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Living within 30 minutes of Lucerne by public transport

Every municipality from which the federal model gets you to Lucerne within 30 minutes by public transport, sorted by total annual cost. Different time, household or workplace: use the form below.

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8 municipalities within 30 minutes of Lucerne by public transport

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

The cheapest is Hergiswil (NW) at CHF 19,650 per year, CHF 3,700 less than Lucerne.

For comparison, Lucerne itself: CHF 23,368 per year. Within Lucerne, the model averages 19 minutes by public transport.

  1. 1.Hergiswil (NW)23 min
    CHF 19,650 per yearCHF 3,700 less than Lucerne
    35 fog days (Oct. to Feb.)Check an address there
  2. 2.Meggen (LU)28 min
    CHF 21,147 per yearCHF 2,200 less than Lucerne
    39 fog days (Oct. to Feb.)Check an address there
  3. 3.Horw (LU)24 min
    CHF 23,208 per yearCHF 200 less than Lucerne
    38 fog days (Oct. to Feb.)Check an address there
  4. 4.Buchrain (LU)27 min
    CHF 23,769 per yearCHF 400 more than Lucerne
    31 fog days (Oct. to Feb.)Check an address there
  5. 5.Malters (LU)27 min
    CHF 23,796 per yearCHF 400 more than Lucerne
    34 fog days (Oct. to Feb.)Check an address there
  6. 6.Kriens (LU)27 min
    CHF 24,330 per yearCHF 1,000 more than Lucerne
    35 fog days (Oct. to Feb.)Check an address there
  7. 7.Ebikon (LU)25 min
    CHF 24,825 per yearCHF 1,500 more than Lucerne
    35 fog days (Oct. to Feb.)Check an address there
  8. 8.Emmen (LU)25 min
    CHF 25,068 per yearCHF 1,700 more than Lucerne
    31 fog days (Oct. to Feb.)Check an address there

All 8 municipalities shown.

Different time, household or place

For example “Zurich”, “Bahnhofstrasse 1, 8001 Zürich” or “Bern, Bahnhof”. The calculation uses the municipality.

Travelling by
Household: Couple, no kids, CHF 100,000

How to read these figures

  • Travel times are federal model values for an average weekday, as of 2017: averaged over the whole home municipality and the whole workplace municipality, for public transport including the way to and from the stop. Your door-to-door time can differ. For a specific address, the report calculates it again.
  • Car: driving time on the road network with the traffic of an average weekday.
  • 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.

Travel times: Federal Office for Spatial Development ARE, transport modelling DETEC (NPVM), data as of 2017, CC BY 4.0; municipalities as of 2026. 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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