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Canton of Geneva

Canton · Municipalities with height data: 45

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

In the canton of Geneva, the parcel data holds a measured building height for 43’422 parcels. On a typical parcel the tallest building is 9.1 m high, and on 19 in 20 parcels it is 27.6 m or lower.

Key figures

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

Switzerland: 2

Tallest building
92.2 m

Switzerland: 221.3 m

Parcels measured
43’422

2.9% of Switzerland

25 m or taller
3’904

9% of measured parcels

About the canton of Geneva

For the canton of Geneva, the parcel data holds a measured building height for 43’422 parcels. On half of them the tallest building is at most 9.1 m, on three quarters at most 13.1 m, and on 19 in 20 at most 27.6 m. The parcel data holds building heights for 45 of the canton’s 45 municipalities.

In the canton, the median building height, 9.1 m, is close to the Swiss median of 9.5 m. The tallest building measures 92.2 m. 1’101 parcels have a building of 30 m or taller.

The median floor count is 2, and the building with the most floors has 32. By median building height, the canton of Geneva ranks 15th of 20 cantons with complete height data. Among its municipalities with at least 200 measured parcels, the highest median building heights are those of Genève (23.6 m), Carouge (GE) (13.5 m) and Lancy (10.1 m).

Building heights

The height of the tallest building on each parcel, over the 43’422 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)7.4 m7.8 m
P50 (median)9.1 m9.5 m
P75 (upper quartile)13.1 m11.5 m
P9527.6 m16.6 m
Tallest building92.2 m221.3 m

Parcels by building height

  • 0-3 m478
  • 3-6 m3’549
  • 6-9 m16’868
  • 9-12 m10’085
  • 12-15 m3’274
  • 15-18 m1’376
  • 18-21 m1’167
  • 21-24 m1’985
  • 24-27 m2’066
  • 27-30 m1’473
  • 30 m or taller1’101

Floors

The number of floors of the building with the most floors on each parcel, over the 35’108 parcels with a floor count. Median: 2, most floors: 32.

Parcels by number of floors

  • 1 floor6’432
  • 2 floors12’383
  • 3 floors8’628
  • 4 floors1’555
  • 5 floors1’068
  • 6 floors1’267
  • 7 floors1’450
  • 8 or more floors2’325

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 92.2 m.

Parcels by tallest building
Tallest buildingParcelsShare of measured
15 m or taller9’16821.1%
25 m or taller3’9049%
30 m or taller1’1012.5%
50 m or taller630.1%
100 m or taller00%

Building height map for the canton of Geneva

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

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