Quietest cities in Switzerland

Chronic noise exposure is increasingly recognised as a public health issue. The World Health Organisation's Environmental Noise Guidelines (2018) link sustained exposure above 53 dB(A) daytime to cardiovascular effects, and above 45 dB(A) at night to sleep disturbance. Road traffic, rail corridors, and airport approach paths are the dominant sources in urban Europe.

ClearSpot noise scores are derived from the European Environment Agency's strategic noise maps (END Directive 2002/49/EC) and from OpenStreetMap infrastructure data. They represent the estimated ambient noise pressure at the centre of each city, aggregated to a 0-100% burden score. A score near 0% does not mean silence - it means no major strategic noise source is documented within the default sensitivity radius.

The 50 cities below score lowest on ClearSpot's noise module in Switzerland - meaning quieter environments by the standards of strategic mapping. For precise measurements at a specific address, open the live map and zoom in.

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Country	City	ClearSpot score	noise %	View on map
CH	Acquarossa	100%	0%	View on map
CH	Adliswil	100%	0%	View on map
CH	Adliswil / Adliswil (Stadtkern)	100%	0%	View on map
CH	Adliswil / Hündli-Zopf	100%	0%	View on map
CH	Adliswil / Oberleimbach	100%	0%	View on map
CH	Adliswil / Sood	100%	0%	View on map
CH	Affeltrangen	100%	0%	View on map
CH	Affoltern / Hasenbüel	100%	0%	View on map
CH	Affoltern / Oberdorf	100%	0%	View on map
CH	Affoltern / Sonnenberg	100%	0%	View on map
CH	Affoltern / Unterdorf	100%	0%	View on map
CH	Affoltern am Albis	100%	0%	View on map
CH	Airolo	100%	0%	View on map
CH	Alpnach	100%	0%	View on map
CH	Altdorf	100%	0%	View on map
CH	Altendorf	100%	0%	View on map
CH	Altnau	100%	0%	View on map
CH	Altstätten	100%	0%	View on map
CH	Amden	100%	0%	View on map
CH	Amriswil	100%	0%	View on map
CH	Andelfingen	100%	0%	View on map
CH	Andermatt	100%	0%	View on map
CH	Andwil	100%	0%	View on map
CH	Arbon	100%	0%	View on map
CH	Aristau	100%	0%	View on map
CH	Arosa	100%	0%	View on map
CH	Arth	100%	0%	View on map
CH	Arzo	100%	0%	View on map
CH	Ascona	100%	0%	View on map
CH	Attinghausen	100%	0%	View on map
CH	Au	100%	0%	View on map
CH	Au	100%	0%	View on map
CH	Baar	100%	0%	View on map
CH	Bäch	100%	0%	View on map
CH	Bachenbülach	100%	0%	View on map
CH	Balerna	100%	0%	View on map
CH	Balgach	100%	0%	View on map
CH	Baltschieder	100%	0%	View on map
CH	Bassersdorf	100%	0%	View on map
CH	Beckenried	100%	0%	View on map
CH	Bellinzona	100%	0%	View on map
CH	Benken	100%	0%	View on map
CH	Berikon	100%	0%	View on map
CH	Beromünster	100%	0%	View on map
CH	Biasca	100%	0%	View on map
CH	Binzikon	100%	0%	View on map
CH	Birchwil	100%	0%	View on map
CH	Birmensdorf	100%	0%	View on map
CH	Bodio	100%	0%	View on map
CH	Bonaduz	100%	0%	View on map

What counts as quiet on ClearSpot?

ClearSpot's noise module draws from two layers: European strategic noise maps published by the EEA, covering motorways, major railways, and airports; and a secondary layer from the osm-noise-pollution project, which models ambient road noise from OpenStreetMap road network data. Cities that appear in neither layer - or only in low-density zones - score near 100% (minimum noise burden). Cities crossed by major motorways, high-speed rail lines, or under flight paths score lower.

Noise is one of the more stable environmental layers: major infrastructure changes slowly. Scores are refreshed annually for the strategic layer and monthly for the modelled road-noise layer.