Methodology

Everything this portal calculates is explained here, with the actual figures. An indicator whose rule is hidden cannot be checked — and so cannot be trusted.

Our principles

No data is invented. A value missing from the source stays missing: it is shown as "not available", never as 0, never as a plausible estimate.
Every figure carries its source, its year and its true granularity. A cantonal rate shown on a municipal page is labelled as cantonal.
A criterion with no data is excluded from the score, not counted as zero. Counting zero would penalise a place for a gap in measurement — that would mean inventing unfavourable information.
The coverage rate always accompanies the score: a 78 computed on 40% of the weight is not the same as a 78 computed on all of it.
The tables below are generated from the calculation code itself: they cannot diverge from what is actually applied.

Distance scale

Each amenity is scored from 0 to 100 by distance. Below the first threshold the score is full, above the second it is zero, with linear interpolation in between. The thresholds reflect real walking: 400 m ≈ 5 minutes, 1,200 m ≈ 15 minutes.

Criterion	Full score	Zero score
Bakery	400 m	2000 m
Grocery shop	400 m	2000 m
Supermarket	600 m	3000 m
Hypermarket	2000 m	10000 m
Restaurant	500 m	3000 m
Pharmacy	600 m	3000 m
Doctor	800 m	5000 m
Dentist	1000 m	6000 m
Bank	800 m	5000 m
Primary school	500 m	2500 m
Secondary school	1000 m	6000 m
Hairdresser	800 m	4000 m
Sports facility	800 m	4000 m
Public transport stop	300 m	1500 m
Forest	500 m	3000 m
Lake	1500 m	15000 m
Swimming pool	1500 m	8000 m

Weightings by way of life

This is where the score becomes personal: the same data, weighted differently, gives a different result. These weights reflect priorities we chose. We stand by them and they are debatable — which is why they are published.

Profile	Everyday amenities	Mobility	Schools	Nature and sport	Costs	Dynamism
Family with children	20	15	30	15	15	5
Urban working couple	30	25	0	15	20	10
Remote work	25	10	5	30	25	5
Senior	30	25	0	20	20	5
Outdoor and sport	15	10	0	50	15	10
Car-free	30	40	5	10	15	0

When a dimension has no data at all, its weight is removed and spread across the computable dimensions. The score stays comparable, and the coverage shown indicates how much of the weight was actually used.

Definition of a "favourable day"

A day counts as favourable for outdoor activities if it meets three conditions: less than 1 mm of precipitation, at least 4 hours of sunshine, and a mean temperature of at least 5 °C. The average covers ten full calendar years.

Acknowledged limits

There is no official school rating in Switzerland. We show what exists and how far it is, never a ranking — and we will not invent one.
Rents from listings are ASKING prices, not rents paid. We publish the median, never the mean, and only from five listings upwards — the count is always shown.
In eleven cantons, assigning municipalities to health-insurance premium regions depends on a federal ordinance that is not open data. The premium stays "not available" there: we do not guess it.
The named list of shops comes from OpenStreetMap, which is crowdsourced: coverage is good in cities and uneven elsewhere. This list is never exhaustive.
Climate comes from the ERA5 reanalysis on a grid of about 25 km. In the mountains, neighbouring valleys share the same cell: the figure is regional, not local.
Offences are recorded at CANTONAL level by police crime statistics. We do not break them down to the municipality: that would produce a figure that was never measured.