Basel
Municipality in the canton of Basel-Stadt · FSO no. 2701
Parcel data from Jul 2025, statistics computed on 29 Sept 2026.
For Basel (BS), the parcel data holds a measured building height for 16’224 parcels. On a typical parcel the tallest building is 16.1 m high, and on 19 in 20 parcels it is 23.1 m or lower.
Key figures
- Median building height
- 16.1 m
- Canton: 14.5 m
- Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 4
Canton: 3
Switzerland: 2
- Tallest building
- 205.1 m
Canton: 205.1 m
Switzerland: 221.3 m
- Parcels measured
- 16’224
80.9% of the canton
- 25 m or taller
- 485
3% of measured parcels
About Basel
Basel is a municipality in the canton of Basel-Stadt. For Basel, the parcel data holds a measured building height for 16’224 parcels. On half of them the tallest building is at most 16.1 m, on three quarters at most 19.4 m, and on 19 in 20 at most 23.1 m.
For Basel, the median building height, 16.1 m, is above the canton median of 14.5 m. The tallest building measures 205.1 m. 172 parcels have a building of 30 m or taller.
The median floor count is 4, and the building with the most floors has 32. By median building height, Basel ranks 1st of 3 municipalities in the canton with complete height data.
Building heights
The height of the tallest building on each parcel, over the 16’224 parcels with a measured height. Each percentile is the height that share of parcels stays at or below.
| Figure | Here | Canton | Switzerland |
|---|---|---|---|
| P25 (lower quartile) | 12.5 m | 11.1 m | 7.8 m |
| P50 (median) | 16.1 m | 14.5 m | 9.5 m |
| P75 (upper quartile) | 19.4 m | 18.7 m | 11.5 m |
| P95 | 23.1 m | 22.5 m | 16.6 m |
| Tallest building | 205.1 m | 205.1 m | 221.3 m |
Parcels by building height
Floors
The number of floors of the building with the most floors on each parcel, over the 15’731 parcels with a floor count. Median: 4, most floors: 32.
Parcels by number of floors
Tallest buildings
Parcels whose tallest building reaches at least the height in each row. The rows are cumulative: a parcel with a 60 m building also counts in every row below 60 m. The tallest building measures 205.1 m.
| Tallest building | Parcels | Share of measured |
|---|---|---|
| 15 m or taller | 9’194 | 56.7% |
| 25 m or taller | 485 | 3% |
| 30 m or taller | 172 | 1.1% |
| 50 m or taller | 34 | 0.2% |
| 100 m or taller | 3 | < 0.1% |
Building height map for Basel
roofs maps building height for every parcel in Basel. Heights come from swisstopo swissBUILDINGS3D and the number of floors from the federal building register (GWR); where no height was measured, the map estimates it from the floors and marks it with a ~.
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