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Living within 30 minutes of Biel by bike

Every municipality from which you reach Biel within 30 minutes by bike, sorted by total annual cost. Calculated on the cycle paths and roads of OpenStreetMap, with an allowance for climbs. Different time, household or workplace: use the form below.

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20 municipalities within 30 minutes of Biel by bike

Costs for: Couple, no kids, gross income CHF 100,000 per year.

The cheapest is Meienried at CHF 27,328 per year, CHF 3,400 less than Biel.

5 municipalities are borderline: within the time at 18 km/h and 4 minutes per 100 metres of climbing, outside at 16 km/h and 6 minutes.

For comparison, Biel itself: CHF 30,733 per year.

  1. 1.Meienried (BE)about 31 min Borderline
    CHF 27,328 per yearCHF 3,400 less than Biel
    31 fog days (Oct. to Feb.)Check an address there
  2. 2.Mörigen (BE)about 30 min Borderline
    CHF 27,958 per yearCHF 2,800 less than Biel
    31 fog days (Oct. to Feb.)Check an address there
  3. 3.Bellmund (BE)about 18 min
    CHF 28,458 per yearCHF 2,300 less than Biel
    to work 13 min, back 18 min
    32 fog days (Oct. to Feb.)Check an address there
  4. 4.Merzligen (BE)about 27 min
    CHF 28,458 per yearCHF 2,300 less than Biel
    to work 22 min, back 27 min
    31 fog days (Oct. to Feb.)Check an address there
  5. 5.Safnern (BE)about 26 min
    CHF 28,581 per yearCHF 2,200 less than Biel
    31 fog days (Oct. to Feb.)Check an address there
  6. 6.Ipsach (BE)about 14 min
    CHF 28,808 per yearCHF 1,900 less than Biel
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  7. 7.Studen (BE)about 21 min
    CHF 28,958 per yearCHF 1,800 less than Biel
    32 fog days (Oct. to Feb.)Check an address there
  8. 8.Sutz-Lattrigen (BE)about 21 min
    CHF 29,088 per yearCHF 1,600 less than Biel
    31 fog days (Oct. to Feb.)Check an address there
  9. 9.Scheuren (BE)about 25 min
    CHF 29,220 per yearCHF 1,500 less than Biel
    31 fog days (Oct. to Feb.)Check an address there
  10. 10.Nidau (BE)about 7 min
    CHF 29,300 per yearCHF 1,400 less than Biel
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  11. 11.Port (BE)about 12 min
    CHF 29,335 per yearCHF 1,400 less than Biel
    33 fog days (Oct. to Feb.)Check an address there
  12. 12.Worben (BE)about 27 min
    CHF 29,338 per yearCHF 1,400 less than Biel
    31 fog days (Oct. to Feb.)Check an address there
  13. 13.Brügg (BE)about 12 min
    CHF 29,404 per yearCHF 1,300 less than Biel
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  14. 14.Orpund (BE)about 19 min
    CHF 29,468 per yearCHF 1,300 less than Biel
    31 fog days (Oct. to Feb.)Check an address there
  15. 15.Schwadernau (BE)about 21 min
    CHF 29,468 per yearCHF 1,300 less than Biel
    31 fog days (Oct. to Feb.)Check an address there
  16. 16.Pieterlen (BE)about 33 min Borderline
    CHF 29,476 per yearCHF 1,300 less than Biel
    31 fog days (Oct. to Feb.)Check an address there
  17. 17.Jens (BE)about 22 min
    CHF 29,588 per yearCHF 1,100 less than Biel
    32 fog days (Oct. to Feb.)Check an address there
  18. 18.Hermrigen (BE)about 28 min Borderline
    CHF 29,588 per yearCHF 1,100 less than Biel
    31 fog days (Oct. to Feb.)Check an address there
  19. 19.Aegerten (BE)about 17 min
    CHF 29,681 per yearCHF 1,100 less than Biel
    32 fog days (Oct. to Feb.)Check an address there
  20. 20.Evilard (BE)about 29 min Borderline
    CHF 30,222 per yearCHF 500 less than Biel
    to work 11 min, back 29 min
    29 fog days (Oct. to Feb.)Check an address there

All 20 municipalities shown.

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Different time, household or place

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Household: Couple, no kids, CHF 100,000

How to read these figures

  • Bike and e-bike: riding time calculated by Ubivo on the cycle paths and roads of OpenStreetMap (OSRM route planner, bicycle profile), between inhabited points of the home municipality and of the workplace municipality (one to five depending on size, weighted by population; the median is shown). Base speed 17 km/h by bike, 20 km/h by e-bike (assisted up to 25 km/h), plus 5 minutes by bike and 2.5 minutes by e-bike for every 100 metres of climbing; downhill 2 or 1 minute less per 100 metres, but never faster than 25 km/h. This is an assumption by Ubivo for adults who commute regularly, not an official value. The slower direction counts; where the two differ clearly, both are shown. «Borderline» means: with a slightly faster or slower assumption (bike 16 to 18 km/h and 4 to 6 minutes per 100 metres, e-bike 19 to 21 km/h and 2 to 3 minutes) the municipality is once within and once outside the time.
  • Limits: the times apply between typical residential locations, not from your door. Traffic lights and junctions are only covered by the base speed; weather, luggage and fitness not at all. Where OpenStreetMap has gaps, paths are missing or mapped wrongly. Ferries and taking the bike on the train are excluded.
  • Total annual cost: income tax, health insurance premiums (deductible 300) and electricity (4,500 kWh) for the chosen household, without commuting costs. Differences rounded to CHF 100.
  • Rents and property prices are not included; there is no data per municipality.
  • Do you pay tax at source, for example on a B permit? Then differences between municipalities in a canton only matter to you under a subsequent ordinary assessment.

    The deduction from your salary is the same in every municipality of a canton. From a gross salary of CHF 120,000 a year you are assessed under the ordinary procedure automatically, below that on application by 31 March of the following year; your municipality’s tax rate then applies. Tax at source and where you live

Bike and e-bike times: Ubivo calculation with OSRM on data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Geofabrik extract of 31/10/2026; elevation: swisstopo, swissALTIRegio; residential locations: Federal Statistical Office (FSO), STATPOP 2024. Costs: FTA (taxes 2026), FOPH (health insurance 2027), ElCom (electricity 2027). Fog days: MeteoSwiss, average 2023-2025, October to February. Methodology and data sources

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