Municipality · Zurich
Opfikon is the name of a municipality in the Swiss canton of Zürich, located in the district of Bülach. It has 21,462 inhabitants.
The vacancy rate is 0.17%, 68% below the cantonal average (0.53 %) — a tight rental market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 94% (2026), 14% below the average of the canton's municipalities (109.3 %) — low for the canton. A single person without children on a gross wage of CHF 100'000 pays CHF 8'964 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 9'686 in the canton and CHF 12'251 in Switzerland. Median taxable income of all taxpayers is CHF 54'500 (tax period 2022). Opfikon has 21'462 residents (2025).
Sources: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), Swiss Federal Tax Administration (FTA).
Annual mean 9.8°C with 1'022 mm of rain. Warmest in July (19.2°C), coldest in January (1.0°C). Station: Zürich / Affoltern, 444 m.
Sunshine
1'662 h
Precipitation
1'022 mm
Zürich / Affoltern · 444 m.a.s.l. · 1991–2020 normals · Source: MeteoSchweiz
Mean annual temperature at Zürich / Fluntern has risen by +2.2°C between the first 30 observed years (1864–1893) and the most recent (1996–2025).
Zürich / Fluntern · 556 m.a.s.l. · 1864–2025 · Source: MeteoSchweiz NBCN
Source: FSO
CHF 3'284.–/month
CHF 592.–/month
2.3 kmCHF 3'710.–/month
2.3 kmCHF 3'720.–/month
2.4 kmCHF 5'490.–/month
2.4 kmCHF 1'600.–/month
2.4 kmCHF 1'980.–/month
