Municipality · Zurich
Uster is a town and the capital of the Uster District in the Swiss canton of Zürich.
The vacancy rate is 1.41%, 169% 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). Uster has 37'031 residents (2025).
Sources: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), Swiss Federal Tax Administration (FTA).
Annual mean 9.8°C with 1'108 mm of rain. Warmest in July (19.0°C), coldest in January (0.9°C). Station: Zürich / Fluntern, 556 m.
Sunshine
1'694 h
Precipitation
1'108 mm
Zürich / Fluntern · 556 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
4.4 kmCHF 2'400.–/month
4.8 kmCHF 2'950.–/month
5.1 kmCHF 1'750.–/month
CHF 2'345.–/month
5.7 kmCHF 950.–/month
CHF 1'060.–/month
6.1 kmCHF 3'900.–/month
