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Living within 30 minutes of Zurich by public transport

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

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12 municipalities within 30 minutes of Zurich by public transport

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

The cheapest is Kilchberg (ZH) at CHF 22,394 per year, CHF 3,200 less than Zurich.

For comparison, Zurich itself: CHF 25,626 per year. Within Zurich, the model averages 24 minutes by public transport.

  1. 1.Kilchberg (ZH)29 min
    CHF 22,394 per yearCHF 3,200 less than Zurich
    31 fog days (Oct. to Feb.)Tax rate 72 %Check an address there
  2. 2.Zollikon (ZH)29 min
    CHF 22,572 per yearCHF 3,100 less than Zurich
    32 fog days (Oct. to Feb.)Tax rate 76 %Check an address there
  3. 3.Opfikon (ZH)26 min
    CHF 23,097 per yearCHF 2,500 less than Zurich
    31 fog days (Oct. to Feb.)Tax rate 94 %Check an address there
  4. 4.Dübendorf (ZH)29 min
    CHF 23,167 per yearCHF 2,500 less than Zurich
    30 fog days (Oct. to Feb.)Tax rate 92 %Check an address there
  5. 5.Kloten (ZH)29 min
    CHF 23,299 per yearCHF 2,300 less than Zurich
    31 fog days (Oct. to Feb.)Tax rate 100 %Check an address there
  6. 6.Wallisellen (ZH)26 min
    CHF 23,314 per yearCHF 2,300 less than Zurich
    30 fog days (Oct. to Feb.)Tax rate 93 %Check an address there
  7. 7.Schwerzenbach (ZH)26 min
    CHF 23,444 per yearCHF 2,200 less than Zurich
    30 fog days (Oct. to Feb.)Tax rate 103 %Check an address there
  8. 8.Dietlikon (ZH)27 min
    CHF 23,461 per yearCHF 2,200 less than Zurich
    31 fog days (Oct. to Feb.)Tax rate 105 %Check an address there
  9. 9.Adliswil (ZH)29 min
    CHF 23,474 per yearCHF 2,200 less than Zurich
    30 fog days (Oct. to Feb.)Tax rate 104 %Check an address there
  10. 10.Schlieren (ZH)24 min
    CHF 23,714 per yearCHF 1,900 less than Zurich
    31 fog days (Oct. to Feb.)Tax rate 111 %Check an address there
  11. 11.Urdorf (ZH)29 min
    CHF 23,844 per yearCHF 1,800 less than Zurich
    31 fog days (Oct. to Feb.)Tax rate 115 %Check an address there
  12. 12.Dietikon (ZH)30 min
    CHF 24,054 per yearCHF 1,600 less than Zurich
    31 fog days (Oct. to Feb.)Tax rate 121 %Check an address there

All 12 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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