La Chaux-de-Fonds
- Population
- 38,000
- Coordinates
- 47.10° N, 6.83° E
- Time zone
- Europe/Zurich
- Prices for
- Sep 2026
One person needs about $2,988 a month in La Chaux-de-Fonds, rent included: 50% less than in New York. The average net salary is $5,104 a month.
Livability
Seven domain scores, weighted. 6 of them have data for La Chaux-de-Fonds; a missing one is left out of the average, not counted as zero.
- Purchasing power25%80
- Safetycountry20%61
- Health carecountry15%59
- Climate10%No data
- Air qualitycountry10%64
- Connectivitycountry10%64
- Cost10%8
How each domain is scored
- Purchasing power, 25%
- What a local net salary buys against local prices, as a percentile.
- Safety, 20%
- Numbeo safety index for the city, or for its country when the city has no survey.
- Health care, 15%
- Numbeo health care index, city first, then country.
- Climate, 10%
- Numbeo climate index where surveyed, otherwise a comfort score from NASA climate normals.
- Air quality, 10%
- 30-day mean US AQI on a 0-100 scale: 100 at AQI 25 or cleaner, 0 at 150 or worse.
- Connectivity, 10%
- Percentile of median fixed broadband download speed, city first, then country.
- Cost, 10%
- Cheaper places score higher: the percentile of the cost-of-living plus rent index, inverted.
- Livability rank in Switzerland
- #36
- Cheapest-city rank, worldwide
- #3,347
What it costs
US dollars a month. Indices compare with New York, which is 100; changes are against the same month a year earlier.
Prices
55 everyday prices in US dollars, the median of this month's contributions, each against a base you choose.
Differences are against New York; teal marks a price that is lower (or a salary that is higher).
| Item | La Chaux-de-Fonds | New York | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Restaurants | |||
| Meal, inexpensive restaurant | $24.31 | $25.00 | −3% |
| Meal for 2, mid-range restaurant (3 courses) | $85.07 | $140 | −39% |
| McMeal at McDonald's (or equivalent combo meal) | $18.23 | $14.00 | +30% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l, draught) | $7.29 | $8.00 | −9% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle, restaurant) | $6.08 | $10.00 | −39% |
| Cappuccino (regular) | $4.66 | $6.37 | −27% |
| Coke/Pepsi (0.33 l bottle) | $3.65 | $3.80 | −4% |
| Water (0.33 l bottle) | $4.56 | $2.89 | +58% |
| Markets | |||
| Milk (1 l) | $2.26 | $1.36 | +66% |
| Loaf of fresh white bread (500g) | $3.09 | $4.68 | −34% |
| Rice, white (1 kg) | $3.28 | $6.97 | −53% |
| Eggs (12) | $7.99 | $5.73 | +39% |
| Local cheese (1 kg) | $26.06 | $17.38 | +50% |
| Chicken fillets (1 kg) | $27.50 | $15.11 | +82% |
| Beef round (1 kg, or equivalent red meat) | $41.42 | $17.77 | +133% |
| Apples (1 kg) | $3.63 | $6.11 | −41% |
| Bananas (1 kg) | $2.30 | $2.20 | +5% |
| Oranges (1 kg) | $2.98 | $5.77 | −48% |
| Tomato (1 kg) | $4.68 | $6.25 | −25% |
| Potato (1 kg) | $1.72 | $3.47 | −50% |
| Onion (1 kg) | $1.97 | $4.17 | −53% |
| Lettuce (1 head) | $2.23 | $2.72 | −18% |
| Water (1.5 l bottle) | $1.59 | $2.50 | −36% |
| Bottle of wine, mid-range | $12.15 | $20.00 | −39% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l bottle) | $2.43 | $3.21 | −24% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle) | $3.07 | $3.96 | −22% |
| Cigarettes (20 pack, Marlboro) | $10.94 | $19.00 | −42% |
| Transport | |||
| One-way ticket, local transport | $3.04 | $3.00 | +1% |
| Monthly pass, regular price | $157 | $140 | +12% |
| Taxi start, normal tariff | $7.90 | $3.00 | +163% |
| Taxi, 1 km, normal tariff | $4.62 | $2.18 | +112% |
| Taxi, 1 hour waiting, normal tariff | $85.32 | $42.00 | +103% |
| Gasoline (1 l) | $2.29 | $1.10 | +108% |
| Volkswagen Golf 1.4 90 KW Trendline (or equivalent new car) | $43,145 | $35,458 | +22% |
| Toyota Corolla Sedan 1.6l 97kW (or equivalent new car) | $39,499 | $25,309 | +56% |
| Utilities, per month | |||
| Basic utilities, 85m² apartment (electricity, heating, cooling, water, garbage) | — | — | — |
| Mobile plan (calls + 10GB data) | $53.29 | $73.50 | −27% |
| Internet (60 Mbps+, unlimited, cable/ADSL) | $64.01 | $71.93 | −11% |
| Sports and leisure | |||
