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Canton of Zurich

Canton · Municipalities with height data: 160

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

Gaps in the height data

One municipality has partial height data.

In the canton of Zurich, the parcel data holds a measured building height for 213’293 parcels. On a typical parcel the tallest building is 10.5 m high, and on 19 in 20 parcels it is 18.5 m or lower.

Key figures

Median building height
10.5 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
Median floors
3

Switzerland: 2

Tallest building
121.1 m

Switzerland: 221.3 m

Parcels measured
213’293

14.1% of Switzerland

25 m or taller
1’773

0.8% of measured parcels

About the canton of Zurich

For the canton of Zurich, the parcel data holds a measured building height for 213’293 parcels. On half of them the tallest building is at most 10.5 m, on three quarters at most 12.7 m, and on 19 in 20 at most 18.5 m. The parcel data holds building heights for 160 of the canton’s 160 municipalities.

In the canton, the median building height, 10.5 m, is above the Swiss median of 9.5 m. The tallest building measures 121.1 m. 555 parcels have a building of 30 m or taller.

The median floor count is 3, and the building with the most floors has 41. By median building height, the canton of Zurich ranks 3rd of 20 cantons with complete height data. Among its municipalities with at least 200 measured parcels, the highest median building heights are those of Zürich (14.8 m), Schlieren (12 m) and Kilchberg (ZH) (11.9 m).

Building heights

The height of the tallest building on each parcel, over the 213’293 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)8.7 m7.8 m
P50 (median)10.5 m9.5 m
P75 (upper quartile)12.7 m11.5 m
P9518.5 m16.6 m
Tallest building121.1 m221.3 m

Parcels by building height

  • 0-3 m1’632
  • 3-6 m11’445
  • 6-9 m48’548
  • 9-12 m83’969
  • 12-15 m41’185
  • 15-18 m14’261
  • 18-21 m6’757
  • 21-24 m3’224
  • 24-27 m1’225
  • 27-30 m492
  • 30 m or taller555

Floors

The number of floors of the building with the most floors on each parcel, over the 171’781 parcels with a floor count. Median: 3, most floors: 41.

Parcels by number of floors

  • 1 floor15’965
  • 2 floors54’585
  • 3 floors57’622
  • 4 floors21’105
  • 5 floors10’083
  • 6 floors5’614
  • 7 floors4’039
  • 8 or more floors2’768

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 121.1 m.

Parcels by tallest building
Tallest buildingParcelsShare of measured
15 m or taller26’51412.4%
25 m or taller1’7730.8%
30 m or taller5550.3%
50 m or taller81< 0.1%
100 m or taller3< 0.1%

Building height map for the canton of Zurich

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

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