WTLG Intelligence

Switzerland Relocation Intelligence

A data-driven view of Switzerland as a relocation destination across the cities covered by WhereToLiveGuide.

Median City RAS 67.3 across 6 covered cities
Cities Covered6
Highest-Ranked CityLugano
Migration Momentum65.8
MethodologyRAS-1.0
Median Coverage100.0%

Destination summary

Switzerland at a glance

All values describe the WTLG cities currently covered in Switzerland. They are not a new country attractiveness score.

Cities covered
6
Median city RAS
67.3
Mean city RAS
67.9
Highest city RAS
73.1
Lowest city RAS
64.8
RAS range
8.3

Covered-city distribution

RAS across Switzerland's covered cities

Stored RAS-1.0 results, sorted highest to lowest.

Lugano73.1
Lucerne69.5
Bern68.0
Basel66.6
Geneva65.3
Zurich64.8

City universe

Switzerland city rankings

Complete City Intelligence profiles are linked where available; other cities retain their city-guide links.

Switzerland RankCityRASGlobal RankData Coverage
#1LuganoIntelligence profile73.1#98100.0%
#2LucerneIntelligence profile69.5#177100.0%
#3BernIntelligence profile68.0#210100.0%
#4BaselIntelligence profile66.6#247100.0%
#5GenevaIntelligence profile65.3#279100.0%
#6ZurichIntelligence profile64.8#289100.0%

Destination profile

Switzerland covered-city component medians

Component medians remain separate measures and are not combined into a country score.

ComponentSwitzerland medianGlobal 404-city medianDifferenceObservations
RAS67.368.3-1.06
Cost25.070.0-45.06
Safety93.076.0+17.06
Healthcare98.071.0+27.06
Visa50.065.0-15.06
Tax69.058.0+11.06
Internet100.091.0+9.06
Climate55.572.0-16.56

Cost range

Covered-city cost context

Monthly budget range
$4,700-$10,500
Budget observations
6 cities
Median 1BR rent
$2,750
Rent observations
6 cities

Based on WTLG cities currently covered in Switzerland. These are not official national cost statistics.

Country-level signal

Switzerland Migration Momentum

MMS-1.0 score
65.8
Comparison
2024 vs 2020
International migrant stock
2,773,840
Share of population
30.8%

Migration Momentum is a country-level structural signal based on changes in international migrant stock. Migrant stock is not annual flow and does not describe migration into a specific city.

Variation

Component dispersion

Minimum, median and maximum normalized scores show which factors vary most among the covered cities.

ComponentMinimumMedianMaximumRange
Cost14.025.047.033.0
Safety92.093.095.03.0
Healthcare98.098.098.00.0
Visa50.050.050.00.0
Tax69.069.069.00.0
Internet99.0100.0100.01.0
Climate48.055.577.029.0

Market context

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