| Fitness club, monthly fee (1 adult) | $74.95 | $126 | −40% |
| Tennis court rent (1 hour, weekend) | — | $62.38 | — |
| Cinema, 1 seat, international release | $23.09 | $23.00 | 0% |
| Childcare | |||
| Preschool, full day, private (monthly, 1 child) | $2,985 | $3,366 | −11% |
| International primary school (yearly, 1 child) | $20,539 | $60,589 | −66% |
| Clothing and shoes | |||
| 1 pair of jeans (Levi's 501 or similar) | $146 | $72.80 | +100% |
| 1 summer dress, chain store (Zara, H&M) | $79.00 | $53.22 | +48% |
| 1 pair of Nike running shoes, mid-range | $163 | $118 | +39% |
| 1 pair of men's leather business shoes | $199 | $125 | +60% |
| Rent, per month | |||
| Apartment (1 bedroom) in city centre | $1,458 | $4,417 | −67% |
| Apartment (1 bedroom) outside centre | $1,074 | $3,033 | −65% |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) in city centre | $3,889 | $9,242 | −58% |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) outside centre | $2,370 | $5,461 | −57% |
| Buying an apartment | |||
| Price per square meter, apartment in city centre | — | $18,759 | — |
| Price per square meter, apartment outside centre | — | $6,523 | — |
| Salary and financing | |||
| Average monthly net salary, after tax | $5,104 | $5,178 | −1% |
| Mortgage interest rate, 20-year fixed rate (%) | 2.43% | 6.49% | −4.1 pts |
Three years of prices
Each line starts at 100 in its first month, so a rise in rent can be read against a rise in salary on the same scale. The core basket is twelve everyday prices. Hover for the actual values.
Show the monthly values
| Month | Core basket index | Rent, 1 bedroom | Net salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | — | $1,458 | $5,104 |
| May 2025 | 104.2 | $1,435 | $5,022 |
| Apr 2025 | 104.2 | $1,429 | $5,000 |
| Mar 2025 | 99.7 | $1,365 | $4,777 |
| Feb 2025 | 97.2 | $1,334 | $4,670 |
| Jan 2025 | 96.8 | $1,318 | $4,615 |
| Dec 2024 | 95.4 | $1,329 | $4,651 |
| Nov 2024 | 97.4 | $1,362 | $4,766 |
| Oct 2024 | 99.5 | $1,386 | $4,852 |
| Sep 2024 | 102.7 | $1,419 | $4,966 |
| Aug 2024 | 97.4 | $1,362 | $4,767 |
| Jul 2024 | 94.1 | $1,329 | $4,651 |
| Jun 2024 | 94.5 | $1,659 | $4,659 |
| May 2024 | — | $1,644 | $4,603 |
| Apr 2024 | — | $1,662 | $4,655 |
| Mar 2024 | — | $1,708 | $4,783 |
| Feb 2024 | — | $1,738 | $4,868 |
| Jan 2024 | — | $1,500 | $4,200 |
| Dec 2023 | — | $1,500 | $4,200 |
| Nov 2023 | — | $1,500 | $4,200 |
| Oct 2023 | — | $1,500 | $4,200 |
Safety
Numbeo crime survey. Both indices run 0 to 100; they are two sides of the same answers.
Country-level: the livability score uses Switzerland's safety figure
No crime survey has been published for La Chaux-de-Fonds yet.
Quality of life
Numbeo's published indices for La Chaux-de-Fonds. Listed as Numbeo computes them, next to this index's own figures above.
Numbeo has not ranked La Chaux-de-Fonds on quality of life.
Climate
Monthly means from NASA POWER climate normals. Temperature bands use the same scale on every city page.
No monthly climate normals for La Chaux-de-Fonds yet.
- Annual mean
- —
- Warmest month
- —
- Coldest month
- —
- Rain a year
- —
- HumidityRelative, annual mean
- —
- SunshineSolar energy per day
- —
- Clear-sky daysA year
- —
- Comfort score0-100, 100 at 14-22 °C
- —
Air, internet and housing
The last 30 days of air, the latest month of broadband tests, and the property survey.
Air
Country-level estimateNo air-quality readings for La Chaux-de-Fonds.
Internet
Switzerland median; city not listed- Upload
- 109Mbps, fixed
- Latency
- 7ms, fixed
- Mobile download
- 120Mbps
- Mobile latency
- 17ms
Speedtest Global Index, Aug 2026.
Housing
No property survey for La Chaux-de-Fonds yet.
Cities like La Chaux-de-Fonds
In other countries, with the closest livability score and cost of living index.
About these numbers
What the figures on this page rest on.
- Confidence
- Medium confidence
- Contributors
- 8Numbeo price survey
- Latest prices
- Sep 20261 readings that month
- Months with prices
- 1 of 12Last 12 months
- Items priced
- 93%1 basket items from the country median
- Location
- Matched to the extended GeoNames list
- Index rebuilt
- 24 Sept 2026