Property Prices in Bern, Switzerland

Index Info
Price to Income Ratio: 10.65
Mortgage as Percentage of Income: 65.51%
Loan Affordability Index: 1.53
Price to Rent Ratio - City Centre: 38.78
Price to Rent Ratio - Outside of Centre: 41.56
Gross Rental Yield (City Centre): 2.58%
Gross Rental Yield (Outside of Centre): 2.41%
Rent Per Month
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1 Bedroom Apartment in City Centre 1,600.77 Fr. 1,000.00-2,400.00
1 Bedroom Apartment Outside of City Centre 1,221.11 Fr. 990.00-1,700.00
3 Bedroom Apartment in City Centre 3,070.00 Fr. 2,000.00-4,500.00
3 Bedroom Apartment Outside of City Centre 2,144.44 Fr. 1,700.00-3,000.00
Buy Apartment Price
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Price per Square Feet to Buy Apartment in City Centre 1,295.44 Fr. 1,005.20-2,197.14
Price per Square Feet to Buy Apartment Outside of Centre 1,017.49 Fr. 739.50-1,811.59
Salaries And Financing
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Average Monthly Net Salary (After Tax) 5,844.37 Fr.
Annual Mortgage Interest Rate (20-Year Fixed, in %) 2.14 1.80-3.65

These data are based on 125 entries from 20 contributors over the past 18 months.
Last update: 14 June 2026

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1 Comments so far
Stephan Weissl on Jul 02, 2025:
These are the different tax rates for Swiss cities :

City Individual Tax (%) Corporate Tax (%)

Zug 10.4 11.8
Schwyz 12.0 13.4
Basel 23.7 13.0
Bern 23.8 20.5
Lausanne 24.0 13.8
Geneva 25.0 14.7

As you can see, Bern has the highest tax rates.

In Zug and Schwyz you pay the least tax.