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Canton of St. Gallen

Canton · Municipalities with height data: 74

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

Gaps in the height data

There are no height statistics for Neckertal.

In the canton of St. Gallen, the parcel data holds a measured building height for 121’749 parcels. On a typical parcel the tallest building is 9.6 m high, and on 19 in 20 parcels it is 16.3 m or lower.

Key figures

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

Switzerland: 2

Tallest building
77.9 m

Switzerland: 221.3 m

Parcels measured
121’749

8% of Switzerland

25 m or taller
564

0.5% of measured parcels

About the canton of St. Gallen

For the canton of St. Gallen, the parcel data holds a measured building height for 121’749 parcels. On half of them the tallest building is at most 9.6 m, on three quarters at most 11.5 m, and on 19 in 20 at most 16.3 m. The parcel data holds building heights for 74 of the canton’s 75 municipalities.

In the canton, the median building height, 9.6 m, is close to the Swiss median of 9.5 m. The tallest building measures 77.9 m. 252 parcels have a building of 30 m or taller.

The median floor count is 2, and the building with the most floors has 20. By median building height, the canton of St. Gallen ranks 10th of 20 cantons with complete height data. Among its municipalities with at least 200 measured parcels, the highest median building heights are those of Rorschach (13.5 m), St. Gallen (13.3 m) and Lichtensteig (11.1 m).

Building heights

The height of the tallest building on each parcel, over the 121’749 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)8.1 m7.8 m
P50 (median)9.6 m9.5 m
P75 (upper quartile)11.5 m11.5 m
P9516.3 m16.6 m
Tallest building77.9 m221.3 m

Parcels by building height

  • 0-3 m720
  • 3-6 m6’161
  • 6-9 m40’218
  • 9-12 m49’603
  • 12-15 m15’878
  • 15-18 m5’407
  • 18-21 m2’171
  • 21-24 m872
  • 24-27 m331
  • 27-30 m136
  • 30 m or taller252

Floors

The number of floors of the building with the most floors on each parcel, over the 88’266 parcels with a floor count. Median: 2, most floors: 20.

Parcels by number of floors

  • 1 floor6’398
  • 2 floors42’580
  • 3 floors27’276
  • 4 floors8’009
  • 5 floors2’923
  • 6 floors809
  • 7 floors142
  • 8 or more floors129

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 77.9 m.

Parcels by tallest building
Tallest buildingParcelsShare of measured
15 m or taller9’1697.5%
25 m or taller5640.5%
30 m or taller2520.2%
50 m or taller21< 0.1%
100 m or taller00%

Building height map for the canton of St. Gallen

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

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