In 2025, Eurostat's price level for restaurants and accommodation in Switzerland was 163, about 63% above the EU average, and for all household spending 171, about 71% above the EU average. These indices compare price levels between countries; they are not the cost of a trip.
How expensive is Switzerland?
Eurostat's price level indices compare the level of prices between countries, with the EU average set at 100. In 2025, Switzerland's index for restaurants and accommodation was 163, about 63% above the EU average, and for all household spending 171, about 71% above the EU average.1 Eurostat says these indices show the rough order of magnitude, not a strict ranking of countries.
| What | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Restaurants and accommodation | 171 | 170 | 163 |
| Food and non-alcoholic drinks | 160 | 160 | 156 |
| Alcoholic drinks | 156 | 155 | 154 |
| Alcohol and tobacco | 144 | 141 | 139 |
| Transport | 127 | 129 | 127 |
| Passenger transport services | 147 | 150 | 147 |
| All household spending | 172 | 173 | 171 |
Restaurants and accommodation is one heading in this dataset: there is no hotels-only figure. These are price levels, not what a trip costs.
When is accommodation dearest?
Eurostat's monthly accommodation price index for Switzerland moves through the year, but not consistently enough over 2023 to 2025 for us to name a dearest month.2
Compare with other countries on price levels in Europe and Japan, and see when Switzerland is busy and quiet on our Switzerland page.
Key takeaways
- Restaurants and accommodation, 2025: 163 (EU average 100).
- All household spending, 2025: 171.
- What we would skip: reading an index as the price you will pay.
Sources
Indices as published by Eurostat, rounded to whole numbers; the comparison with 100 is ours. See how we research.
- Price levels: Eurostat, Purchasing power parities, price level indices, nominal and real expenditures by analytical categories – based on COICOP 2018, doi:10.2908/PRC_PPP_IND_1, accessed 6 October 2026 (data updated by Eurostat on 9 July 2026). Extract: price level indices, EU27 (from 2020) = 100, 2025. Eurostat is not responsible for our calculations or for how we present its data.
- Accommodation price index: Eurostat, Harmonised index of consumer prices (HICP) – monthly data, doi:10.2908/PRC_HICP_MINR, accessed 6 October 2026 (data updated by Eurostat on 2 October 2026). Extract: accommodation services (CP1120), monthly index, July 2022 to June 2026. Eurostat is not responsible for our calculations or for how we present its data.
Modified data: we rounded the indices and described how far each is from the EU average. Eurostat is not responsible for our calculations or for how we present its data.