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# Cities with cleanest air in Switzerland

Switzerland cities ranked by annual PM2.5 concentration, not by current readings.

- Canonical: /reports/switzerland-cities-with-cleanest-air/
- Last checked: 2026-10-07

## Answers

### Baar, Switzerland

4.22 µg/m³
- Source: https://discomap.eea.europa.eu/App/AQViewer/download?f=csv&fqn=Airquality_Dissem.b2g.AirQualityStatistics
- Checked: 2026-09-23

### Emmen, Switzerland

4.22 µg/m³
- Source: https://discomap.eea.europa.eu/App/AQViewer/download?f=csv&fqn=Airquality_Dissem.b2g.AirQualityStatistics
- Checked: 2026-09-23

### Kriens, Switzerland

4.22 µg/m³
- Source: https://discomap.eea.europa.eu/App/AQViewer/download?f=csv&fqn=Airquality_Dissem.b2g.AirQualityStatistics
- Checked: 2026-09-23

### Zug, Switzerland

4.22 µg/m³
- Source: https://discomap.eea.europa.eu/App/AQViewer/download?f=csv&fqn=Airquality_Dissem.b2g.AirQualityStatistics
- Checked: 2026-09-23

### Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland

6.48 µg/m³
- Source: https://discomap.eea.europa.eu/App/AQViewer/download?f=csv&fqn=Airquality_Dissem.b2g.AirQualityStatistics
- Checked: 2026-09-23

### Sion, Switzerland

6.8 µg/m³
- Source: https://www.bafu.admin.ch/dam/de/sd-web/wl28-y2TXfSG/Partikelmessungen-NABEL-2024.pdf
- Checked: 2026-08-04

### Bülach, Switzerland

7.18 µg/m³
- Source: https://discomap.eea.europa.eu/App/AQViewer/download?f=csv&fqn=Airquality_Dissem.b2g.AirQualityStatistics
- Checked: 2026-09-23

### Kloten, Switzerland

7.18 µg/m³
- Source: https://discomap.eea.europa.eu/App/AQViewer/download?f=csv&fqn=Airquality_Dissem.b2g.AirQualityStatistics
- Checked: 2026-09-23

### Uster, Switzerland

7.18 µg/m³
- Source: https://discomap.eea.europa.eu/App/AQViewer/download?f=csv&fqn=Airquality_Dissem.b2g.AirQualityStatistics
- Checked: 2026-09-23

### Wetzikon, Switzerland

7.18 µg/m³
- Source: https://discomap.eea.europa.eu/App/AQViewer/download?f=csv&fqn=Airquality_Dissem.b2g.AirQualityStatistics
- Checked: 2026-09-23

### Wetzikon (ZH), Switzerland

7.18 µg/m³
- Source: https://discodata.eea.europa.eu/sql?query=select+%2A+from+%5BAirQualityDataFlows%5D.%5Blatest%5D.%5BAirQualityStatistics%5D+where+component_code+%3D+6001+and+CountryCode+%3D+%27CH%27+and+DataAggregationProcessId+%3D+%27P1Y%27+and+YearOfStatistics+in+%282022%2C+2023%2C+2024%29&p=1&nrOfHits=1000&result=json
- Checked: 2026-10-07

### Dübendorf, Switzerland

7.2 µg/m³
- Source: https://www.bafu.admin.ch/dam/de/sd-web/wl28-y2TXfSG/Partikelmessungen-NABEL-2024.pdf
- Checked: 2026-08-04

### Allschwil, Switzerland

7.39 µg/m³
- Source: https://discomap.eea.europa.eu/App/AQViewer/download?f=csv&fqn=Airquality_Dissem.b2g.AirQualityStatistics
- Checked: 2026-09-23

### Reinach, Switzerland

7.39 µg/m³
- Source: https://discomap.eea.europa.eu/App/AQViewer/download?f=csv&fqn=Airquality_Dissem.b2g.AirQualityStatistics
- Checked: 2026-09-23

### Reinach (BL), Switzerland

7.39 µg/m³
- Source: https://discomap.eea.europa.eu/App/AQViewer/download?f=csv&fqn=Airquality_Dissem.b2g.AirQualityStatistics
- Checked: 2026-09-23

### Riehen, Switzerland

7.39 µg/m³
- Source: https://discomap.eea.europa.eu/App/AQViewer/download?f=csv&fqn=Airquality_Dissem.b2g.AirQualityStatistics
- Checked: 2026-09-23

### St. Gallen, Switzerland

7.4 µg/m³
- Source: https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/air-pollution-documents/air-quality-and-health/who_ambient_air_quality_database_version_2024_%28v6.1%29.xlsx?download=true&sfvrsn=c504c0cd_3
- Checked: 2026-08-26

### Biel/Bienne, Switzerland

7.7 µg/m³
- Source: https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/air-pollution-documents/air-quality-and-health/who_ambient_air_quality_database_version_2024_%28v6.1%29.xlsx?download=true&sfvrsn=c504c0cd_3
- Checked: 2026-08-26

