Municipality · Zurich
Rickenbach is a municipality in the district of Winterthur in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.
The vacancy rate is 0.95%, 81% above the cantonal average (0.53 %) — a comparatively relaxed market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 112% (2026), roughly the average of the canton's municipalities (109.3 %). A single person without children on a gross wage of CHF 100'000 pays CHF 9'816 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 55'800 (tax period 2022). Rickenbach (ZH) has 2'895 residents (2025).
Sources: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), Swiss Federal Tax Administration (FTA).
CHF 2'320.–/month
4.5 kmCHF 1'720.–/month
5.5 kmCHF 2'900.–/month
5.7 kmCHF 2'348.–/month
7.2 kmCHF 2'977.–/month
CHF 1'940.–/month
CHF 813.–/month
Annual mean 9.1°C with 1'169 mm of rain. Warmest in July (18.4°C), coldest in January (0.4°C). Station: Aadorf / Tänikon, 539 m.
Sunshine
1'573 h
Precipitation
1'169 mm
Aadorf / Tänikon · 539 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
