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Building heights in Switzerland

Switzerland · 26 cantons · 1’577 municipalities with height data

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

Gaps in the height data

There are no height statistics for 533 municipalities. 2 municipalities have partial height data.

Across Switzerland, the parcel data holds a measured building height for 1’517’349 parcels. On a typical parcel the tallest building is 9.5 m high, and on 19 in 20 parcels it is 16.6 m or lower.

Key figures

Median building height
9.5 m
Median floors
2
Tallest building
221.3 m
Parcels measured
1’517’349
25 m or taller
11’367

0.7% of measured parcels

About Switzerland

For Switzerland, the parcel data holds a measured building height for 1’517’349 parcels. On half of them the tallest building is at most 9.5 m, on three quarters at most 11.5 m, and on 19 in 20 at most 16.6 m.

The tallest building measures 221.3 m. 3’929 parcels have a building of 30 m or taller. The median floor count is 2, and the building with the most floors has 49.

Among the 20 cantons with complete height data, the highest median building heights are those of Basel-Stadt (14.5 m), Zug (11 m) and Zurich (10.5 m), the lowest those of Valais (8.4 m), Ticino (8.8 m) and Fribourg (8.9 m).

Building heights

The height of the tallest building on each parcel, over the 1’517’349 parcels with a measured height. Each percentile is the height that share of parcels stays at or below.

Building height percentiles
FigureHere
P25 (lower quartile)7.8 m
P50 (median)9.5 m
P75 (upper quartile)11.5 m
P9516.6 m
Tallest building221.3 m

Parcels by building height

  • 0-3 m13’278
  • 3-6 m108’712
  • 6-9 m524’480
  • 9-12 m549’915
  • 12-15 m202’391
  • 15-18 m63’288
  • 18-21 m27’763
  • 21-24 m13’409
  • 24-27 m6’741
  • 27-30 m3’443
  • 30 m or taller3’929

Floors

The number of floors of the building with the most floors on each parcel, over the 1’350’717 parcels with a floor count. Median: 2, most floors: 49.

Parcels by number of floors

  • 1 floor157’072
  • 2 floors607’950
  • 3 floors397’025
  • 4 floors109’265
  • 5 floors42’378
  • 6 floors18’550
  • 7 floors9’841
  • 8 or more floors8’636

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 taller118’5737.8%
25 m or taller11’3670.7%
30 m or taller3’9290.3%
50 m or taller385< 0.1%
100 m or taller14< 0.1%

Building height map for Switzerland

roofs maps building height for every Swiss parcel. 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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