Municipality · St. Gallen
Rapperswil-Jona is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of See-Gaster in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. Besides Rapperswil and Jona, which were separate municipalities until 2006, Rapperswil-Jona also includes Bollingen, Busskirch, Curtiberg, Kempraten-Lenggis, and Wagen.
The vacancy rate is 1.76%, 52% above the cantonal average (1.16 %) — a comparatively relaxed market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 74% (2026), 35% below the average of the canton's municipalities (113.1 %) — low for the canton. A single person without children on a gross wage of CHF 100'000 pays CHF 9'899 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 12'063 in the canton and CHF 12'251 in Switzerland. Median taxable income of all taxpayers is CHF 55'100 (tax period 2022). Rapperswil-Jona has 28'836 residents (2025).
Sources: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), Swiss Federal Tax Administration (FTA).
Annual mean 10.0°C with 1'362 mm of rain. Warmest in July (19.3°C), coldest in January (1.0°C). Station: Wädenswil, 485 m.
Sunshine
1'703 h
Precipitation
1'362 mm
Wädenswil · 485 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 1'506.–/month
8.6 kmCHF 2'350.–/month
CHF 1'870.–/month
13 kmCHF 2'700.–/month
CHF 1'250.–/month
CHF 1'490.–/month
20 kmCHF 1'990.–/month
