🇨🇭 1 cities in Switzerland, sorted by daily travel budget. Not the exchange rate — how cheap it feels on your own income, and where a price becomes a rip-off. Updated September 2026
| City | Per day | Per month | Local meal | Coffee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇨🇭 ZurichBig city | $488 | $9,215 | CHF24 | CHF5 |
Per day = one mid-range night + three meals, a coffee and two taxi rides. Open a city for item-by-item prices, rip-off thresholds and live traveler reports.
With a mid-range room, between $488 and $488 a day depending on the city — about $488 on average. Hostels and local eateries cut that by 30% or more.
Short-term rental plus living costs runs $9,215–$9,215 by city, about $9,215 on average.
Zurich runs about $488 a day.