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Triplandio Geneva guide covers 9 travel guides across 20 areas, complete with hotel picks. Explore 34 self-guided walking tours in Geneva with 206 POI, spanning 107.5 km in total. Get inspired by 11 local dishes, complete with recipes and our unique Food Flavour DNA graph.
Geneva
City & Country Data Switzerland (Geneva)
Key travel data for Geneva — cost of living, safety, healthcare, local currency and essentials, curated by Triplandio.
🌍 Switzerland
Cost
LOW
Safety
100
Health
100
Lifestyle
66
Infra
100
Rank
#3
Score
70
Tourists
11.8M/y
GDP/cap
$114.8k
Life Exp
84.4 yrs
Population
9.1M
Currency
CHF Fr
Language
German
Payments
Cards OK
Emergency
112
💰 Prices in Geneva
Coffee
$5.19
Beer
$8.00
Lunch
$26.50
Groceries
$620.00/w
Taxi/km
$3.20
Transit
$3.00
Fuel
$1.83/l
Internet
$45.54/m
Salary
$6,038/m
Best time to visit Geneva (Switzerland)
Now (September) avg: 17°C, wetter month, full season — expect crowds. Best months to walk: Feb & Jul.
Live Temp
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~Day / Night Temp
21°C / 13°C
Sunrise / Sunset
7:24 / 19:30
Local time
6:00
Best Months 
Feb & Jul
Feb & Jul
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Jan
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Feb
M
Mar
A
Apr
M
May
J
Jun
J
Jul
A
Aug
S
Sep
O
Oct
N
Nov
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Dec
M
Mar
A
Apr
M
May
J
Jun
J
Jul
A
Aug
S
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Temperature
Average night-low temperature, month by month. Zero line marks freezing point.
Crowds
How busy it gets — traveller interest by month.
Rainfall
Rainy days to expect each month.
Sunshine
Hours of sun per day, by month.
Local Flavours of Geneva —
Explore recipes, history, our unique food flavour DNA graph and more.
A steak slathered in a rich butter sauce with herbs and spices. A sweet, tart-like pastry filled with chocolate ganache. Baked cardoon stems with cream and cheese. Melted chocolate served in a pot, eaten by dipping pieces of fruit or pastries. Fried fillets of freshwater perch, typically served with tartar sauce. Pork sausage flavored with fennel seeds, unique to Geneva. A deep-fried cheese ball typical of Swiss cuisine. A traditional Swiss nut tart with a rich caramelized walnut filling. Leeks and potatoes stewed with cream, typically served with sausage. Melted cheese served over boiled potatoes, often with pickles and onions. Dry cured sausage from the Geneva region. Traditional smoked and cooked pork sausage.
Traditional Local Food
Geneva (Switzerland)
Main course
Meat
Café de Paris Butter Steak
Entrecôte Café de Paris
on-truh-COTE cah-FEY duh pah-REE
Dessert
Vegetarian
Carac
Kah-rahk
Side dish
Vegetarian
Cardoon Gratin
Gratin de cardons
grah-TAN duh car-DOHN
Dessert
Vegetarian
Chocolate Fondue
Fondue au chocolat
fon-dew oh shoh-koh-la
Main course
Fish & Seafood
Filets de Perche
fee-LEH duh PERSH
Main course
Meat
Longeole
lon-jol
Snack
Vegetarian
Malakoff
mah-lah-KAWF
Dessert
Vegetarian
Nusstorte
NOOS-tor-teh
Main course
Meat
Papet Vaudois
pah-PAY voh-DWAH
Main course
Vegetarian
Raclette
rah-KLET
· Melted cheese with potatoes
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Snack
Meat
Saucisson Genevois
soh-SEE-soh zhu-ne-vwah
Main course
Meat
Saucisson Vaudois
soh-see-SOHN voh-DWAH
