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Bern

Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 351

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

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For Bern (BE), the parcel data holds a measured building height for 14’513 parcels. On a typical parcel the tallest building is 14.3 m high, and on 19 in 20 parcels it is 23.6 m or lower.

Key figures

Median building height
14.3 m
Canton: 9.4 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
Median floors
3

Canton: 2

Switzerland: 2

Tallest building
85.6 m

Canton: 221.3 m

Switzerland: 221.3 m

Parcels measured
14’513

5.8% of the canton

25 m or taller
483

3.3% of measured parcels

About Bern

Bern is a municipality in the canton of Bern. For Bern, the parcel data holds a measured building height for 14’513 parcels. On half of them the tallest building is at most 14.3 m, on three quarters at most 17.7 m, and on 19 in 20 at most 23.6 m.

For Bern, the median building height, 14.3 m, is above the canton median of 9.4 m. The tallest building measures 85.6 m. 175 parcels have a building of 30 m or taller.

The median floor count is 3, and the building with the most floors has 25. By median building height, Bern ranks 1st of 262 municipalities in the canton with complete height data.

Building heights

The height of the tallest building on each parcel, over the 14’513 parcels with a measured height. Each percentile is the height that share of parcels stays at or below.

Building height percentiles
FigureHereCantonSwitzerland
P25 (lower quartile)11.0 m7.8 m7.8 m
P50 (median)14.3 m9.4 m9.5 m
P75 (upper quartile)17.7 m11.5 m11.5 m
P9523.6 m16.0 m16.6 m
Tallest building85.6 m221.3 m221.3 m

Parcels by building height

  • 0-3 m78
  • 3-6 m457
  • 6-9 m1’607
  • 9-12 m2’494
  • 12-15 m3’490
  • 15-18 m2’943
  • 18-21 m1’699
  • 21-24 m1’079
  • 24-27 m395
  • 27-30 m96
  • 30 m or taller175

Floors

The number of floors of the building with the most floors on each parcel, over the 11’857 parcels with a floor count. Median: 3, most floors: 25.

Parcels by number of floors

  • 1 floor324
  • 2 floors2’223
  • 3 floors3’437
  • 4 floors2’815
  • 5 floors1’987
  • 6 floors795
  • 7 floors129
  • 8 or more floors147

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 85.6 m.

Parcels by tallest building
Tallest buildingParcelsShare of measured
15 m or taller6’38744%
25 m or taller4833.3%
30 m or taller1751.2%
50 m or taller340.2%
100 m or taller00%

Building height map for Bern

roofs maps building height for every parcel in 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 ~.

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