Switzerland: embassies, consulates & entry rules
- foreign missions here
- 275
- Consulates
- 94
- missions abroad
- 179
- Visa-free / Visa on arrival
- 93
Live & travel in Switzerland
Monthly budget
$5,750/mo
Prices vs USA: 128%
Exchange rate
1 USD = 0.82 CHF
US travel advisory
No advisory published
Homicides / 100k: 0.6
Internet access
97%
of people online
Air quality
8.3
PM2.5 (µg/m³)
Official languages
French, German, Italian
Emergency
118 · 144 · 1414
Plug types
Europlug, SN 441011
Calling code
+41
Estimate for a remote worker (rent + living) from World Bank price levels. Capitals can be higher.
3.6
/ 5
embassly score
Sources: World Bank · NASA · U.S. State Dept
- Cost1.0
- Safety5.0
- Internet access5.0
- Air quality4.5
- Climate2.3
SOS · Switzerland118Restaurants, cafés and dishes in SwitzerlandPiz Gloria · House of Religions · Raclette · Emmental cheese · Cervelat · Gruyère cheese · Cordon bleu
Government consensus
Normal precautions· 3 of 3 governmentsSources: official travel advice of the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada.
Upcoming public holidays
- Dec 25, 2026 · Christmas Day
- Dec 26, 2026 · Boxing Day
- Jan 1, 2027 · New Year’s Day
- Mar 26, 2027 · Good Friday
- Mar 28, 2027 · Easter Sunday
- Mar 29, 2027 · Easter Monday
- May 6, 2027 · Ascension Day
- May 16, 2027 · Pentecost
Cities in Switzerland
Traveller essentials · Switzerland
- Emergency
- 118 · 144 · 1414 · 145
- Calling code
- +41
- Currency
- CHF
- Plug types
- Europlug, SN 441011
- Drives on the
- right
- Capital
- Bern
Foreign missions in Switzerland
AfghanistanGeneva1AlbaniaBern, Geneva2AlgeriaBern, Geneva3AngolaBern1ArgentinaBern1ArmeniaGeneva1AustraliaBern, Geneva3AustriaBern, Geneva, Zurich4AzerbaijanBern1BahamasGeneva1BahrainGeneva2BangladeshGeneva2BelarusBern1BelgiumBern, Geneva, St.Gallen6BhutanGeneva1Bosnia and HerzegovinaBern1BotswanaGeneva1BrazilBern, Geneva2BulgariaBern, Geneva2Burkina FasoGeneva1BurundiGeneva1CambodiaGeneva, Zurich2CameroonBern1CanadaBern, Geneva, Shanghai4Cape VerdeGeneva1Central African RepublicGeneva1ChadGeneva1ChileBern1ChinaBern, Geneva, Zurich5ColombiaBern1Costa RicaBern1Côte d’IvoireBern1CroatiaBern1CubaBern, Geneva2CzechiaBern, Geneva, Lugano4DenmarkBerlin, Bern2DjiboutiGeneva2Dominican RepublicBern, Geneva2DR CongoBern1EcuadorBern2EgyptBern, Geneva2El SalvadorGeneva1Equatorial GuineaGeneva1EritreaGeneva1EstoniaGeneva1EswatiniGeneva1EthiopiaGeneva1FinlandBern, Geneva2FranceBern, Geneva, Zurich5GambiaGeneva1GeorgiaBern1GermanyBern, Geneva, Zurich8GhanaBern1GreeceBern, Geneva3GuineaGeneva1HondurasGeneva1HungaryBern, Geneva3IcelandGeneva2IndiaBern1IndonesiaBern, Geneva3IranBern1IraqBern1IrelandBern, Zurich2IsraelBern2ItalyBern, Geneva, Zurich7JamaicaGeneva1JapanBern, Geneva4JordanBern1KazakhstanBern, Geneva2KiribatiGeneva1KosovoBern, Geneva2KuwaitBern, Geneva3KyrgyzstanGeneva1LaosGeneva1LatviaGeneva1LebanonBern1LesothoGeneva1LibyaBern1LiechtensteinBern1LuxembourgBern, Geneva2MadagascarGeneva1MalawiGeneva1MalaysiaBern, Geneva3MaldivesGeneva1MaliGeneva1Marshall IslandsGeneva1MauritaniaGeneva1MauritiusGeneva1MexicoBern, Geneva3MoldovaGeneva1MonacoBern1MongoliaGeneva1MontenegroBern1MoroccoBern1MozambiqueGeneva1MyanmarGeneva1NamibiaGeneva1NepalGeneva1NetherlandsBern, Basel3New ZealandGeneva1NicaraguaGeneva2NigerGeneva1NigeriaBern1North KoreaBern1North MacedoniaBern, Geneva2NorwayBern, Geneva2PakistanBern1PalestineBern1PanamaGeneva1ParaguayBern2PeruBern, Geneva, Zurich3PhilippinesBern1PolandBern, Geneva4PortugalBern, Geneva, Zurich5QatarBern, Geneva2Republic of the CongoGeneva1RomaniaBern2RussiaBern, Geneva, Zurich6RwandaGeneva1San MarinoGeneva1Saudi ArabiaBern, Geneva2SenegalGeneva1SerbiaBern, Zurich3SeychellesZurich1Sierra