### Lausanne, Switzerland

7.9 µg/m³
- Source: https://www.bafu.admin.ch/dam/de/sd-web/wl28-y2TXfSG/Partikelmessungen-NABEL-2024.pdf
- Checked: 2026-08-04

### Nyon, Switzerland

7.9 µg/m³
- Source: https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/air-pollution-documents/air-quality-and-health/who_ambient_air_quality_database_version_2024_%28v6.1%29.xlsx?download=true&sfvrsn=c504c0cd_3
- Checked: 2026-08-26

### Zürich, Switzerland

8 µg/m³
- Source: https://www.bafu.admin.ch/dam/de/sd-web/wl28-y2TXfSG/Partikelmessungen-NABEL-2024.pdf
- Checked: 2026-08-04

### Dietikon, Switzerland

8.01 µg/m³
- Source: https://discomap.eea.europa.eu/App/AQViewer/download?f=csv&fqn=Airquality_Dissem.b2g.AirQualityStatistics
- Checked: 2026-09-23

### Horgen, Switzerland

8.01 µg/m³
- Source: https://discomap.eea.europa.eu/App/AQViewer/download?f=csv&fqn=Airquality_Dissem.b2g.AirQualityStatistics
- Checked: 2026-09-23

### Regensdorf, Switzerland

8.01 µg/m³
- Source: https://discomap.eea.europa.eu/App/AQViewer/download?f=csv&fqn=Airquality_Dissem.b2g.AirQualityStatistics
- Checked: 2026-09-23

### Wädenswil, Switzerland

8.01 µg/m³
- Source: https://discomap.eea.europa.eu/App/AQViewer/download?f=csv&fqn=Airquality_Dissem.b2g.AirQualityStatistics
- Checked: 2026-09-23

### Wettingen, Switzerland

8.01 µg/m³
- Source: https://discomap.eea.europa.eu/App/AQViewer/download?f=csv&fqn=Airquality_Dissem.b2g.AirQualityStatistics
- Checked: 2026-09-23

### Chur, Switzerland

8.2 µg/m³
- Source: https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/air-pollution-documents/air-quality-and-health/who_ambient_air_quality_database_version_2024_%28v6.1%29.xlsx?download=true&sfvrsn=c504c0cd_3
- Checked: 2026-08-26

### Schlieren, Switzerland

8.4 µg/m³
- Source: https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/air-pollution-documents/air-quality-and-health/who_ambient_air_quality_database_version_2024_%28v6.1%29.xlsx?download=true&sfvrsn=c504c0cd_3
- Checked: 2026-08-26

### Fribourg, Switzerland

8.7 µg/m³
- Source: https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/air-pollution-documents/air-quality-and-health/who_ambient_air_quality_database_version_2024_%28v6.1%29.xlsx?download=true&sfvrsn=c504c0cd_3
- Checked: 2026-08-26

### Meyrin, Switzerland

8.7 µg/m³
- Source: https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/air-pollution-documents/air-quality-and-health/who_ambient_air_quality_database_version_2024_%28v6.1%29.xlsx?download=true&sfvrsn=c504c0cd_3
- Checked: 2026-08-26

## Method

Every row is a published pm2.5 — annual mean observation measured in µg/m³, ranked lowest first. The values were observed between 2021 and 2024. 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

Annual AQ statistics (AirBase & e-Reporting merged) — https://discomap.eea.europa.eu/App/AQViewer/download?f=csv&fqn=Airquality_Dissem.b2g.AirQualityStatistics
Swiss Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN/BAFU) and Empa NABEL — https://www.bafu.admin.ch/dam/de/sd-web/wl28-y2TXfSG/Partikelmessungen-NABEL-2024.pdf
EEA Air Quality Statistics — PM2.5 annual mean — https://discodata.eea.europa.eu/sql?query=select+%2A+from+%5BAirQualityDataFlows%5D.%5Blatest%5D.%5BAirQualityStatistics%5D+where+component_code+%3D+6001+and+CountryCode+%3D+%27CH%27+and+DataAggregationProcessId+%3D+%27P1Y%27+and+YearOfStatistics+in+%282022%2C+2023%2C+2024%29&p=1&nrOfHits=1000&result=json
cdn.who.int — https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/air-pollution-documents/air-quality-and-health/who_ambient_air_quality_database_version_2024_%28v6.1%29.xlsx?download=true&sfvrsn=c504c0cd_3

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### APA

ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Cities with cleanest air in Switzerland [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 46665dd0ad6aebb42e75993acfb06ecb]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/reports/switzerland-cities-with-cleanest-air/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

### BibTeX

```bibtex
@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_cities-with-cleanest-air-in-switzerland_ae9d28edf0be,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Cities with cleanest air in Switzerland},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {46665dd0ad6aebb42e75993acfb06ecb},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/reports/switzerland-cities-with-cleanest-air/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
```

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## Boundary

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