Overall score
Use the Lausanne profile to compare transport access, healthcare capacity, and cost-of-living framing alongside regional peers such as Geneva and Bern.
Overall76/100
Affordability34/100
Air quality82/100
Energy84/100
Switzerland / Western Europe
Lausanne City Intelligence
Lausanne is the capital of Vaud canton on Lake Geneva, with a metro rail and metro-line transit network, a large university and hospital cluster, and a high-cost francophone housing market. Lausanne is a western europe city of about ~470K metro in Switzerland. On the composite city-intelligence score, Lausanne sits around the indexed median (76/100).
- Last updated
- 2026-05-16
- Data year
- 2025
- Population
- ~470K metro
Image credit: Image: Rama / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0 fr
Overall city intelligence
Good76/100
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.
Lausanne data table
The table is part of the initial server-rendered HTML and mirrors the key city score cards.
| Metric | Value | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Overall score | 76/100 | Composite score across major city intelligence modules. |
| Cost of Living | 34/100 | Lausanne's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies. |
| Air Quality | 82/100 | Lausanne'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 | 84/100 | Lausanne's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Safety | 78/100 | Lausanne's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Internet Speed | 80/100 | Lausanne's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references. |
| Climate Risk | 80/100 | Lausanne's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity. |
| Resilience | 80/100 | Climate 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 safety92/100
Night safety86/100
Road safety87/100
Lausanne 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 life90/100
Healthcare94/100
Education91/100
Green space90/100
Cleanliness97/100
Infrastructure99/100
Mobility76/100
Lausanne has a very high quality-of-life estimate (90/100), 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
Education91/100
Green space90/100
Overall safety90/100
Lausanne 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
Walkability87/100
Cycling81/100
Infrastructure99/100
Lausanne 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
Healthcare94/100
Cleanliness97/100
Outdoor lifestyle50/100
Lausanne is very high for retirement (80/100), appealing for healthcare access, a comfortable climate and a clean environment.
Emergency and public safety in Lausanne
Local public safety guidance for Lausanne, with the country-level emergency contacts that apply when calling for police, fire, or ambulance.
| Service | Number | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| European emergency | 11224/7 | 112 routes to police, fire, or ambulance dispatch nationwide. |
| Police | 11724/7 | — |
| Ambulance | 14424/7 | — |
| Fire | 11824/7 | — |
For the universal emergency contacts that apply in Lausanne, 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.
- European Commission: 112 — The European emergency number
Used as the primary attribution for the EU-wide 112 universal emergency number on European country profiles.
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 Lausanne
Healthcare context for Lausanne, with national-level information from Switzerland where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only and does not provide medical advice.
For the national healthcare and public-health context that applies in Lausanne, 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 Lausanne
Local mobility context for Lausanne, with national-level context from Switzerland where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only.
For national transport authorities and operators that apply in Lausanne, 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 Lausanne. Verified measurements are surfaced when published from accepted official datasets; transparent fallback is shown otherwise.
Air quality dataset for Lausanne
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 Lausanne 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.
| Metric | Value | Data year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Air quality | Verified air-quality measurements are not yet published for this location. | ||
Data provenance
Source attributionGlobal 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).
Methodology and context
Numeric measurements appear in this section only after they are sourced from accepted official publishers. The dataset is independently validated at build time; malformed records cannot ship to production.
- Scoring methodology — how indicators across the platform are constructed.
- Data sources registry — the official sources cited by verified datasets.
- Open the Lausanne air-quality module
- Browse the clean-air city collection
Explore Lausanne modules
City pages link to module and ranking pages so crawlers can move through the topic cluster naturally.
Cost of Living in Lausanne
Lausanne's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies.
Air Quality in Lausanne
Lausanne'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 Lausanne
Lausanne's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context.
Safety in Lausanne
Lausanne's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available.
Internet Speed in Lausanne
Lausanne's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references.
Climate Risk in Lausanne
Lausanne'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 Lausanne
Cost of living estimates for Lausanne — 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 Lausanne
Climate profile for Lausanne — Humid Continental climate, annual average 10.5°C, comfort score 68/100. Month-by-month temperatures, rainfall, sunshine, and the best months to visit. Deterministic planning estimates, not a forecast.
Economy and jobs in Lausanne
Economy and jobs profile for Lausanne — regional center, economy score 83/100, key industries including tourism, hospitality, technology. Employment, salary, startup, remote-work, and career indicators. Deterministic planning estimates.
Universities and education in Lausanne
Education profile for Lausanne — regional education center, education score 72/100, 4 representative universities, plus research, student life, and international-student indicators. Deterministic dataset, not institutional rankings.
Visual guide to Lausanne
Source-attributed visual context for Lausanne 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 Lausanne
Weekend trip planning checklist for Lausanne — 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 Lausanne
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 Lausanne
Estimate a monthly budget for Lausanne 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 Lausanne
Plan a trip budget for Lausanne 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 Lausanne
Where else nearby you could spend a day or a weekend from Lausanne. Links are derived from geographic proximity, shared region, shared natural-recreation areas, transport corridors, and country borders — not popularity or tourism rankings.
Geneva, Switzerland
Same region · about 52 km from Lausanne. Explore Geneva's city intelligence profile.
Bern, Switzerland
Same region · about 77 km from Lausanne. Explore Bern's city intelligence profile.
Annecy, France
Cross-border · about 80 km from Lausanne. Explore Annecy's city intelligence profile.
Besançon, France
Cross-border · about 92 km from Lausanne. Explore Besançon's city intelligence profile.
Aosta, Italy
Cross-border · about 103 km from Lausanne. Explore Aosta's city intelligence profile.
Montbéliard, France
Cross-border · about 109 km from Lausanne. Explore Montbéliard's city intelligence profile.
Chambéry, France
Cross-border · about 121 km from Lausanne. Explore Chambéry's city intelligence profile.
Basel, Switzerland
Same region · about 135 km from Lausanne. Explore Basel's city intelligence profile.
Lucerne, Switzerland
Same region · about 140 km from Lausanne. Explore Lucerne's city intelligence profile.
Mulhouse, France
Cross-border · about 145 km from Lausanne. Explore Mulhouse's city intelligence profile.
Themed collections
Theme-first discovery collections that include Lausanne — grouped by outdoor interest (mountains, lakes, coasts, forests, national parks) rather than geography.
switzerland Cycling Friendly Areas
Cycling Friendly Areas · 15 places across 6 cities.
switzerland Family Outdoor Escapes
Family Outdoor Escapes · 14 places across 6 cities.
switzerland Hiking Areas
Hiking Areas · 20 places across 6 cities.
switzerland Lake Escapes
Lake Escapes · 13 places across 6 cities.
switzerland Nature Photography Spots
Nature Photography Spots · 34 places across 6 cities.
High Quality Of Life Cities
High Quality Of Life Cities · 18 places across 14 cities.
Interpretation
Use the Lausanne profile to compare transport access, healthcare capacity, and cost-of-living framing alongside regional peers such as Geneva and Bern. Its standout dimensions are energy (84/100) and air quality (82/100). The area most worth watching is cost of living (34/100), 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 Lausanne 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.
- UN-Habitat: World Cities Report 2024
Used as a policy and methodology reference for urban exposure and resilience signals.
- European Environment Agency: Air Quality Status Report
Used where European city comparisons need monitored air-quality context.
- NASA: NASA POWER
Used as an energy-resource and weather-normalization reference.
- IPCC: AR6 WGII Chapter 6: Cities, settlements and key infrastructure
Used to explain urban climate vulnerability and adaptation scoring logic.