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Thalwil

Municipality in the canton of Zurich · FSO no. 141

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

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For Thalwil (ZH), the parcel data holds a measured building height for 2’074 parcels. On a typical parcel the tallest building is 11.8 m high, and on 19 in 20 parcels it is 17.3 m or lower.

Key figures

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

Canton: 3

Switzerland: 2

Tallest building
44.4 m

Canton: 121.1 m

Switzerland: 221.3 m

Parcels measured
2’074

1% of the canton

25 m or taller
6

0.3% of measured parcels

About Thalwil

Thalwil is a municipality in the canton of Zurich. For Thalwil, the parcel data holds a measured building height for 2’074 parcels. On half of them the tallest building is at most 11.8 m, on three quarters at most 13.8 m, and on 19 in 20 at most 17.3 m.

For Thalwil, the median building height, 11.8 m, is above the canton median of 10.5 m. The tallest building measures 44.4 m. 3 parcels have a building of 30 m or taller.

The median floor count is 3, and the building with the most floors has 12. By median building height, Thalwil ranks 4th of 155 municipalities in the canton with complete height data.

Building heights

The height of the tallest building on each parcel, over the 2’074 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)9.7 m8.7 m7.8 m
P50 (median)11.8 m10.5 m9.5 m
P75 (upper quartile)13.8 m12.7 m11.5 m
P9517.3 m18.5 m16.6 m
Tallest building44.4 m121.1 m221.3 m

Parcels by building height

  • 0-3 m10
  • 3-6 m71
  • 6-9 m276
  • 9-12 m719
  • 12-15 m686
  • 15-18 m242
  • 18-21 m48
  • 21-24 m12
  • 24-27 m7
  • 27-30 m0
  • 30 m or taller3

Floors

The number of floors of the building with the most floors on each parcel, over the 1’745 parcels with a floor count. Median: 3, most floors: 12.

Parcels by number of floors

  • 1 floor65
  • 2 floors407
  • 3 floors723
  • 4 floors409
  • 5 floors104
  • 6 floors26
  • 7 floors6
  • 8 or more floors5

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 44.4 m.

Parcels by tallest building
Tallest buildingParcelsShare of measured
15 m or taller31215%
25 m or taller60.3%
30 m or taller30.1%
50 m or taller00%
100 m or taller00%

Building height map for Thalwil

roofs maps building height for every parcel in Thalwil. 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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