26.18 EUR/m²/month
- Source: https://data.stadt-zuerich.ch/dataset/bau_whg_mpe_mietpreis_raum_zizahl_gn_jahr_od5161/download/BAU516OD5161.csv
- Checked: 2026-10-15

### Genève, Switzerland

26.61 EUR/m²/month
- Source: https://statistique.ge.ch/prestations/calcul_loyer.asp
- Checked: 2026-10-15

## Method

Every row is a published average net rent (nettokalt) observation measured in EUR/m²/month, ranked lowest first. The values were observed between 2021 and 2026. A place appears only when it publishes this exact metric, so an absent place means missing data rather than a low value. Only published cities with at least 20,000 residents and city-level observations qualify.

## Sources

Durchschnittliche Nettomietpreise in CHF/m² nach Wohnungsgrösse und Bauperiode, Stadt St.Gallen und Vergleichsstädte, Zeitraum 2021-23 — https://www.stadt.sg.ch/content/dam/dokument_library/statistik/b09/B09_MP_02_Mietpreise-Vergleichsstaedte.pdf
Durchschnittliche Wohnungsnettomietpreise in CHF/m² nach Wohnungsgrösse, Kanton St.Gallen, Wahlkreise und Gemeinden, Zeitraum 2021-23 — https://www.sg.ch/content/dam/sgch/kanton-stgallen/statistik/b09/B09_Mietpreis_002_JeQuadratmeterSG_Wahlkreise_Gemeinden.xlsx
Eurostat — https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/urb_clivcon/default/table?lang=en
Calculateur de loyer — moyenne par m², Statistique Genève (mai 2025) — https://statistique.ge.ch/prestations/calcul_loyer.asp
Mietpreise in der Stadt Zürich (MPE Abfragetool), 2026-04 — https://data.stadt-zuerich.ch/dataset/bau_whg_mpe_mietpreis_raum_zizahl_gn_jahr_od5161/download/BAU516OD5161.csv

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Cheapest cities to rent in Switzerland [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 3dd47f9f5b50c976e360a24b860d1cd7]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/reports/switzerland-cheapest-cities-to-rent/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

### BibTeX

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@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_cheapest-cities-to-rent-in-switzerland_4c4c61f0fa33,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Cheapest cities to rent in Switzerland},
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  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {3dd47f9f5b50c976e360a24b860d1cd7},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/reports/switzerland-cheapest-cities-to-rent/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
```

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