Cham
Municipality in the canton of Zug · FSO no. 1702
Parcel data from Jul 2025, statistics computed on 29 Sept 2026.
For Cham (ZG), the parcel data holds a measured building height for 1’881 parcels. On a typical parcel the tallest building is 10.9 m high, and on 19 in 20 parcels it is 17.9 m or lower.
Key figures
- Median building height
- 10.9 m
- Canton: 11 m
- Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 3
Canton: 3
Switzerland: 2
- Tallest building
- 46.7 m
Canton: 82 m
Switzerland: 221.3 m
- Parcels measured
- 1’881
13.9% of the canton
- 25 m or taller
- 20
1.1% of measured parcels
About Cham
Cham is a municipality in the canton of Zug. For Cham, the parcel data holds a measured building height for 1’881 parcels. On half of them the tallest building is at most 10.9 m, on three quarters at most 13.6 m, and on 19 in 20 at most 17.9 m.
For Cham, the median building height, 10.9 m, is close to the canton median of 11 m. The tallest building measures 46.7 m. 14 parcels have a building of 30 m or taller.
The median floor count is 3, and the building with the most floors has 14. By median building height, Cham ranks 4th of 9 municipalities in the canton with complete height data.
Building heights
The height of the tallest building on each parcel, over the 1’881 parcels with a measured height. Each percentile is the height that share of parcels stays at or below.
| Figure | Here | Canton | Switzerland |
|---|---|---|---|
| P25 (lower quartile) | 8.8 m | 9.0 m | 7.8 m |
| P50 (median) | 10.9 m | 11.0 m | 9.5 m |
| P75 (upper quartile) | 13.6 m | 13.6 m | 11.5 m |
| P95 | 17.9 m | 19.2 m | 16.6 m |
| Tallest building | 46.7 m | 82.0 m | 221.3 m |
Parcels by building height
Floors
The number of floors of the building with the most floors on each parcel, over the 1’469 parcels with a floor count. Median: 3, most floors: 14.
Parcels by number of floors
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 46.7 m.
| Tallest building | Parcels | Share of measured |
|---|---|---|
| 15 m or taller | 304 | 16.2% |
| 25 m or taller | 20 | 1.1% |
| 30 m or taller | 14 | 0.7% |
| 50 m or taller | 0 | 0% |
| 100 m or taller | 0 | 0% |
Building height map for Cham
roofs maps building height for every parcel in Cham. 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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