Municipality · Geneva
Geneva is the second-most populous city in Switzerland and the most populous in French-speaking Romandy. Situated in the southwest of the country, where the Rhône leaves Lake Geneva, it is the capital of the Republic and Canton of Geneva. Geneva is a global city, an international financial centre, and a worldwide centre for diplomacy, which has led to it being called the "Peace Capital".
The vacancy rate is 0.37%, 20% above the cantonal average (0.31 %) — a comparatively relaxed market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 45.5% (2026), 4% above the average of the canton's municipalities (43.8 %). A single person without children on a gross wage of CHF 100'000 pays CHF 13'783 a year in canton, municipality and personal tax (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 41'100 (tax period 2022). Genève has 211'152 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
3.1 kmCHF 11'390.–/month
3.2 kmCHF 4'200.–/month
3.4 kmCHF 6'700.–/month
3.4 kmCHF 5'200.–/month
3.6 kmCHF 12'000.–/month
CHF 4'400.–/month
4.0 kmPrice on request