Geneva Airport – formerly and still unofficially known as Cointrin Airport – is the international airport for Geneva, the second most populous city in Switzerland. It is located 4 km (2.5 mi) northwest of the city centre. It surpassed the 15-million-passengers-a-year mark for the first time in December 2014. The airport serves as a hub for Swiss International Air Lines and easyJet Switzerland. It features a network of flights mainly to continental European destinations as well as some long-haul routes to North America, China, Africa, and the Middle East, amongst them Swiss International Air Lines' only long-haul service outside Zürich, to New York–JFK.
The following figures are for the whole municipality Cointrin belongs to. The vacancy rate is 0.20%, 35% below the cantonal average (0.31 %). The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 42% (2026), 4% below the average of the canton's municipalities (43.8 %) — low for the canton. A single person without children on a gross wage of CHF 100'000 pays CHF 13'511 a year in canton, municipality and personal tax in the municipality of Meyrin (tax year 2026, without church, federal and wealth tax). On the mean of the municipalities weighted by residents it is CHF 13'648 in the canton and CHF 12'251 in Switzerland. Median taxable income of all taxpayers is CHF 43'500 (tax period 2022). The municipality has 27'380 residents (2025).
Sources: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), Swiss Federal Tax Administration (FTA).
Annual mean 11.0°C with 946 mm of rain. Warmest in July (20.6°C), coldest in January (2.1°C). Station: Genève / Cointrin, 411 m.
Sunshine
1'887 h
Precipitation
946 mm
Genève / Cointrin · 411 m.a.s.l. · 1991–2020 normals · Source: MeteoSchweiz
Mean annual temperature at Genève / Cointrin has risen by +2.1°C between the first 30 observed years (1753–1782) and the most recent (1996–2025).
Genève / Cointrin · 411 m.a.s.l. · 1753–2025 · Source: MeteoSchweiz NBCN
Source: FSO
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6 apartments & houses are currently listed to buy in Cointrin on Homematch. The selection updates throughout the day as agencies publish new listings.
Flats and houses in the municipality of Meyrin are offered for sale at a median of CHF 12'010 per m² of living space, the middle half between CHF 9'626 and CHF 14'670 (38 listings, as of 27 Oct 2026). These are asking prices from listings on Swiss portals, not prices paid and not a valuation.
Cointrin is located in the canton of Genève.
The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) in Cointrin is 42% of the cantonal base tax (tax year 2026). Note: this is a multiplier of the cantonal income tax, not an effective tax rate, and it can only be compared within the same canton.
A single person without children on a gross wage of CHF 100'000 pays CHF 13'511 a year in canton, municipality and personal tax in the municipality of Meyrin (tax year 2026, without church, federal and wealth tax). The amount holds for exactly this household and income and, unlike the tax multiplier, compares across cantons.
