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Municipality · Vaud
Montreux is a Swiss municipality and town on the shoreline of Lake Geneva at the foot of the Alps. It belongs to the Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut district in the canton of Vaud, having a population of nearly 27,000 with about 85,000 in the Vevey-Montreux agglomeration as of 2019.
The vacancy rate is 1.34%, 54% above the cantonal average (0.87 %) — a comparatively relaxed market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 65% (2026), 6% below the average of the canton's municipalities (69.4 %) — low for the canton. A single person without children on a gross wage of CHF 100'000 pays CHF 14'121 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 14'414 in the canton and CHF 12'251 in Switzerland. Median taxable income of all taxpayers is CHF 37'500 (tax period 2022). Montreux has 27'182 residents (2025).
Sources: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), Swiss Federal Tax Administration (FTA).
Annual mean 10.3°C with 984 mm of rain. Warmest in July (19.4°C), coldest in January (1.4°C). Station: Aigle, 381 m.
Sunshine
1'875 h
Precipitation
984 mm
Aigle · 381 m.a.s.l. · 1991–2020 normals · Source: MeteoSchweiz
Mean annual temperature at Château-d'Oex has risen by +2.4°C between the first 30 observed years (1879–1922) and the most recent (1996–2025).
Château-d'Oex · 1028 m.a.s.l. · 1879–2025 · Source: MeteoSchweiz NBCN
Source: FSO
4.3 kmCHF 1'550.–/month
5.9 kmCHF 185.–/month
6.4 kmCHF 2'000.–/month
6.5 kmCHF 1'850.–/month
CHF 2'100.–/month
CHF 8'800.–/month
8.9 kmCHF 4'300.–/month
