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Switzerland / Western Europe

Winterthur City Intelligence

Winterthur is an industrial and university city in Zurich canton, with commuter rail links into the Zurich metropolitan area, a former engineering manufacturing base, and a regional healthcare and education profile. Winterthur is a western europe city of about ~147K metro in Switzerland. On the composite city-intelligence score, Winterthur sits around the indexed median (74/100).

Last updated
2026-05-16
Data year
2025
Population
~147K metro
View of Winterthur, Switzerland

Image credit: Image: Simon Aughton / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0

Overall score

Use the Winterthur profile to compare transport access, industrial transition, and cost framing alongside regional peers such as Zurich and Basel.

Overall74/100
Affordability40/100
Air quality81/100
Energy82/100

Overall city intelligence

Good

74/100

Composite directional score across affordability, air quality, clean energy, and resilience.

Data confidence

Directional

Directional indicators pending integration of verified city-level data.

Verified utility layers

See country hub

Emergency, healthcare, and transport verification status appears on the country hub.

Winterthur data table

The table is part of the initial server-rendered HTML and mirrors the key city score cards.

Winterthur city intelligence data table
MetricValueContext
Overall score74/100Composite score across major city intelligence modules.
Cost of Living40/100Winterthur's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies.
Air Quality81/100Winterthur's air-quality profile is a directional indicator framed against WHO and regional benchmarks; verified city-level measurements appear in the dedicated air-quality dataset section once integrated.
Energy82/100Winterthur's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context.
Safety76/100Winterthur's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available.
Internet Speed78/100Winterthur's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references.
Climate Risk78/100Winterthur's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity.
Resilience78/100Climate adaptation and infrastructure continuity context.

Safety

Deterministic safety estimates from our index — planning signals derived from country priors and city data, not official crime statistics.

Safety

Overall safety90/100
Low crime93/100
Personal safety91/100
Night safety87/100
Road safety87/100

Winterthur ranks in the upper tier of our safety index (90/100), with strong personal-safety and low night-time indicators.

Quality of Life

A composite quality-of-life estimate and its component indicators.

Quality of Life

Quality of life88/100
Healthcare93/100
Education90/100
Green space90/100
Cleanliness96/100
Infrastructure97/100
Mobility72/100

Winterthur has a very high quality-of-life estimate (88/100), with notable strengths in healthcare, public transport, green space, cleanliness and infrastructure.

Family Friendliness

How the city scores for raising a family, with the indicators that drive it.

Family Friendliness

Family friendliness87/100
Education90/100
Green space90/100
Overall safety90/100

Winterthur scores very high for family living (87/100), helped by education access, safety, parks and green space and healthcare.

Digital Nomad Suitability

Suitability for remote workers, based on connectivity, mobility, and livability.

Digital Nomad Suitability

Digital nomad suitability78/100
Walkability82/100
Cycling78/100
Infrastructure97/100

Winterthur is high for remote workers (78/100), based on connectivity, walkability, safety and overall livability and day-to-day amenities.

Retirement Suitability

Suitability for retirement, weighing healthcare, affordability, climate, and environment.

Retirement Suitability

Retirement suitability80/100
Healthcare93/100
Cleanliness96/100
Outdoor lifestyle48/100

Winterthur is very high for retirement (80/100), appealing for healthcare access and a clean environment.

Emergency and public safety in Winterthur

Local public safety guidance for Winterthur, with the country-level emergency contacts that apply when calling for police, fire, or ambulance.

Verified
Switzerland emergency contacts
ServiceNumberNotes
European emergency11224/7112 routes to police, fire, or ambulance dispatch nationwide.
Police11724/7—
Ambulance14424/7—
Fire11824/7—

For the universal emergency contacts that apply in Winterthur, including police, fire, and ambulance, see the Switzerland emergency profile.

Public safety sources

Each emergency contact above is attributed to an official emergency service or government publisher. Confirm current numbers directly with these sources.

Last verified: 2026-05-16

Methodology and the wider source registry are documented on the scoring methodology and data sources pages.

Healthcare and hospitals in Winterthur

Healthcare context for Winterthur, with national-level information from Switzerland where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only and does not provide medical advice.

Unverified

For the national healthcare and public-health context that applies in Winterthur, see the Switzerland healthcare profile, which currently lists no verified national healthcare information.

Related sections: emergency and public safety, scoring methodology, and data sources.

Transport and mobility in Winterthur

Local mobility context for Winterthur, with national-level context from Switzerland where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only.

Unverified

For national transport authorities and operators that apply in Winterthur, see the Switzerland transport profile, which currently lists no verified national transport information.

Related sections: emergency and public safety, healthcare and hospitals, cities directory, countries directory, scoring methodology, data sources.

Air quality dataset

Source-attributed air-quality dataset for Winterthur. Verified measurements are surfaced when published from accepted official datasets; transparent fallback is shown otherwise.

Air quality dataset for Winterthur

Verified data unavailableLast updated 2026-05-16 / data year 2025

Verified air-quality measurements are not yet published for this location

Source-attributed values for Winterthur will appear here after the platform integrates verified measurements from accepted official publishers. Until then, structured air-quality module context remains available on the dedicated module page.

Winterthur air-quality dataset coverage
MetricValueData yearStatus
Air qualityVerified air-quality measurements are not yet published for this location.