LeoneGeneva1SingaporeGeneva1SlovakiaBern, Geneva2SloveniaBern, Geneva2SomaliaGeneva1South AfricaBern1South KoreaBern, Geneva3SpainBern, Geneva, Zurich5SudanGeneva1SwedenBern, Geneva, Lausanne5TaiwanGeneva, Bern2TajikistanGeneva1ThailandBern, Geneva2Timor-LesteGeneva1TogoGeneva1TunisiaBern1TürkiyeBern, Geneva, Zurich4TurkmenistanGeneva1UgandaGeneva1UkraineBern, Geneva2United Arab EmiratesBern2United KingdomBern1United StatesGeneva, Bern, Zurich4UruguayBern, Geneva2Vatican CityBern1VenezuelaBern1VietnamBern, Geneva2YemenGeneva1ZambiaGeneva1
Switzerland missions abroad
AlbaniaTirana1AlgeriaAlgiers1AngolaLuanda1ArgentinaBuenos Aires1ArmeniaYerevan1AustraliaCanberra, Brisbane, Melbourne4AustriaVienna2AzerbaijanBaku1BangladeshDhaka1BelarusMinsk1BelgiumBrussels2BelizeBelize City1BeninPorto-Novo1BoliviaLa Paz1Bosnia and HerzegovinaSarajevo1BrazilBrasília, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro3BulgariaSofia1Burkina FasoOuagadougou1BurundiBujumbura1CameroonYaoundé1CanadaOttawa, Montreal2Central African RepublicBangui1ChadN'Djamena1ChileLas Condes1ChinaBeijing, Shanghai2ColombiaBogotá2Costa RicaSan José1Côte d’IvoireAbidjan1CroatiaZagreb, Split, Svetvinčenat3CubaHavana1CyprusNicosia1CzechiaPrague1DenmarkCopenhagen1Dominican RepublicSanto Domingo1DR CongoKinshasa, Bukavu2EcuadorQuito1EgyptCairo1EritreaAsmara1EthiopiaAddis Ababa1FinlandHelsinki1FranceParis, 6th arrondissement of Lyon, Marseille6GeorgiaTbilisi1GermanyBerlin, Munich, Stuttgart5GhanaAccra1GreeceAthens, Thessaloniki2GuatemalaGuatemala City1HaitiPort-au-Prince1Hong Kong1HungaryBudapest1IcelandReykjavík1IndiaNew Delhi1IndonesiaJakarta, Denpasar2IranTehran1IraqBaghdad1IrelandDublin1IsraelTel Aviv1ItalyRome, Milan, Bari4JapanTokyo, Osaka2JordanAmman1KazakhstanAstana1KenyaNairobi1KosovoPristina1KuwaitKuwait City1KyrgyzstanBishkek1LaosVientiane2LatviaRiga1LebanonBeirut1LibyaTripoli1LiechtensteinVaduz1LuxembourgLuxembourg1MadagascarAntananarivo1MalaysiaKuala Lumpur1MaliBamako1MaltaValletta1MexicoMexico City1MoldovaChișinău1MongoliaUlaanbaatar1MoroccoRabat1MozambiqueMaputo1MyanmarYangon1NepalKathmandu1Netherlands's-Gravenhage1New CaledoniaNouméa1New ZealandWellington1NigerNiamey1NigeriaAbuja1North KoreaPyongyang1North MacedoniaSkopje1NorwayOslo1OmanMuscat1PakistanIslamabad, Karachi2PalestineJerusalem1PeruLima, Cusco2Philippinesماكاتي, Cebu City2PolandWarsaw1PortugalLisbon1Puerto RicoSan Juan1QatarDoha1RomaniaBucharest1RussiaMoscow, Saint Petersburg2RwandaKigali1São Tomé & PríncipeSão Tomé1Saudi ArabiaRiyadh1SenegalDakar1SerbiaBelgrade1SingaporeSingapore1SlovakiaBratislava1SloveniaLjubljana1South AfricaPretoria1South KoreaSeoul1South SudanJuba1SpainMadrid, Barcelona2Sri LankaColombo1SudanKhartoum1SwedenStockholm1SyriaDamascus1TaiwanTaipei1TajikistanDushanbe1TanzaniaDar es Salaam1ThailandBangkok1TunisiaTunis1TürkiyeAnkara, Istanbul6UgandaKampala1UkraineKyiv1United Arab EmiratesAbu Dhabi, Dubai2United KingdomLondon, City of Edinburgh2United StatesWashington, D.C., Atlanta, New York City6UruguayMontevideo1UzbekistanTashkent1VenezuelaCaracas1VietnamHanoi, Ho Chi Minh City2ZimbabweHarare1
Who can enter Switzerland without a visa?
Visa rules change often. Always confirm with the official embassy or government site before you travel.
Frequently asked questions
Embassies & consulates in Switzerland?
275 missions, 153 countries.
Emergency: Switzerland?
118 (fire department), 144 (emergency medical services), 1414 (emergency medical services), 145 (poisoning), 112 (emergency service), 140 (roadside assistance)
Who can enter Switzerland without a visa?
93: Albania, Andorra, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, and Brunei…