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Living within 45 minutes of Lucerne by bike

Every municipality from which you reach Lucerne within 45 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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14 municipalities within 45 minutes of Lucerne by bike

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.

4 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, Lucerne itself: CHF 23,368 per year.

  1. 1.Hergiswil (NW)about 33 min
    CHF 19,650 per yearCHF 3,700 less than Lucerne
    to work 28 min, back 33 min
    35 fog days (Oct. to Feb.)Check an address there
  2. 2.Stansstad (NW)about 45 min Borderline
    CHF 20,590 per yearCHF 2,800 less than Lucerne
    38 fog days (Oct. to Feb.)Check an address there
  3. 3.Meggen (LU)about 31 min
    CHF 21,147 per yearCHF 2,200 less than Lucerne
    to work 24 min, back 31 min
    39 fog days (Oct. to Feb.)Check an address there
  4. 4.Inwil (LU)about 48 min Borderline
    CHF 22,595 per yearCHF 800 less than Lucerne
    32 fog days (Oct. to Feb.)Check an address there
  5. 5.Root (LU)about 45 min Borderline
    CHF 22,638 per yearCHF 700 less than Lucerne
    32 fog days (Oct. to Feb.)Check an address there
  6. 6.Rothenburg (LU)about 36 min
    CHF 23,019 per yearCHF 300 less than Lucerne
    32 fog days (Oct. to Feb.)Check an address there
  7. 7.Horw (LU)about 19 min
    CHF 23,208 per yearCHF 200 less than Lucerne
    38 fog days (Oct. to Feb.)Check an address there
  8. 8.Dierikon (LU)about 34 min
    CHF 23,501 per yearCHF 100 more than Lucerne
    33 fog days (Oct. to Feb.)Check an address there
  9. 9.Adligenswil (LU)about 33 min
    CHF 23,514 per yearCHF 100 more than Lucerne
    to work 28 min, back 33 min
    36 fog days (Oct. to Feb.)Check an address there
  10. 10.Buchrain (LU)about 35 min
    CHF 23,769 per yearCHF 400 more than Lucerne
    31 fog days (Oct. to Feb.)Check an address there
  11. 11.Malters (LU)about 48 min Borderline
    CHF 23,796 per yearCHF 400 more than Lucerne
    34 fog days (Oct. to Feb.)Check an address there
  12. 12.Kriens (LU)about 18 min
    CHF 24,330 per yearCHF 1,000 more than Lucerne
    35 fog days (Oct. to Feb.)Check an address there
  13. 13.Ebikon (LU)about 24 min
    CHF 24,825 per yearCHF 1,500 more than Lucerne
    35 fog days (Oct. to Feb.)Check an address there
  14. 14.Emmen (LU)about 23 min
    CHF 25,068 per yearCHF 1,700 more than Lucerne
    31 fog days (Oct. to Feb.)Check an address there

All 14 municipalities shown.

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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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