Municipality · St. Gallen
Wartau is a municipality in the Werdenberg constituency of the Swiss canton of St. Gallen. The municipality consists of a number of villages on the eastern flank of the Alvier group, along the left shore of the Alpine Rhine.
The vacancy rate is 0.64%, 45% below the cantonal average (1.16 %) — a tight rental market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 145% (2026), 28% above the average of the canton's municipalities (113.1 %). A single person without children on a gross wage of CHF 100'000 pays CHF 13'826 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 44'600 (tax period 2022). Wartau has 5'617 residents (2025).
Sources: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), Swiss Federal Tax Administration (FTA).
Annual mean 10.6°C with 1'039 mm of rain. Warmest in July (19.4°C), coldest in January (1.4°C). Station: Vaduz, 457 m.
Sunshine
1'563 h
Precipitation
1'039 mm
Vaduz · 457 m.a.s.l. · 1991–2020 normals · Source: MeteoSchweiz
Mean annual temperature at Bad Ragaz has risen by +2.3°C between the first 30 observed years (1864–1893) and the most recent (1996–2025).
Bad Ragaz · 497 m.a.s.l. · 1864–2025 · Source: MeteoSchweiz NBCN
Source: FSO
4.6 kmCHF 3'340.–/month
CHF 2'210.–/month
5.2 kmCHF 1'600.–/month
CHF 1'790.–/month
5.6 kmCHF 1'750.–/month
CHF 1'930.–/month
6.4 kmCHF 2'170.–/month