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Cheapest cities to rent in Switzerland

Biel/Bienne, Switzerland has the lowest average net rent (nettokalt) of the 17 cities compared: 14.52 EUR/m²/month (Durchschnittliche Nettomietpreise in CHF/m² nach Wohnungsgrösse und Bauperiode, Stadt St.Gallen und Vergleichsstädte, Zeitraum 2021-23, 2021-12-31).

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

Items compared
17
Countries represented
1
Last checked
2026-10-15

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Original rankCity or placePublished valueSource and scope
1Biel/Bienne, Switzerland14.52 EUR/m²/month2026-10-10
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2021-12-31
2Lugano, Switzerland15.01 EUR/m²/month2026-10-10
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2021-12-31
3St. Gallen, Switzerland15.01 EUR/m²/month2026-10-10
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2021-12-31
4Wil, Switzerland15.11 EUR/m²/month2026-10-15
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2021-12-31
5Wil (SG), Switzerland15.11 EUR/m²/month2026-10-10
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2021-12-31
6Rapperswil-Jona, Switzerland17.36 EUR/m²/month2026-10-10
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2021-12-31
7Luzern, Switzerland17.56 EUR/m²/month2026-10-10
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2021-12-31
8Winterthur, Switzerland17.9 EUR/m²/month2026-08-27
Source Scope: city · Period: 2023-12-31
9Bern, Switzerland18.05 EUR/m²/month2026-10-10
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2021-12-31
10Basel, Switzerland18.54 EUR/m²/month2026-10-10
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2021-12-31
11Lausanne, Switzerland19.13 EUR/m²/month2026-10-10
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2021-12-31
12Vernier, Switzerland21.11 EUR/m²/month2026-10-15
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2025-05-31
13Lancy, Switzerland22.55 EUR/m²/month2026-10-15
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2025-05-31
14Meyrin, Switzerland22.61 EUR/m²/month2026-10-15
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2025-05-31
15Carouge (GE), Switzerland23.94 EUR/m²/month2026-10-15
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2025-05-31
16Zürich, Switzerland26.18 EUR/m²/month2026-10-15
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2026-04-01
17Genève, Switzerland26.61 EUR/m²/month2026-10-15
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2025-05-31

What the numbers say

  • Biel/Bienne, Switzerland leads at 14.52 EUR/m²/month.
  • Genève, Switzerland sits at the other end with 26.61 EUR/m²/month.
  • The middle of this ranking is 18.05 EUR/m²/month, across 17 places that publish the metric.
  • The spread between first and last is 12.1 EUR/m²/month.

Quick answer

What does Cheapest cities to rent in Switzerland show?

Biel/Bienne, Switzerland has the lowest average net rent (nettokalt) of the 17 cities compared: 14.52 EUR/m²/month (Durchschnittliche Nettomietpreise in CHF/m² nach Wohnungsgrösse und Bauperiode, Stadt St.Gallen und Vergleichsstädte, Zeitraum 2021-23, 2021-12-31).

How this list is built

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.

  • Compare the displayed value, unit, source date and geographic grain together.
  • A city label does not change a regional observation into a city measurement.
Rows
17 places
Geographic grain
2 grains: municipality, city
Observation period
2021-12-31 to 2026-04-01
Last checked
2026-10-15
With an official source link
17 of 17

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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/
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  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Cheapest cities to rent in Switzerland},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  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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Sources

  1. Durchschnittliche Nettomietpreise in CHF/m² nach Wohnungsgrösse und Bauperiode, Stadt St.Gallen und Vergleichsstädte, Zeitraum 2021-23Fachstelle für Statistik Kanton St.Gallen; source data: Bundesamt für Statistik Strukturerhebung · Checked 2026-10-10
  2. Durchschnittliche Wohnungsnettomietpreise in CHF/m² nach Wohnungsgrösse, Kanton St.Gallen, Wahlkreise und Gemeinden, Zeitraum 2021-23Fachstelle für Statistik Kanton St.Gallen; source data: Bundesamt für Statistik Strukturerhebung · Checked 2026-10-15
  3. EurostatEurostat · Checked 2026-08-27
  4. Calculateur de loyer — moyenne par m², Statistique Genève (mai 2025)Office cantonal de la statistique (OCSTAT), République et canton de Genève · Checked 2026-10-15
  5. Mietpreise in der Stadt Zürich (MPE Abfragetool), 2026-04Statistik Stadt Zürich, Präsidialdepartement · Checked 2026-10-15