Data provenance

Source attribution

  • Global City Intelligence — air-quality dataset

    Verified data unavailable
    Publisher
    Global City Intelligence
    Last verified
    2026-05-16

    The air-quality dataset begins empty by design. Verified city-level measurements appear here only after they are sourced from accepted publishers (WHO, EEA, US EPA, OpenAQ, OECD, or official national/city environmental agencies).

Explore Winterthur modules

City pages link to module and ranking pages so crawlers can move through the topic cluster naturally.

Cost of Living in Winterthur

Winterthur's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies.

Air Quality in Winterthur

Winterthur's air-quality profile is a directional indicator framed against WHO and regional benchmarks; verified city-level measurements appear in the dedicated air-quality dataset section once integrated.

Energy in Winterthur

Winterthur's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context.

Safety in Winterthur

Winterthur's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available.

Internet Speed in Winterthur

Winterthur's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references.

Climate Risk in Winterthur

Winterthur's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity.

City rankings

Compare this city against other indexed cities in crawlable ranking tables.

Cost of living in Winterthur

Cost of living estimates for Winterthur — monthly budgets, rent, food, and transport in the local currency, plus an affordability score for comparison. Planning estimates derived from country baselines, not live prices.

Climate in Winterthur

Climate profile for Winterthur — Humid Continental climate, annual average 9.9°C, comfort score 62/100. Month-by-month temperatures, rainfall, sunshine, and the best months to visit. Deterministic planning estimates, not a forecast.

Economy and jobs in Winterthur

Economy and jobs profile for Winterthur — tourism economy, economy score 82/100, key industries including tourism, hospitality, technology. Employment, salary, startup, remote-work, and career indicators. Deterministic planning estimates.

Universities and education in Winterthur

Education profile for Winterthur — regional education center, education score 69/100, 4 representative universities, plus research, student life, and international-student indicators. Deterministic dataset, not institutional rankings.

Healthcare and retirement in Winterthur

Healthcare and retirement profile for Winterthur — regional healthcare center, healthcare score 73/100, retirement score 68/100. Medical access, specialist and emergency care, affordability, and retirement suitability. Deterministic planning estimates.

Visual guide to Winterthur

Source-attributed visual context for Winterthur using verified Wikimedia imagery from the existing media catalog, alongside structured city intelligence and planning links. Not a tourism guide or attractions ranking.

Weekend trip planning guide for Winterthur

Weekend trip planning checklist for Winterthur — links into arrival planning, Summer 2026 travel context, visual orientation, budget tools, transport, public safety, and healthcare context. Not an itinerary, events calendar, hotel-price guide, restaurant guide, or tourism ranking.

Nearby weekend places from Winterthur

Source-backed nearby place records for local-first weekend planning, with verification status, official source links, Wikidata identity, and visual context.

Estimate a monthly budget for Winterthur

Estimate a monthly budget for Winterthur using your own housing, food, transport, healthcare, and lifestyle inputs. Planning estimator only — not an official cost-of-living measurement.

Plan a trip budget for Winterthur

Plan a trip budget for Winterthur using your own accommodation, food, local transport, activities, travel, healthcare buffer, and emergency buffer inputs. Planning estimator only — not an official travel cost estimate.

Nearby cities from Winterthur

Where else nearby you could spend a day or a weekend from Winterthur. Links are derived from geographic proximity, shared region, shared natural-recreation areas, transport corridors, and country borders — not popularity or tourism rankings.

Zurich, Switzerland

Same region · about 20 km from Winterthur. Explore Zurich's city intelligence profile.

Konstanz, Germany

Cross-border · about 38 km from Winterthur. Explore Konstanz's city intelligence profile.

Lucerne, Switzerland

Same region · about 59 km from Winterthur. Explore Lucerne's city intelligence profile.

Feldkirch, Austria

Cross-border · about 72 km from Winterthur. Explore Feldkirch's city intelligence profile.

Bregenz, Austria

Cross-border · about 77 km from Winterthur. Explore Bregenz's city intelligence profile.

Dornbirn, Austria

Cross-border · about 77 km from Winterthur. Explore Dornbirn's city intelligence profile.

Basel, Switzerland

Same region · about 86 km from Winterthur. Explore Basel's city intelligence profile.

Freiburg, Germany

Cross-border · about 86 km from Winterthur. Explore Freiburg's city intelligence profile.

Mulhouse, France

Cross-border · about 108 km from Winterthur. Explore Mulhouse's city intelligence profile.

Themed collections

Theme-first discovery collections that include Winterthur — grouped by outdoor interest (mountains, lakes, coasts, forests, national parks) rather than geography.

Interpretation

Use the Winterthur profile to compare transport access, industrial transition, and cost framing alongside regional peers such as Zurich and Basel. Its standout dimensions are energy (82/100) and air quality (81/100). The area most worth watching is cost of living (40/100), where the model registers practical gaps. Data year 2025; last updated 2026-05-16. Drawn from 4 institutional references.

Country context is available on the Switzerland country page. Related rankings include Overall Intelligence, Quality of Life, Remote Work. See where Winterthur appears in global rankings or read the scoring methodology.

Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation. Verified datasets are being integrated; official sources should be used for critical decisions.

Sources

4 institutional references inform this view, listed below with reliability notes. Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation; verified datasets are being integrated and official sources should be used for critical decisions.