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Canton of Bern

Canton · Municipalities with height data: 330

Parcel data from Jul 2025, statistics computed on 29 Sept 2026.

Gaps in the height data

There are no height statistics for 4 municipalities: Ersigen, Plateau de Diesse, Tavannes and Valbirse.

In the canton of Bern, the parcel data holds a measured building height for 251’623 parcels. On a typical parcel the tallest building is 9.4 m high, and on 19 in 20 parcels it is 16 m or lower.

Key figures

Median building height
9.4 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
Median floors
2

Switzerland: 2

Tallest building
221.3 m

Switzerland: 221.3 m

Parcels measured
251’623

16.6% of Switzerland

25 m or taller
1’048

0.4% of measured parcels

About the canton of Bern

For the canton of Bern, the parcel data holds a measured building height for 251’623 parcels. On half of them the tallest building is at most 9.4 m, on three quarters at most 11.5 m, and on 19 in 20 at most 16 m. The parcel data holds building heights for 330 of the canton’s 334 municipalities.

In the canton, the median building height, 9.4 m, is close to the Swiss median of 9.5 m. The tallest building measures 221.3 m. 376 parcels have a building of 30 m or taller.

The median floor count is 2, and the building with the most floors has 25. By median building height, the canton of Bern ranks 11th of 20 cantons with complete height data. Among its municipalities with at least 200 measured parcels, the highest median building heights are those of Bern (14.3 m), Biel/Bienne (12.8 m) and Landiswil (11.3 m).

Building heights

The height of the tallest building on each parcel, over the 251’623 parcels with a measured height. Each percentile is the height that share of parcels stays at or below.

Building height percentiles
FigureHereSwitzerland
P25 (lower quartile)7.8 m7.8 m
P50 (median)9.4 m9.5 m
P75 (upper quartile)11.5 m11.5 m
P9516.0 m16.6 m
Tallest building221.3 m221.3 m

Parcels by building height

  • 0-3 m1’995
  • 3-6 m18’107
  • 6-9 m88’742
  • 9-12 m89’124
  • 12-15 m36’492
  • 15-18 m10’086
  • 18-21 m3’800
  • 21-24 m1’908
  • 24-27 m733
  • 27-30 m260
  • 30 m or taller376

Floors

The number of floors of the building with the most floors on each parcel, over the 174’047 parcels with a floor count. Median: 2, most floors: 25.

Parcels by number of floors

  • 1 floor18’083
  • 2 floors84’939
  • 3 floors52’481
  • 4 floors12’374
  • 5 floors4’069
  • 6 floors1’413
  • 7 floors319
  • 8 or more floors369

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 221.3 m.

Parcels by tallest building
Tallest buildingParcelsShare of measured
15 m or taller17’1636.8%
25 m or taller1’0480.4%
30 m or taller3760.1%
50 m or taller64< 0.1%
100 m or taller3< 0.1%

Building height map for the canton of Bern

roofs maps building height for every parcel in the canton of Bern. 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 ~.

Municipalities in the canton of Bern

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