Cost of living in Basel 2026
Typical rent, prices and the overall cost index for Basel, with quick comparisons to other cities.
Cost index (base New York = 100)
100.6
About the same as New York
BaselUSD
1-bed apartment, centre 1,740 CHF $1,966
1-bed apartment, outside centre 1,270 CHF $1,435
3-bed apartment, centre 2,890 CHF $3,266
Room in shared flat 1,000 CHF $1,130
Buy price per m2 15,800 CHF $17,854
Living cost excl. rent 1,420 CHF $1,605
Typical net salary 6,380 CHF $7,209
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How we calculate and where the data comes from
Educational model, not financial, tax or relocation advice. Figures are estimates for 2026 and are rounded to ranges, never exact values. Our cost index is built from open data and adapted by CrawlJobs (aggregated and reweighted); it is not endorsed by the sources.
Sources: Eurostat (free reuse, Commission Decision 2011/833/EU), World Bank Open Data ICP (CC-BY-4.0), US BEA / HUD / Census (public domain), GeoNames (CC-BY-4.0). Source and product names are used for attribution only; no affiliation or endorsement is implied.